Team Car!
Submitted 3 hours ago by OriginEnergySux@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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irate944@piefed.social 1 hour ago
PattyMcB@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
Look at all the angry comments by cyclists (with upvotes) and you’ll have your answer!
Naich@piefed.world 2 hours ago
I’ve cycled to work and back 59 times this year, and reported 36 drivers (with video evidence from my bike) to the police, with them taking “positive action” in 34 of those cases. But yeah, it’s the cyclists who are dangerous.
Syndication@lemmy.today 2 hours ago
Yeah I think the main problem isn’t the cyclists themselves, it’s that cyclists don’t have a safe place ride without getting ran over. Cyclists shouldn’t be a problem to drivers in the first place if they had their own lane or space. I’m lucky to live somewhere that has bike lanes and sidewalks on most streets. America strangely lacks basic infrastructure in a vast majority of their country. It really sucks ass if you have a fear of driving :(
i_need_your_bones@piefed.social 10 minutes ago
When they have their own lane and space cars still just use it. They park on the bike lanes, move into them if somebody’s passing on their left, or try and pass cars on their right if they find space during slow traffic.
Naich@piefed.world 2 hours ago
Cyclists aren’t a “problem” any more than traffic lights or stop signs are. Drivers should be able to deal with having to slow down a bit for a few seconds without getting upset about it. If you saw a driver shouting out of his window at a traffic light you’d think they were insane.
thebestaquaman@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
I bike or walk pretty much everywhere I go, so my take on roads and traffic is that they’re usually far too car-centric (Norway). Even when I drive, I’m so used to thinking like a cyclist that I become very aware of how poorly roads are often designed around biking.
With that said… The amount of cyclists with an apparent death wish is just staggering. Just two days ago I passed a cyclist in an 80 km/h zone. No issue there. Just around the next turn, I caught up to a second cyclist that I couldn’t immediately pass due to oncoming traffic. I’m behind this second cyclist, going downhill at maybe 50 km/h, with oncoming traffic on a relatively narrow road, when I notice that the first cyclist has caught up to us. Instead of placing himself behind me, he decided it was a brilliant idea to squeeze himself into the ≈ 1.5 m gap between me (a 6m long, 2-ton car going at 50 km/h) and the guard rail. At this point, I’m just sitting here terrified that I’ll end up accidentally squeezing him into the guard rail and killing him if I happen to move a couple centimeters too close to the edge of the road. I’m seriously afraid of breaking to let him in front of me, because I’m afraid he could hit my side-view mirror if I break unexpectedly (for him). There’s oncoming traffic, so I can’t move over to give him more space.
To be honest, even when I’m biking myself I far too often find other cyclists to be absolute assholes with no respect for traffic rules. Of course, this doesn’t apply to everyone (by a long shot), but man those people cause the rest of us a lot of stress by being a danger to themselves and others.
zloubida@sh.itjust.works 2 hours ago
You live in a country where the police actually does something on these cases?
Naich@piefed.world 2 hours ago
Luckily, yes. There’s a web page where you fill in the details, you upload the footage and then they actually do something about it. Options for “positive action” are:
- Letter - which has the same status as a police warning, i.e. no action taken at the time but it can be used against you later if you go to court for something similar
- Points and fine with the option of taking a driving education course instead
- Points and a fine with no alternative
- Sent to court
Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
Narc ass cop lover
FishFace@piefed.social 1 hour ago
Yeah but as a fellow cyclist I still laughed
CheerfulPassionFruit@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
Gosh, almost as if cyclists need safe spaces to ride. How about we just drastically reduce the number of 2 ton deathmachines on the roads.
Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
Why
CheerfulPassionFruit@lemmy.world 2 minutes ago
Seriously, go look at a notjustbikes video
frog@feddit.uk 51 minutes ago
Living in Manhattan for decades, I only had 3 issues with cyclists. I’ve had dozens with drivers. I had no issues with skateboarders.
markz@suppo.fi 2 hours ago
I do occasionally see a kamikaze cyclist while driving. But damn am I more afraid on bike.
I don’t know if the drivers don’t see me from their phones or if they just don’t care even about their cars’ paint.
Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 1 hour ago
Many drivers don’t even notice a semi truck near them, you think they will notice a bike?
thebestaquaman@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
The kamikaze cyclists give all of us a really bad time. I’m honestly surprised at how some people behave in traffic, knowing that they’re an unprotected meat bag moving at speeds far higher than what the human body is built for.
dan69@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
*Drivers: I have to be careful by not texting gibberish or not watching this entire 7 second TikTok clip
sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 hours ago
When cyclists have to share space with pedestrians, it can be really scary when a fast bike passes you as a pedestrian. But the changes of actually being hit and hurt are really low, though it does happen anecdotally.
Squirrelsdrivemenuts@lemmy.world 14 minutes ago
Imagine being a cyclist having to share space with 50kph faster, 2 ton machines. The chances to be hit are quite high and the chances of being hurt near 100%.
FollyDolly@lemmy.world 22 minutes ago
My issue is if you want to bike in the streetlike a car, then you have to obey car rules. Like stopping at stop lights and stop signs. If you want to ride on the sidewalk then you have to obey pedestrian rules, like crossing at the correct times. Thr number of cyclists I’ve seen blow through stop signs and stop lights is staggering.
SwingingTheLamp@piefed.zip 13 minutes ago
You say that, but drivers would lose their minds of bicyclists followed the same rules. Example: Taking the whole lane.
NathanRanch@lemmy.zip 3 minutes ago
I wish bikes just took the whole lane like a car. Half assing it either way is really the problem.