Making moar little fkn cycle bikers?
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Making moar little fkn cycle bikers?
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Just like skiing or driving, the over taking or passing driver/rider/skier has the reasonability to only pass when safe to do so, not only safe for you but safe for the person you are passing. A cyclist might be taking up a lane as there is a danger to him than that is a non issue to a car. It is common courtesy to pull over to shoulder to allow a car to pass, but it is not a law. Slow down and enjoy your day.
They are enjoying their day, the enjoy buzzing cyclists, honking their horn when they are right next to you, etc. It makes their day, mostly because their day is so shallow and uneventful. They might like life a little better if they got out of their cars and went for a walk or ride.
Just wait until you get a thin roadie bike tyre in a tram rail track...Quote:
Originally Posted by abraham
I've been walking on this trip :DQuote:
Originally Posted by narc
I had absolute faith in the maggots that this thing was going 10-plus pages when I started it. I'll work rollerblades into my next magnum opus. Promise. It'll be sick. Vegan rollerbladers vs paleo roller skiers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Buster Highmen
Who the fuck flips off someone with the bird facing inward?Quote:
Originally Posted by joetron
Rad cycle gang vigilante justice though. And I like that Merc wagon.
Wonder if she's single?
I have first hand knowledge of several fatalities. A friend road biking on a 2 lane in Utah made a U turn and was struck. A rider coming down a hill at speed hit a pothole. A college student riding at 2am without lights or reflectors was struck crossing a 6 lane street--I see her ghost bike every time I ride the American River Parkway. (I also know of one fatal bike vs ped--woman biking to the Donner Lake fireworks hit someone standing on the side of the road who fell and suffered a fatal head injury. The victim turned out to be too intoxicated to stand; the bike rider was arrested but charges were dismissed. She had been drinking as well but apparently not enough to be illegal.)
My impression is that the vast majority of car vs bike accidents are the result of either cars not seeing bikes--distracted, not thinking about looking for bikes, dark--or bikes moving into the path of a car--ie running a stop without looking carefully. The great majority of drivers I encounter when I'm biking stay as far away from me as they can. Anything to make bikes more visible helps. Technology to make using a cell phone, tablet, etc impossible for a driver of a moving vehicle while still allowing passengers to do it would help but I'm not holding my breath. As more and more people bike drivers will learn to watch for them. Road rage against cyclists that cause injuries or death happens, but I believe it is a tiny fraction of cyclist injuries. What will not help cyclists' cause or safety is cyclists getting aggro, deliberately obstructing traffic, deliberately pissing off drivers. I realize that self-righteous indignation is the most pleasurable of human emotions, but it rarely accomplishes anything.
FIFY.Quote:
I realize that self-righteous indignation like Mastrubation is the most pleasurable of human emotions, but it rarely accomplishes anything.
And I am only here to post in this thread to pad my post count.
Going for a bike ride now. On the road. On a fully rigid mountain bike I keep for just that purpose. Lots of deserted gravel roads round here.
I disagree. I think some high profile examples of negligent motorists getting dragged out of their cars and beaten half to death would help to remind people to put the fucking phone down.Quote:
Originally Posted by old goat
Doubt it. A former friend was blamed for killing another friend's older brother while racing in high school. I don't remember if he went to jail for murder or what but he did go to jail. it didn't stop other people from doing it, even close friends of theirs. Same with another who crashed his car while drunk and tried to run across the highway to avoid getting in trouble. People were sad, but they still partied and drove home the next weekend.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sirshredalot
I used to think that was just high school, and it might be. But people as an aggregate are closer to high school than I'd like
Shit, I have to make a five mile commute on bike in half an hour. I'm going to die.:eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by old goat
Which way is inward?Quote:
Originally Posted by BmillsSkier
Palms out is just silly.
I didn't realize ghost bike was a thing until I gave it a Google.
Palms out makes the bird inward facing the bird thrower.Quote:
Originally Posted by joetron
Goofy shit.
Too many of them here...Quote:
Originally Posted by BmillsSkier
There's one near my house, 14-year-old kid was driving because his dad was too drunk to drive after a day fishing on the river with the kid. Awesome parenting.
At least he now has a good excuse to drink.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/26/ny...-new-york.htmlQuote:
Originally Posted by acinpdx
15 new ones in NYC this year but it seems like there's already one on every corner. But according to some of the Stalinists in this thread it's only a statistic.
Just this morning on my 1 mile drive to the dog park...
This is a state highway:
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let's think about this for a minute BD
you drove your fucking obnoxiously large SUV, one mile, to then get out of said monstrosity to walk your dog
you're voting for Trump, amirite?
CWait. I don't get it. What's your problem in those two pics? I don't even see a car in the top one.Quote:
Originally Posted by BigDaddy
^Blind hill on a state highway treating it like bike path.
Not sure what this has to do with Trump, but maybe you are so politically active since you have so much free time? Not all of us can be sponsored, trophy husbands. Some of us have to work and use said obnoxious vehicle to support a family.Quote:
Originally Posted by buttahflake
I just want to thank you for taking the time out of your busy day to gather that photographic evidence. A picture is worth a thousand words and these really help put your comments in perspective. Thanks!Quote:
Originally Posted by BigDaddy
Come on... seriously?Quote:
Originally Posted by BigDaddy
It might be a designated "state highway" but it is functionally a residential road in that picture and I'll bet the speed limit is 35. With sidewalks and houses, anyone careening over that hill at highway speeds is asking to run over a kid or smash a delivery truck, much less some bikers. And the visibility is not that blind either, sightelines do not look that compromised
Yeah admittedly, it's exactly as you describe. But it's the first stretch of open road after a mile or so of stop and go traffic, waiting for pedestrians/tourists to cross ten times. I can't tell you how many times I've seen cars just mat it and hit 50 by the time they pass my house. Occasionally you get the jr BMW driver go up to 70.Quote:
Originally Posted by Summit
I just wanted to illustrate my point of dealing with this sort of bike path mentality on a daily basis. Barely out of my driveway and there it is. I could film a drivers Ed movie if I felt like wasting my time. It is a problem in our town and I drive accordingly, but I still find them fucking obnoxious and annoying. That doesn't mean I don't respect them and their right to enjoy the day, either... Just please ride sensibly and stay safe.
The problem is that, despite all their claims that motor vehicles are out to kill them, cyclists know that 99.999% of all people would hit a tree before they'd hit a cyclist, and they exploit that to use the roads in unreasonable ways. No cyclist who actually feared for his life would ever fail to obey simple traffic rules like riding single file or stopping at red lights and stop signs. The three assholes I passed last week who decided to take their siesta in the road as opposed to the 12' of shoulder just to their right were simply exploiting their ability obstruct the road and impede traffic out of other people's concern for their safety. Not only were they not fearing for their own safety, they were using their complete confidence in the average driver's intention to not hit them as a social weapon.
I don't personally know anyone who thinks bikes shouldn't be allowed on roads. But everyone I know gets pissed off when their concern for another person is taken advantage of.
Safety and self-preservation aside, your tone smacks of someone who thinks drivers are more entitled to the road than cyclists. It's simply not true according to the law.Quote:
Originally Posted by stfu&gbtw
New Mexico law:
http://www.nmcycling.org/advocacy/NM_Bike_Statutes.html
Problems arise because a fair number of both cyclists and drivers are serious assholes.Quote:
66-3-705. Riding on roadways and bicycle paths.
A. Every person operating a bicycle upon a roadway shall ride as near to the right side of the roadway as practicable, exercising due care when passing a standing vehicle or one proceeding in the same direction.
B. Persons riding bicycles upon a roadway shall not ride more than two abreast except on paths or parts of roadways set aside for the exclusive use of bicycles.
C. Notwithstanding any provision of this section, no bicycle shall be operated on any roadway in a manner that would create a public safety hazard.
History: 1953 Comp., § 64-3-705, enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 35, § 104; 1997, ch. 47, § 1.
My true statement that drivers of motor vehicles frequently show more concern for cyclists than the cyclists themselves do indicates to you that the motor vehicle drivers don't respect the cyclists right to use the road?Quote:
Originally Posted by huckbucket
And it is true that cars have greater right to the road. It doesn't matter what the law says. Roads were built to enable travel, and 99% of travellers are driving cars. We have bike paths for recreation. Riding like a prick while saying that the law justifies your claim that you have just as much right to the road as everyone else is the equivalent of waving your hand in front of someone's face saying "I'm not touching you!". The law can say whatever it wants. The roads are there for travelling, and sharing the resource means that we seek to avoid impeding each other - not that we seek to consume as much of the resource as possible as some sort of bullshit political statement. I see you're a part of the problem. Get over yourself, you spandex clad twat stain. But go ahead and keep exploiting other people's commitment to your safety because the law says you're allowed to.
Does your boyfriend know you suck his cock with that mouth?Quote:
Originally Posted by stfu&gbtw
We have made extreme concessions to automobiles for 100 years. I think this argument reflects the fact that people are considering their options and the use of resources more carefully at this point. Also, the idea that riding two abreast makes cyclists less safe is not true. A reason cited in Europe about cycling safety is precisely the rider density. This doesn't mean riders should be jerks, but it is clear that two riders register more clearly as objects to a moving vehicle than a single cyclist.
Aren't you the concerned citizen...Quote:
Originally Posted by stfu&gbtw
I always knew a dude who goes out dressed in spandex must fantasize about gay sex, but this is the first time it's been confirmed.Quote:
Originally Posted by huckbucket
I just admire how bikers can just go into roundabouts so carefree. I generally have to stop a lot of times, but it's because I am going a bit slower. Don't lose that pump for anyone my friend.
Blind hill? Seriously? You people are fucked up.
I think it's specious to say that drivers have more concern for the lives of cyclists than the cyclists do themselves. And, of course, no one wants to hit a cyclist.Quote:
Originally Posted by stfu&gbtw
Frequently, collisions happen because drivers are not expecting (or are just not looking for) cyclists.
In most parts of the country, cyclists are not a significant portion of traffic, and drivers just aren't practiced at looking for them. It is not because they don't care.
We have a high ridership here, and our local drivers are better practiced at looking for riders, but we still have collisions. And it's not necessarily because cyclists are scofflaws (tho I won't deny that occurs too).
Everyone on here knows how much sympathy the law has for rear ending another vehicle. Basically, the following vehicle is always at fault with few exceptions. This is because the driver is responsible for being aware of the conditions around his vehicle at all times.
"Start seeing motorcycles" was a campaign a while ago.
Same goes for cyclists.
I think plenty of posters have addressed the assholes issues already.
I will say, on a positive note, I don't mind the many female riders in spandex that I often see on the road here. Proof there's a silver lining in every cloud.
And I think PhilippeR started a thread to that effect a while ago...
You stop a lot of times in roundabouts? Because you are going a bit slower?Quote:
Originally Posted by SkiBall
Brain hurts.
Sauce please.Quote:
Originally Posted by stfu&gbtw
True statement? Face palm. Doesn't matter what the law says? Double face palm.Quote:
Originally Posted by stfu&gbtw
Not trying to pick on you stfu, but, invariably, when there is a disagreement and it devolves in to who might be gay for one reason or another it involves you?
ps... Calling someone gay as a derogatory term is kind of out dated.
And before you get all defensive and huffy let me just say this, Go sit on a bag of dicks and I know you are, but what am I.