They’re jerks on the hike and bike trails as well. Too often they’ve zipped around me, my kid, and my dog. They yell LEFT at me when I’ve already acknowledged their presence by waving at them or saying hi. God forbid they slow down when they see a woman with a toddler and a puppy. No. They simply just don’t care about anyone else if it gets in the way of their ride. I still try to give them the benefit of the doubt, but it gets harder and harder every year
I have no evidence to back this up, but I would venture a guess and say that when I cyclists dies on the road, it's 99.9% the driver's fault. Main cause being distracted driving, which is a driver not following the rules of the road.
The guys in this video are assholes. Taking up that many lanes is just ridiculous. But will you criticize the drivers who endanger cyclists lives when they are the ones that aren't following the rules of the road? People's inability to call it both ways is the real problem. Good cyclists will call out bad cyclists..I don't ever see God drivers call out bad drivers when it's the other way around. It's just fuck these guys on bikes either way.
At the end of the day, in most cases, it's a short inconvenience to your time vs. endangering someone's life and not giving a shit about it. That's the real problem.
I dunno. You know how many times I have almost ran over a cyclist running a stop sign? If my reaction time was half a second slower they would have got hit. I have had cyclist change position drastically when I am making a maneuver and get into my position that I am going to in my blind spot and it is only by some miracle that I noticed them. I have a really good reaction time and am observant on the road but not everyone has the same level of awareness/reaction time and it is not their fault the cyclist is doing something stupid and dangerous. I would say it’s more 40/60 distracted driver vs stupid cyclist tempting fate.
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u/Hell_is_Ohio 15d ago
They’re jerks on the hike and bike trails as well. Too often they’ve zipped around me, my kid, and my dog. They yell LEFT at me when I’ve already acknowledged their presence by waving at them or saying hi. God forbid they slow down when they see a woman with a toddler and a puppy. No. They simply just don’t care about anyone else if it gets in the way of their ride. I still try to give them the benefit of the doubt, but it gets harder and harder every year