How a significant part of public opinion sees people on bikes
How a significant part of public opinion sees people on bikes
People on bikes may be rude and may not follow the rules, but can't be aggressive.
When a man with a .45 meets a man with a rifle, the man with a pistol will be a dead man.
Original stripe from the Onion: https://www.theonion.com/bum-rush-hour-1846606314
Cross-posted from: https://mastodon.uno/users/rivoluzioneurbanamobilita/statuses/113615912203015089
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As a pedestrian the amount of times I've had to jump out of the way of a cyclist that was using the sidewalk instead of the bike lane, without using any kind of light, reflector, or bell to at least make themselves noticeable, is way too damn high.
It's not just that most cyclists are maniacs with complete and absolute disregard for anyone else using public spaces, it's that they often seem to actively intend to harass and possibly harm everyone else in their vicinity.
I absolutely despise cars, but cyclists..? Cyclists I've learned to fear. At least drivers are required to have a license, and face legal consequences when they misbehave.
I dream of the day all forms of wheeled vehicles, no matter the amount, will be banned from cities and any other places frequented by civilised people (unless they run on tracks; trams and trains are tolerable as long as they are electric and proper barriers are in place to prevent them from causing harm).
I have to wonder if there's something wrong with the bike lane, because I can't imagine anyone wants to cycle through pedestrians
No, the bike lanes are perfectly fine (probably due to lack of use), they would just take one or two seconds longer to get to wherever the cyclist wants to go, so any pedestrians in the straight line between there and the cyclist better watch out, because ringing the bell also costs precious time.
Cyclists that ride on pedestrian ways are the wost. Vehicles belong in roads.
Vehicles belong in roads.
And roads don't belong in cities.
How else will cyclists ride in cities?
In public transport, like civilised people.
How does one ride a bicycle on a bus? That doesn't sound safe for everyone else
That's the neat thing: you don't. You leave your silly contraption at home, walk to the bus, and take a seat like a civilised human person.
(Or so I would like to say; the amount of times I've been on a bus and the driver has had to tell the second cyclist that they couldn't get in the bus because the first one was taking too much space is also way too damn high; as I said, cyclists have absolute disregard for public spaces and utilities, and anyone else using them.)
Cyclists are the worst. I head they eat kittens and have dark masses.
One can think cyclists on the whole act like dicks without believing they all do (those over 30-40 who commute or are with their kids generally follow traffic safety laws) or that they are satanists. Not that there is anything wrong with having a dark mass or eating kittens, unless you're a vegetarian. If anything eating kittens is better because we have to slaughter so many to keep the pop under control, and that's just food going to waste. Personally don't eat meat, but meat is meat.
Agreed, any major pop center is filled with bikes looking to run over pedestrians. I think scooters may be getting worse, but hard to say since they at least have lights.