Carry an air horn, just for occasions like this.
Driver stops in the middle of a cross ride, and starts using her phone.
Submitted 16 hours ago by Showroom7561@lemmy.ca to mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
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_haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 16 hours ago
BassTurd@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
Kind of related to this… I was out on a run this spring and I was approaching an intersection that I didn’t have to stop at and the road to my left had a stop sign. I saw a car approaching the stop sign, and there weren’t any obstructions so I was clearly visible in my bright green shorts. I’m always watching because people suck and I’m glad I was, because I ended up parkouring this dude’s hood when he finally stopped 10’ past the stop sign. I was the Heisman trophy for a moment. I turned around and gave him the “what the fuck” hands and gestured at the stop sign, and this mother fucker looked at me like I fucked up. Fortunately I didn’t get taken out at the knees and I just kept going . I still think I should have busted his side mirror off and put a fist sized dent in his hood. I’d love to watch him try and explain that to a cop.
Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 9 hours ago
I turned around and gave him the “what the fuck” hands and gestured at the stop sign, and this mother fucker looked at me like I fucked up.
Not long ago, I was going through an intersection on a green… from one bike lane, continuing into the other on the other side of the intersection.
While I had a green, a driver making a left nearly ran into me, honked and did the same “what the fuck are you doing” to me.
It’s pretty amazing that we don’t hear of crashes every minute of the day, because some people quite literally have no idea what the hell they are doing.
BassTurd@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
I’ve been road biking a lot more frequently training for a triathlon. You gotta keep you head on a swivel because too many people don’t understand right of way. I have a few roundabouts near me, and when I get to one, it’s a coin flip as to if the other drivers no how they work. They aren’t new. I had to lay on the horn the other day when someone stopped in the roundabout to let a car in. It was warm and windows were down so they definitely heard me yell, “don’t stop in the fucking roundabout, dumbass”. I haven’t called someone a dumbass in a while. I’ve grown harsher in my insults, and bringing out a classic like that felt good.
jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 12 hours ago
A friend and I were talking about what’s wrong with the world, and one of the things we discussed was there aren’t any consequences for minor infractions. We’re all too polite. Someone does something shitty, like this person in their car, or someone taking up 4 seats on the bus, or throwing their trash on the street, and no one does anything. No one wants to start a fight or make a scene.
Many people operate at a very basic level of moral reasoning: avoid punishment. Some people, some of the time, achieve higher levels of reasoning like “I should follow the rules” or even “I should do what’s good for society.” But many people chill out at the toddler level of “I don’t want to be punished.” So it follows that when these oversized toddlers never get punished, they think they’re doing just fine.
But concurrently, the institution we have to enforce laws and norms, the police, sucks dog shit. Racist, corrupt, no accountability, and lazy. If I see a guy littering, I’m not going to call the cops. They wouldn’t even come, for one thing, but I also don’t want to bring a bunch of armed assholes into the scene.
I don’t know what the best way forward is. My friend suggested local “guardian angel” volunteers that patrol and “Deal with” people who are shitty, but that feels like it could just turn into the police-but-worse. But I really want people who shit up the world to stop, and it feels like they don’t have enough empathy to understand anything more complex than “you took up four seats on the bus and were blasting youtube out of your phone, so we threw you out. Enjoy walking home, asshole.”
o1011o@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
I think you’re almost at the right idea but you’re stuck on the conditioning that it takes some daddy authority figure to be the one enforcing behavior. That’s for babies. Adults should enforce good behavior in other adults. If you see an asshole taking up 4 seats it is your responsibility to tell them to act right. I used to be scared of doing it but the older I get and the more free of authoritarian conditioning I become the easier it is to call out bullshit. Just the other day some asshole in a Ferrari parked so close behind my busted up prius that I wasn’t going to be able to get out. He was still getting out of his car and I was able to say, “If you don’t move your car I’m just gonna hit it so I have enough space to get out.” Bro looked quite scared and I think it’s because of the complete lack of fucks I had left to give that day. Point being, just open your mouth and advocate for justice. Don’t pass that responsibility off to someone else because they don’t exist. If someone needs to get bounced and you don’t have the physique or training for it that’s a great time to ask for help from passersby. You aren’t alone in being pissed off at assholes acting entitled, plenty of people will help you if you get the ball rolling.
explodicle@sh.itjust.works 10 hours ago
Whenever they do this I smudge the hell out of it, especially if it’s a nice clean sports car. Maybe a couple taps for good luck.
SuperSpruce@lemmy.zip 7 hours ago
I was riding my motorcycle today and was gonna park in a parking lot. Nearby there was a 1-lane 1-way road, and I witnessed some car park there even though the parking lot was visibly not full from that road. An hour later it was still parked there, blocking the road. Idiot.
Rentlar@lemmy.ca 15 hours ago
The best bike infrastructure in the GTA is no match for the stupidest drivers in the GTA.
On the other side of the country, here in Vancouver, a couple times a year you get a car that decides to turn into the separated bicycle lane.
AA5B@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
Just yesterday, my teen was asking about all the bollards on bicycle and paved walk entrances. People suck, or are idiots all too often
Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 13 hours ago
My ride yesterday was about 5 hours, across 7 municipalities, and over 130km.
I can say with confidence that there were at least a dozen close calls at intersections and cross rides, specifically because drivers aren’t paying attention.
I had one lady “stop”, and then crawl into the crossing, while looking only to her left (I was coming from her right). I had to stop and ring my bell before she even realized that I was there.
Many, MANY people making turns without checking for pedestrians and cyclists crossing.
And not stopping behind the line happened more times than I can count.
I’ve witnessed a few times people actually driving onto bike paths! Not just bike lanes, but fucking paths, like ones that go through parks and forests! Just clueless about what they’re doing.
Dreaming_Novaling@lemmy.zip 10 hours ago
I usually stop before crossing the line, but I will quite literally backup if I see a person who is crossing or looks like they’re gonna cross. But damn unless you’re making a turn why the hell are you that far up.
thefartographer@lemm.ee 15 hours ago
Is a cross ride like a crosswalk but for bikes or something?
Also, walk really close behind their car as to avoid jaywalking but just happen to have your keys in your hand at the time. Whoopsie-doodle!
Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 15 hours ago
Is a cross ride like a crosswalk but for bikes or something?
Yes, you can ride through with your bike. Notice the two green lights above her, those are bike symbols, indicating that I have the right of way to cross. She needed to STOP behind the line, and also not be on her phone (illegal).
thefartographer@lemm.ee 15 hours ago
Oh shit! Now that you say that, I kinda realize there’s an actual shape vs broken LED matrices!
BassTurd@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
Not sure why you’re being downvoted. I’ve never heard the term cross ride before, so your question was useful. Perhaps it’s the keying thing, but a bunch of the comments in here are about hitting the car, so yours isn’t any different. Whatever I guess, fake internet points and all that, but it’s peculiar.
thefartographer@lemm.ee 11 hours ago
No clue, but at this very moment, I’ve got 6 up and 9 down. Which is pretty epic because it means that I get 50% more negative interactions than positive ones. That sounds pretty true to life.
21Cabbage@lemmynsfw.com 13 hours ago
I’ve always loved the idea of ramming a car with my bike I’ve just never been that pissed off on any given day.
Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 13 hours ago
I value my bikes far too much, but in my head, I would love to! LOL
grue@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
Steel is real.
21Cabbage@lemmynsfw.com 13 hours ago
Oh my fat tire or my paramount no but I’ve got an old Minneapolis police bike that I’ve never felt that bad about roughing up.
IsThisAnAI@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
I hit the car as I walk past. Go ahead, get out of your car and start shit.
HikingVet@lemmy.ca 14 hours ago
They never do when I do this.
IsThisAnAI@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
Most of them are obtuse idiots who need a real adult and scary reminder to pay fucking attention. I have no clue to the efficacy but it feels real good.
CrayonDevourer@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
So … go around her?
scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 13 hours ago
They probably will, doesn’t mean she shouldn’t be shamed for parking in the middle of the walk
waz@feddit.uk 14 hours ago
Go right and you’re in oncoming traffic, go left and you’re risking further traffic stopping at this junction crushing you against the back of her car? I’d rather not. Bunny hop and skid mark on the roof is much better
Widdershins@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
Not everyone has marine training
hddsx@lemmy.ca 14 hours ago
Maybe they didn’t know. They have a window open. Ask them to back up. If they don’t, go around and get their position and plate on video or as a picture and send to local police
Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 13 hours ago
Maybe they didn’t know.
Didn’t know what? The traffic rules?
Our local police do squat about traffic violations, unfortunately, unless they are present when the infraction occurs. I’ve got a video of this entire thing, she was in the cross ride for at least 17 seconds. And I’m sure she was on her phone for more than just this encounter.
This kind of lack of awareness is why we have so many pedestrian and cyclist deaths in places designed to be “safe” for cyclists and pedestrians!
hddsx@lemmy.ca 13 hours ago
Yes, maybe they didn’t know cross rides were a thing, were fatigued and forgot, etc.
Give them a chance to not be an asshole first.
It does suck that you ur local cops don’t do their job. People won’t be aware or conscious that they’re fucking up unless they’re made aware of it. Hell, there are people that don’t care unless they suffer a personal consequence….
Isoprenoid@programming.dev 11 hours ago
Maybe they didn’t know.
“Maybe they weren’t aware of their surroundings while driving a vehicle.”
hddsx@lemmy.ca 9 hours ago
Shit happens. I’m not saying this person is right to do what they did, but I’m giving them the benefit of the doubt that this was a mistake.
You need to run awareness campaigns when you put in new traffic signals and enforce them so people know how they work.
There are so many steps before going “fuck this guy” just on one interaction:
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Enforcement: make sure they know there’s a consequence
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Public transport: Give people who can’t drive worth a shit an alternative
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Engineered check: Raise a physical barrier to prevent cars from taking this position or prevent cars from using the intersection altogether. Or, grade separate cars and other modes of transportation
The goal is safety and not just to shit on someone. It really could just be a mistake. We all make them. Nobody died this time. Make people aware so people don’t die next time.
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HikingVet@lemmy.ca 16 hours ago
I’d walk on her hood.
kautau@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
I remember a video of someone just getting in the car’s backseat, scooting over, and then getting out the other door. If the doors are unlocked I feel like that’s the best option. Really fuck with their sense of personal space considering they think all the space around them is their personal space regardless of the rules.
Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 10 hours ago
That’s a Mentos commercial
Rin@lemm.ee 15 hours ago
i’d use the open window as a foot stool, get on top of the car, jump down and carry on walking