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Just because you think they are sometimes jerks and may be dangerous doesn't mean you think they are not human. As a pedestrian and driver I've nearly been hit
by D13Fd 5y ago
Just because you think they are sometimes jerks and may be dangerous doesn't mean you think they are not human.
As a pedestrian and driver I've nearly been hit multiple times by cyclists (or scooter riders, who are similar) going full speed downhill on the sidewalk, or flying through crosswalks and straight through a red light, or going the wrong way on a one-way street. One time, as I stepped off the curb, a man on a bike nearly hit me as he flew the wrong way through a red light and across a busy intersection -- and he shouted at me as he did it.
I'm of the view that riding bicycles is great, but that people on bikes need to obey the rules of whatever infrastructure they are using just like everyone else. I don't know why some people think as soon as they hop on a bike the rules no longer apply to them.
- davisoneee 5y agoThe same way some people on cars don't give a shit about rules. Because people are selfish. The question is, how much are these people outliers? How much of it is you remembering and inflating the few bad situations, and forgetting the uneventful interactions? Compare this to how often people do shit in (much more dangerous) cars, that we just take for granted as regular road behaviour.
- D13Fd 5y agoHow often do I see cars blatantly ignore red lights and stop signs, drive on busy sidewalks, and go the wrong way on one-way streets? It's very uncommon. Bicycles here are much rarer, but when you see them, they are vastly more likely to be doing those things.
- pharmakom 5y agoNext time you are walking past a junction take a peek at how many drivers are using their phones. A telltale sign is a delayed response when the signal changes green. That aside, I don’t understand why your experiences of bad cycling are relevant here.