Bicyclists have started doing a new thing that makes me furious

[SpatiallyAware]

The biker should have stopped.

The biker had plenty of time to stop. Yet another example of them being intentionally difficult, then acting naive when they cause an accident.

Like I said previously.... That biker can crow all he wants about who broke what law when he can't feel his toes anymore.

 

[SpatiallyAware]

I was unsure of this as it is a bit hard to tell but I am pretty sure the cyclist did stop pedaling and did apply his brakes in anticipation of a situation occurring. He was traveling at 30 mph I would have said. He cant stop instantly.

If he can't stop in that amount of distance then he needs to stick to the velodrome and stay off the streets with 4000lb hunks of metal that can easily outmaneuver him.

 

[Broheim]

The biker should have stopped.

so what you're saying is that if I get a tank and run a red light, the people I crush should have stopped and it's not my fault?

 

[SpatiallyAware]

And that's my complaint. There are bike lanes available, but a few bicyclist choose not to use them and slow down traffic instead. I have a hard time understanding why anybody in this thread disagrees with me.

Reminds of the bicyclists that decide to ride on the highway because "its their right" (which is true, bicyclists are allowed on the highway here) when there is a much safer route they could take. Just because its your right, it doesn't mean you have to do it.

In my area the turdcicles who ride like that get honked at and buzzed. It's resulted in most of them being a lot more respectful, thank goodness.

It's funny to hear them come up... 4-5 car horns all being blown in unison, people flooring their 500hp 10mpg cars as they blast past these idiots.

 

[SpatiallyAware]

Yes, let's all be pollution-spewing citizens.
God forbid we utilize alternative methods of less filthy transportation.

Some of us are trying to get to work to pay the taxes for your feel-good subsidies you leech.

 

[SpatiallyAware]

so what you're saying is that if I get a tank and run a red light, the people I crush should have stopped and it's not my fault?

If I see a tank running a red light I'm definitely not going to hurpadurp drive right under it BECAUSE THATS MY RIGHT AND I WONT PAY TAXES IM SAVING THE ENVIRONMENT because lance armstrong.

 

[_Rick_]

So accidents involving trucks are always the car driver's fault. Thanks for clearing that up.

 

[Broheim]

If I see a tank running a red light I'm definitely not going to hurpadurp drive right under it BECAUSE THATS MY RIGHT AND I WONT PAY TAXES IM SAVING THE ENVIRONMENT because lance armstrong.

so what you're saying is, I'm in the clear? SWEET I'm gonna get a tank

wait, would I be allowed to use the main gun? I mean, it's their fault for getting in the way of my 120mm rounds.


man my commute is going to be awesome from now on, mad max all up in this shit :thumbsup:

 

[SpatiallyAware]

So accidents involving trucks are always the car driver's fault. Thanks for clearing that up.

You do realize that you have a duty to avoid an accident... Right?


Even in that video, in court, it would likely end up being 50/50 fault. The cyclist had PLENTY of room to stop, and chose to ram into the car instead and act like a butthurt bicyclist who can brag about getting run over by a raging maniac.

 

[SpatiallyAware]

so what you're saying is, I'm in the clear? SWEET I'm gonna get a tank

wait, would I be allowed to use the main gun? I mean, it's their fault for getting in the way of my 120mm rounds.


man my commute is going to be awesome from now on, mad max all up in this shit :thumbsup:

Like everyone keeps trying to explain....


There is a difference between legal obligation and moral obligation. Just because something is legal does not automatically mean it's ok to do.


And past that....... How much will it matter to you regarding what is legal/moral when you're stuck in a wheelchair for the rest of your life? Are you going to proudly proclaim "even though I could've avoided it, that guy BROKE THE LAW and put me in a wheelchair?"



It's time to grow up, bicyclists. Most people are fed up with this sort of behaviour. Your lobbying groups aren't getting nearly the support they were in the late 90's early 2000. Go ahead and get your little butt pokers ready to hold a license plate.

 

[Broheim]

Like everyone keeps trying to explain....


There is a difference between legal obligation and moral obligation. Just because something is legal does not automatically mean it's ok to do.


And past that....... How much will it matter to you regarding what is legal/moral when you're stuck in a wheelchair for the rest of your life? Are you going to proudly proclaim "even though I could've avoided it, that guy BROKE THE LAW and put me in a wheelchair?"



It's time to grow up, bicyclists. Most people are fed up with this sort of behaviour. Your lobbying groups aren't getting nearly the support they were in the late 90's early 2000. Go ahead and get your little butt pokers ready to hold a license plate.

So what you're saying is... I have a moral obligation to blow up people in cars because legal obligations doesn't matter

well OK good sir, burn you to a crisp I shall :thumbsup:

 

[SpatiallyAware]

So what you're saying is... I have a moral obligation to blow up people in cars because legal obligations doesn't matter

well OK good sir, burn you to a crisp I shall :thumbsup:

Is that the best retort you can come up with for this discussion?

 

[Broheim]

Is that the best retort you can come up with for this discussion?

it's about as logical as the shit coming out of your mouth (well, fingertips) :thumbsup:

 

[SpatiallyAware]

it's about as logical as the shit coming out of your mouth (well, fingertips) :thumbsup:

So, you truly don't understand that it's not ok for a bicyclists to ram into a car even if he has time to stop?


It does explain a lot about your overall stance on these situations.

 

[n7]

Some of us are trying to get to work to pay the taxes for your feel-good subsidies you leech.

LOL yes, because bikers don't work and also pay taxes...

P.S. I drive to work.
As as someone who used to rely on biking and rollerblading and bussing to work, i fully appreciate the value these means of transit, unlike the fatties sitting in their gas guzzlers whining about cyclists.

 

[SpatiallyAware]

LOL yes, because bikers don't work and also pay taxes...

P.S. I drive to work.
As as someone who used to rely on biking and rollerblading and bussing to work, i fully appreciate the value these means of transit, unlike the fatties sitting in their gas guzzlers whining about cyclists.

If you are on your bike, rollerblades, busses, cars, or anything else - on public roads, especially if going to work, then you should have a tagged vehicle and pay taxes and insurance just like the rest of us. In the video above, and other videos of bicyclist hit and runs, who pays for the car's damage?



I value supercars and enjoy seeing them on the road. It makes my heart happy and I appreciate the value of these means of transit. So does that fit in with the modern progressive bleeding heart mentality of "I like it so don't tax it!" or is it all of the sudden different?

 

[Broheim]

So, you truly don't understand that it's not ok for a bicyclists to ram into a car even if he has time to stop?


It does explain a lot about your overall stance on these situations.

yes the cyclist is going to ram the car on purpose, because that's what cyclists do. Every time we get on our bikes we sit there for a few minutes pondering how we can injure ourselves today in a way that will inconvenience motorists. It's what we do.

damnit, your burden of overabundance of schooling has made you unravel the great cyclist conspiracy we've been working so hard on, cycling to our secret meetings everyday at the same time as the valiant motorists are on their way to work. But fear not fellow conspirators for men on black unicycles have been dispatched to SpatiallyAware's current location where they will forcefully ram themselves into his car with extreme prejudice so our secret will be kept forevermore. We will not allow him to expose our dastardly plot of self-harm.

 

[SpatiallyAware]

Based on what I read on these forums, most cyclists want nothing more than to end up in an accident where they can point fingers at the "evil cager" and blame them for all that's wrong with bicycling on 45mph roads as well as the rest of the problems in their life.


I'm starting to think alky is exactly right... That many of you try to talk tough shit, but are actually huddled up on the curb moving out of our way just like a good cyclist should be doing.

 

[Capt Caveman]

Like everyone keeps trying to explain....


There is a difference between legal obligation and moral obligation. Just because something is legal does not automatically mean it's ok to do.


And past that....... How much will it matter to you regarding what is legal/moral when you're stuck in a wheelchair for the rest of your life? Are you going to proudly proclaim "even though I could've avoided it, that guy BROKE THE LAW and put me in a wheelchair?"



It's time to grow up, bicyclists. Most people are fed up with this sort of behaviour. Your lobbying groups aren't getting nearly the support they were in the late 90's early 2000. Go ahead and get your little butt pokers ready to hold a license plate.

Yes, you are a retard. Less support? Why are more miles of bike lanes being installed now then before?

You do know that many cyclist own vehicles, pay taxes, etc right?

I own a vehicle but I can bike to work faster and not use gas, get stuck in traffic and be part of the traffic congestion problem so idiots like you can get to work faster.

You suck at logic and common sense.

 

[Broheim]

I'm starting to think alky is exactly right... That many of you try to talk tough shit, but are actually huddled up on the curb moving out of our way just like a good cyclist should be doing.

no no, we execute our dastardly plot of self-harm! It's all part of a much bigger conspiracy, you will never find a more wretched hive of villainy and roadrage inducers than in the axis of evil against motorists. You only know of a tiny cog in the great machine of evil that works tirelessly, day and night, to make your motoring experience as unenjoyable as possible. WHEN WE TAKE THE ROAD, WE TAKE THE WORLD!

 

[dabuddha]

Here why
http://www.minds.com/blog/view/2318...of-himself-smashing-into-things-in-bike-lanes

The one where he ends up in the back of the delivery truck cracked me up lol

 

[SpatiallyAware]

Here why
http://www.minds.com/blog/view/2318...of-himself-smashing-into-things-in-bike-lanes

I love how the law-breaking cyclist cuts out the video at the beginning, right when the officer says "Also, when you come to a red light... CUT".... Not surprising. I doubt he got a ticket simply for not being in the bike lane, was probably running a redlight or some other infraction as well.


Past that.... Welcome to the road. There are obstructions. Cars have to go around safety cones and blockades too. Typical selfish modern progressive elitist attitude. "Nothing should apply to me I'm special" type of mindset.

 

[Brainonska511]

Past that.... Welcome to the road. There are obstructions. Cars have to go around safety cones and blockades too. Typical selfish modern progressive elitist attitude. "Nothing should apply to me I'm special" type of mindset.

Because those are the same thing as constant illegal parking and incursions into bike lanes.

But you seem to know *everything*, so I'll defer to your all-powerful knowledge and judgement.

 

[Ns1]

Not sure why you guys bother responding to SA

 

[Spungo]

I don't have bike lanes here. I generally have no issues with cyclists, as I am one from time to time. The only time I honk at them and hope I scare them into running into a pole is when they are riding INTO traffic, which I do see with some scary regularity. It is always by a newb who is invariably not wearing a helmet and for some stupid fucking reason thinks that it is is safer to ride against traffic no his bike than with it. For bonus points in idiocy is when I have a green light and am taking a right and somebody on a bike, riding against traffic, rides across the crosswalk.

Kids are told to go against traffic because then you can see when people are going to hit you. Pedestrians and cyclists get rear ended all the time, usually at night.