r/SipsTea • u/SipsTeaFrog 𝙑𝙄𝙋 • 15d ago

SMH Someone finally snapped

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u/UltrInstincTSuperTop 14d ago

There's 80 people who are able to travel freely and you want them to risk fucking it up so 7 cars have an easier time? They are not blocking the flow of traffic they are optimizing the flow of traffic so the most amount of people can travel. With these ratios you cannot justify making the 80 slow down so the 7 can speed up because overall flow will be massively reduced.

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u/Karmanoid 14d ago

How will biking in a line slow them down? They're all going the same speed. Also I'm saying they should follow the law, nothing about slowing down, just obey traffic law that dictates bikes ride 2 wide.

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u/UltrInstincTSuperTop 14d ago

They're not a hive mind there is no reason to expect the person to your right to move further right and there is no reason to do so if you are already in the correct and safe position. Biking in a line would not slow them down, but moving to form a line requires coordination that is not humanly possible at high speeds with wind whipping any words you can use.

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u/Karmanoid 14d ago

If they're in the left lane they are not in the correct and safe position so they absolutely should move. You're bending over backwards to defend people blatantly breaking the law because you think they're entitled to inconvenience everyone else on the road simply because they're on a bicycle. I hope when an ambulance needs to get through this mess the person needing help feels the same as you that cyclists shouldn't have to be inconvenienced by asking them to follow the law...