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I find the behavior of most bikers in traffic to be dangerous, obnoxious and rude. Bikers often say that they should be treated on par with cars (in matters of
by Goronmon 15y ago
I find the behavior of most bikers in traffic to be dangerous, obnoxious and rude. Bikers often say that they should be treated on par with cars (in matters of passing, etc.), but they themselves operate somewhere between vehicles and pedestrians, combining the worse characteristics of each. I have observed many bikers not to stop at stop signs or red lights, because, you know, they're for cars, jeopardizing pedestrians.
This sums up my own experience with cyclists. I've decided that they just don't belong on the roads. It's worse for everyone involved.
I have no problems with cyclists getting their own bike lanes, but until they do, I just wish they would stay off the roads entirely. I hate dealing with them both as a driver and a pedestrian.
- fennecfoxen 15y agoAs a cyclist and a driver, I agree that there are far too many jerks who think it's fine to run red lights if it saves them a little pedaling... but the ones that really get me are people in dark clothing after dark with no lights or helmet pedaling up the sidewalk on the left side of the street behind a row of parked cars and out across an intersection at 15mph... who, when faced with a near-accident, rant about how they had the "right of way". Even if you're right, the right of way doesn't matter when you're dead, buddy.
- Daishiman 15y agoDon't forget the headphones. As a very safety-conscius cyclist, I cringe at other cyclists who wear headphones or anything that artificially reduces hearing.
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- bilban 15y agoOh come on, you can't even hear audio through the headphones over the horrendous din of cars. It's not like driver's don't cocoon themselves, listening to very loud stereos. I've also seen many chatting on their phones.
- msellout 15y agoConversely, I've decided that automobile drivers just don't belong on the roads. It truly is worse for everyone involved--health of the driver, safety of everyone around them, health of the community, etc. The economic growth issues are also murky.
- sliverstorm 15y agoSo what does belong on the roads, oh paragon of wisdom?
- jbooth 15y agoA new breakthrough vehicle that runs on facetiousness, maybe.
- pbhjpbhj 15y agoI think the point is that msellout feels (please correct), and I'm inclined to agree, that the assumption that cars are entitled on highways but cyclists are not is wrong. There is probably more benefit in having less cars and more cycles than the converse.
- sliverstorm 15y agoIt rather sounds to me like he just wants all cars off the road, and I'm not sure how you could arrive at a different conclusion without applying liberal amounts of conjecture.
- pbhjpbhj 15y ago>he just wants all cars off the road Personally I think he was using hyperbole; countering the suggestion that cyclists shouldn't be allowed on the road and questioning the assumption that the solution to cycle-auto conflict had to fall in favour of the car. Conjecture? Indeed.