What I don't understand is why bicyclists ride their bike down a busy street when there are parallel residential streets right next to them with not even 1/10th of the cars on them.
Originally posted by: IGBT
..license them. makem display a plate front/rear and pay yearly registration like in Erp.GB, China and other places. No excuse to tollerate urban terrorists on bikes. Critical Mass is a bunch of tard morons who need to be fined and held responsible reguardless of their eco-theism pop culture immaturity. If they can afford 600.00 dollar bikes they can afford to pay for the damage they cause and the police baby sitting they require.
Originally posted by: DivideBYZero
Originally posted by: IGBT
..license them. makem display a plate front/rear and pay yearly registration like in Erp.GB, China and other places. No excuse to tollerate urban terrorists on bikes. Critical Mass is a bunch of tard morons who need to be fined and held responsible reguardless of their eco-theism pop culture immaturity. If they can afford 600.00 dollar bikes they can afford to pay for the damage they cause and the police baby sitting they require.
With regard to the bolded part, WTF are you on about?
The rest? Damage? Where? Did my 12lb bike damage some of the tarmac? Do my huge 21mm wide tyres pound the ground and loosen your foundations?
The damage done by motor vehicles outweighs that done by cycles by a factor of roughly 11ty bn to the power of infinity.
Twat.
Originally posted by: beer
Originally posted by: Ricemarine
:thumbsup:
Bicycles should seriously be on sidewalks or bicycle lanes when provided, definitely not the road meant for cars... Hitting a pedestrian would be much better than getting run over by a car.
They have a right to the road. The sidewalks here are too packed with people.
On the road = obey road rules
/thread
Just what is the worst infraction a cyclist can commit? Running a red light? Do cars do that and get away with it? Yep, every day, cause horrendous accidents and hit and runs. BUT THEY HAVE PLATES!!!Originally posted by: IGBT
Originally posted by: DivideBYZero
Originally posted by: IGBT
..license them. makem display a plate front/rear and pay yearly registration like in Erp.GB, China and other places. No excuse to tollerate urban terrorists on bikes. Critical Mass is a bunch of tard morons who need to be fined and held responsible reguardless of their eco-theism pop culture immaturity. If they can afford 600.00 dollar bikes they can afford to pay for the damage they cause and the police baby sitting they require.
With regard to the bolded part, WTF are you on about?
The rest? Damage? Where? Did my 12lb bike damage some of the tarmac? Do my huge 21mm wide tyres pound the ground and loosen your foundations?
The damage done by motor vehicles outweighs that done by cycles by a factor of roughly 11ty bn to the power of infinity.
Twat.
..your bike is a vehicle. And YOU need to be held responsible for infractions thus identified with plates and registration.
Originally posted by: beer
Originally posted by: Ricemarine
:thumbsup:
Bicycles should seriously be on sidewalks or bicycle lanes when provided, definitely not the road meant for cars... Hitting a pedestrian would be much better than getting run over by a car.
They have a right to the road. The sidewalks here are too packed with people.
On the road = obey road rules
/thread
Originally posted by: Sentinel
Originally posted by: beer
Originally posted by: Ricemarine
:thumbsup:
Bicycles should seriously be on sidewalks or bicycle lanes when provided, definitely not the road meant for cars... Hitting a pedestrian would be much better than getting run over by a car.
They have a right to the road. The sidewalks here are too packed with people.
On the road = obey road rules
/thread
I agree, but entitling yourself to killing bicyclists is not necessarily a good idea.
Originally posted by: SuepaFly
Dude, I can't agree with you more. Pedestrians and bicyclists drive me crazy. I live in San Francisco too. I get so pissed when pedestrians and bicyclists jay walk and run reds. That is the point where I yell "Hey jackoff! You may always have the right of way, but I drive a CAR, so you may be right or you may be wrong, but I won't be the one thats DEAD because of a mistake."
You know what else drives me crazy? Pedestrians that stand off the curb and on the street to wait to cross. Yes, because the streets in San Francisco are so big, you definitely should stand on the curb the road, not dangerous at all.
Originally posted by: oogabooga
Originally posted by: Sentinel
Originally posted by: beer
Originally posted by: Ricemarine
:thumbsup:
Bicycles should seriously be on sidewalks or bicycle lanes when provided, definitely not the road meant for cars... Hitting a pedestrian would be much better than getting run over by a car.
They have a right to the road. The sidewalks here are too packed with people.
On the road = obey road rules
/thread
I agree, but entitling yourself to killing bicyclists is not necessarily a good idea.
I think the purpose of rant though is you know... to rant, possibly say things that you wouldn't really believe but say to well, rant.
Bicyclists are entitled to ride on the road, I'm fine sharing and take every precaution to make sure I don't hit one. I know when I'm riding my bike on the rode I do the same and hope every driver out there does too.
Bicyclists on sidewalk is a BAD idea btw, they just aren't large enough/meant for it.
Originally posted by: tomywishbone
It's a dude on a bicycle. JFC, how mad can you get?Originally posted by: beer
I swear to ****** god, one of my goals in life is to cripple one of these assholes that thinks they don't have any reason to stop at red lights. I live in SF where motorists/bicyclist run-ins are common, but their sense of self-entitlement just really, really pisses me off.
I got into a shouting match at 2nd and Brannon about 30 minutes ago- the light turned green and I took off, and a bicyclist entered the intersection and fell to the ground in an attempt to avoid my car. I had 100% right of way. Somehow it is my fault the mother ****** ran the red light - they just don't feel they need to stop.
The city here does not enforce red light rules against bicyclists at all. Therefore, it seems, they do not think the have any reason to stop. At any red light. Ever. One of them got mowed down by a cement truck onto turning onto 101 last month. What the hell do you expect, you choose to not stop at red lights, you get killed, and it's the city's fault for not protecting your ass? Now we can't turn right at Market and Octavia because your worthless ass thinks you don't need to stop. And it's a perfectly useful intersection - the reason why we can't turn is simply because you complained to the city. And guess what? I think a few more got hit since the cement truck incident - for not stopping.
/rant
Originally posted by: beer
Originally posted by: tomywishbone
It's a dude on a bicycle. JFC, how mad can you get?Originally posted by: beer
I swear to ****** god, one of my goals in life is to cripple one of these assholes that thinks they don't have any reason to stop at red lights. I live in SF where motorists/bicyclist run-ins are common, but their sense of self-entitlement just really, really pisses me off.
I got into a shouting match at 2nd and Brannon about 30 minutes ago- the light turned green and I took off, and a bicyclist entered the intersection and fell to the ground in an attempt to avoid my car. I had 100% right of way. Somehow it is my fault the mother ****** ran the red light - they just don't feel they need to stop.
The city here does not enforce red light rules against bicyclists at all. Therefore, it seems, they do not think the have any reason to stop. At any red light. Ever. One of them got mowed down by a cement truck onto turning onto 101 last month. What the hell do you expect, you choose to not stop at red lights, you get killed, and it's the city's fault for not protecting your ass? Now we can't turn right at Market and Octavia because your worthless ass thinks you don't need to stop. And it's a perfectly useful intersection - the reason why we can't turn is simply because you complained to the city. And guess what? I think a few more got hit since the cement truck incident - for not stopping.
/rant
How mad can I get?
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.c...3S1.DTL&hw=critical+mass&sn=011&sc=621
Ferrando had accelerated recklessly through a crowd of riders, hitting one and knocking him from his bike, then attempted to flee the scene before riders surrounded the vehicle.
Originally posted by: compuwiz1
Hey, anyone with a sticker bearing the word "Thule", or a rack on their car, bearing same name, really is a Thule (tool).
Originally posted by: DivideBYZero
Originally posted by: compuwiz1
Hey, anyone with a sticker bearing the word "Thule", or a rack on their car, bearing same name, really is a Thule (tool).
Nah, it means they have a Thule. Unlike people like you who lust after Thule or just stare at others Thules.
Originally posted by: compuwiz1
Originally posted by: DivideBYZero
Originally posted by: compuwiz1
Hey, anyone with a sticker bearing the word "Thule", or a rack on their car, bearing same name, really is a Thule (tool).
Nah, it means they have a Thule. Unlike people like you who lust after Thule or just stare at others Thules.
I think it's been awhile since I told you to F@vk off, hasn't it? So.....