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In my jurisdiction it's also "required" for cars to give a cyclist the lane, but in practice this doesn't happen and violations are rarely enforced. A cyclist c

In my jurisdiction it's also "required" for cars to give a cyclist the lane, but in practice this doesn't happen and violations are rarely enforced. A cyclist claiming the whole lane is also more likely to be on the receiving end of road rage

prepend 6y ago
Again, I’m not saying that cars are perfect. I was just pointing out how I frequently see cyclists breaking traffic laws and norms. I don’t think that because cars are assholes that bikes can be too. Do you think it’s appropriate that a bike passes a car in its own lane? Do you think the law should be changed to allow this?
- cratermoon 6y ago
  Do you think it's appropriate to blame the victims?
- apocolyps6 6y ago
  > I frequently see cyclists breaking traffic laws and norms. More frequently than cars? There are over 5 million car crashes in the US every year. 30,000+ people killed.
- Rebelgecko 6y ago
  >Do you think it’s appropriate that a bike passes a car in its own lane? This is entirely situational. There are cases where it is OK and there are cases when it isn't. There was an Uber blocking traffic on my street today and I went past them. It would be ridiculous to have to just sit behind the car until their passenger showed up, and I'm sure as hell nit gonna ride my bike into oncoming traffic >Do you think the law should be changed to allow this? It doesn't need to be changed. The law in my state already allows this under many circumstances
- addicted 6y ago
  And do those cyclists “being assholes” kill 50000 Americans a year? Or even close to the proportional equivalent? The fact that people driving 2 ton steel killing machines complain about cyclists being “assholes” when it’s overwhelmingly their killing machines that, you know, kill cyclists, pedestrians, and other people in killing machines, is a remarkable display of entitlement.

prepend 6y ago

Again, I’m not saying that cars are perfect. I was just pointing out how I frequently see cyclists breaking traffic laws and norms. I don’t think that because cars are assholes that bikes can be too. Do you think it’s appropriate that a bike passes a car in its own lane? Do you think the law should be changed to allow this?

cratermoon 6y ago
Do you think it's appropriate to blame the victims?
apocolyps6 6y ago
> I frequently see cyclists breaking traffic laws and norms. More frequently than cars? There are over 5 million car crashes in the US every year. 30,000+ people killed.
Rebelgecko 6y ago
>Do you think it’s appropriate that a bike passes a car in its own lane? This is entirely situational. There are cases where it is OK and there are cases when it isn't. There was an Uber blocking traffic on my street today and I went past them. It would be ridiculous to have to just sit behind the car until their passenger showed up, and I'm sure as hell nit gonna ride my bike into oncoming traffic >Do you think the law should be changed to allow this? It doesn't need to be changed. The law in my state already allows this under many circumstances
addicted 6y ago
And do those cyclists “being assholes” kill 50000 Americans a year? Or even close to the proportional equivalent? The fact that people driving 2 ton steel killing machines complain about cyclists being “assholes” when it’s overwhelmingly their killing machines that, you know, kill cyclists, pedestrians, and other people in killing machines, is a remarkable display of entitlement.