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That is the thing that annoys me the most. You don't walk on train tracks, you don't drive on the sidewalk. Excessive speed differences like these are dangerous
by Laarlf 6y ago
That is the thing that annoys me the most. You don't walk on train tracks, you don't drive on the sidewalk. Excessive speed differences like these are dangerous. Either accept that cycling on the road is dangerous and work with that mindset or choose a fitting medium to travel for the ground given. On a bike, you are weaker and slower than the cars you share the road with. Being hit by a car won't fix infrastructure.
- anoncake 6y agoBicycles are vehicles. Vehicles belong on the road. Where else?
- Laarlf 6y agoOn the bike lane. There is none? Either well behaved and aware of the circumstances on the road or under the car.
- anoncake 6y agoEvery cyclist is inherently more well-behaved than anyone driving a dangerous, noisy and polluting machine driving through a populated area.
- Laarlf 6y agoIf your oh-so-superior lifestyle is so much better, just move to a country where cars don't exist. Cars and bikes do not belong on the same road without seperation. Mixing different speeds of transportation on the same road is inherently a stupid idea. And if you hold up everyone, don't expect people to like or respect you. Maybe i should start to park in bike lanes. Same issue really.
- anoncake 6y agoWhy, yes. I pollute less and I'm drastically less likely to kill someone. I don't drive people mad with noise. My lifestyle is superior. Deal with it. > Cars and bikes do not belong on the same road without seperation That is not true. Even inside towns, cars can be driven safely at reasonable speeds of 10-20 km/h.
- Laarlf 6y agoWell why are you still around cars when your lifestyle is so superior? There must be billions of people choosing the "superior" life. How great that you are so superior yet you want cars to take 2-10 times as much fuel to let them drive at speeds they are not made for while creating more traffic jams. The next time i overtake a cyclist i will keep that in mind and use the first gear and full throttle. People like you are the reason why "cyclist" becomes an insult. Justifying being annoying is a great way to make you popular i've heard.
- anoncake 6y ago> Well why are you still around cars when your lifestyle is so superior? Tragedy of the commons. > Justifying being annoying is a great way to make you popular i've heard. Seems to work for you.
- Laarlf 6y ago> Tragedy of the commons. Ah so you’re saying the lifestyle isn’t superior because it throws self interest out of the discussion. And yes, it works out quite well for me. My hatred for cyclists who don’t use the bike lanes built literally for them is growing daily and so is my skill to hold the horn for minutes and holding low speeds in first gear. They want coexistence and they get coexistence.
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- nec4b 6y agoEspecially those zigzagging with reckless speed between pedestrians on the pavement and not respecting traffic signals.
- anoncake 6y agoEven those. Disturbing pedestrians is not okay, of course. But why do people ride on the pavement in the first place? Because car drivers are making the road too dangerous.
- nec4b 6y agoCyclist are a menace for well behaved pedestrians. They are very aggressive and endangering the well being of other people in the city centers, which are closed to general traffic or on walking paths outside of cities. Recklessly speeding between pedestrians and doing risky maneuvers thinking they are on the Tour the France.