The van overtook him, if the van merged into the bike lane at the crosswalk, which he's legally required and allowed to do, this wouldn't be a problem.
The bike guy would have had to slow down the same amount if that happened. He knew the guy was going to turn.
Given that, is the bike guy upset the van didn't merge into the bike lane prior to the turn, or is it that he had to slow down because of a vehicle in the bike lane?
The bike guy is upset because he almost got right hooked due to some POS manlet in a van who couldn't be bothered to slow down for 2 seconds and instead almost merged into his face. Bikes don't stop on a dime dude.
Bike guy is upset because wee man in the van just passed him knowing he was going to cut off the cyclist to turn into that parking lot. Wee man should have waited for the cyclist to clear the intersection and then pulled into the lot.
Guy on the bicycle should have picked up wee man and thrown him through the rear window on his 10 year old piece of shit minivan. That would have been the proper outcome of this encounter.
Still didn't answer the question. If he merged before the turn, after he over took the cyclist at the intersection, would that have been acceptable?
According to the image linked earlier that would be OK, but some of you are basically saying the cyclist has right of way to a vehicle in front of him. It's not like they were doing 40, the guy cut in front of him and slammed on the breaks to make the turn.
Hence the question.
I'm still not sure what he was cursing the cyclist out for actually as the cyclist did nothing wrong.
Almost right hooked, but not, because the vehicle had over taken him. Are you suggesting the vehicle can stop faster, especially when the cyclist knew the guy was turning? Interesting.
Still didn't answer the question. If he merged before the turn, after he over took the cyclist at the intersection, would that have been acceptable?
He never fully passed the cyclist, he started coming over before he cleared the cyclist's front wheel and he was slowing which is now impeding the cyclist's right of way.
He should have seen the cyclist, slowed down and waited the 2 seconds for the cyclist to pass him and then moved into the bike lane and made the turn.
He was a cyclist and therefore a douche.
Yeah.Most normal people (whether on car or bike) would have simply gone around the guy in the minivan to the left once he cut them off. Especially in the city anyone on the road is going to get cut off frequently. No one would ever get anywhere if every time it happened, the person who got cut off decided to instead almost tap their rear bumper just to prove the point that the lead car was being a jerk.
If you don't go around someone in an instance like shown in this video, you are a douche period no matter what kind of vehicle you're operating. You don't react to jerks on the road by proceeding to act like a jerk yourself in retaliation.
Yeah.
He should have kicked in the guys rear light and cycled off.
These threads aren't even funny. It's all trolling. :|
Amateurs ITT
Most normal people (whether on car or bike) would have simply gone around the guy in the minivan to the left once he cut them off. Especially in the city anyone on the road is going to get cut off frequently. No one would ever get anywhere if every time it happened, the person who got cut off decided to instead almost tap their rear bumper just to prove the point that the lead car was being a jerk.
If you don't go around someone in an instance like shown in this video, you are a douche period no matter what kind of vehicle you're operating. You don't react to jerks on the road by proceeding to act like a jerk yourself in retaliation.
Most normal people (whether on car or bike) would have simply gone around the guy in the minivan to the left once he cut them off. Especially in the city anyone on the road is going to get cut off frequently. No one would ever get anywhere if every time it happened, the person who got cut off decided to instead almost tap their rear bumper just to prove the point that the lead car was being a jerk.
If you don't go around someone in an instance like shown in this video, you are a douche period no matter what kind of vehicle you're operating. You don't react to jerks on the road by proceeding to act like a jerk yourself in retaliation.
He did pass him, otherwise the side of the van would have hit the cyclist. What he didn't do was pass properly, there wasn't enough room from the time he passed to the time he merged. He cut the guy off in the process of merging/turning.He never fully passed the cyclist though, he started coming over before he cleared the cyclist's front wheel and he was slowing which is now impeding the cyclist's right of way so now he is forced to react to avoid a collision. It's like you passing a truck, then changing lanes right in front and slamming on the brakes and then blaming the truck driver for causing a collision.
He should have seen the cyclist, slowed down and waited the 2 seconds for the cyclist to pass him and then moved into the bike lane and made the turn.
If I'm driving along and there are cyclists in the bike lane next to me or even behind me and I need to cross through the bike lane to make a turn the burden is on me to do so safely. If that means slowing to wait for cyclists to pass then so be it.
Don't discriminate based on method of transportation.
They started the discrimination by wanting their won land.
Don't discriminate based on method of transportation.
So what can I base my discrimination on? I need something.
KT
So what can I base my discrimination on? I need something.
KT
On whether the person thinks a lion can win in a fight against a tiger.
How about whether or not a person has herpes?