good laaawwd have mercy, cuss cuss! cyclist rant

[brainhulk]

Keith Maddox Premeditation: http://youtu.be/MF3HNNbQuPU

Assemble spandex brigade!

 

[highland145]

"I want to publicly apologize to all people that I have offended over those absolutely stupid videos that I posted...anybody who knows me knows I would never ever intensionally (sic) hurt anyone..." Maddox is supposed to have written, urging everyone to "share the road."

Right, dickhead.

 

[amdhunter]

I'll start. Haven't watched the video, but cyclists can go to hell. They don't pay a dime in taxes from gas purchases, licensing fees, and who knows what else us drivers pay...yet they get almost 30% of road space, and a ton of leeway in regards to traffic laws.

And what do they do? Don't use the bike lanes, disregard every traffic sign and hit your car without any penalty to them.

There should be a button on cars that automatically throws a stick in their rim when they are being the normal douchebags that they are.

I will STFU about my biker rage the moment America wakes up and start forcing these dicks to buy insurance.

 

[poofyhairguy]

There should be a button on cars that automatically throws a stick in their rim when they are being the normal douchebags that they are.

A blast on the horn does wonders.

 

[highland145]

AMD and Keith are 1st cousins, looks like.

 

[Ns1]

I'm convinced guys. I'm going to stop riding my bike and exclusively drive, because drivers always obey the law and never do anything illegal.

 

[highland145]

YACyclistHatingT

Brain's trolling.

 

[dighn]

I'm convinced guys. I'm going to stop riding my bike and exclusively drive, because drivers always obey the law and never do anything illegal.

that's right. cyclists are morally deficient due to excessive exposure to spandex.

 

[Blintok]

lol - so you really think gas tax and license fee payments go to maintain roadways?
I guess people on bikes never also own a car, pay income tax, property tax or sales tax?
So car drivers never speed, run stop signs or red lights? More like self entitled fuks in their Beemers and Lard Rovers thinking they own the roads.

 

[Dirigible]

I'll start. Haven't watched the video, but car drivers can go to hell. They think gas taxes and licensing fees pay for the roads they drive on and don't care how much I subsidize them...yet they get almost 100% of road space, complain that they don't get 100%, and a ton of leeway in regards to traffic laws.

And what do they do? Don't use look for cyclists before opening their doors, then complain when cyclists avoid getting close to parked cars, disregard every traffic sign and hit your bicycle and kill you, usually without any penalty to them.

There should be a button on bicycles that automatically dents their car when they are being the normal douchebags that they are.

I will STFU about my car rage the moment America wakes up and start forcing these dicks to stop their entitlement-based whining and take some damn responsibility and start using their multi-thousand pound weapons responsibly.

I agree with amdhunter.









NOTE: since there is probably a rule about this, the quoted text was not amdhunter's post. I altered it to make more sense.

 

[poofyhairguy]

I get what you are saying, but at least the guy in the beemer and I have something in common- we need to get somewhere! I have found some awesome back-routes through traffic following asshole driving beemers.

 

[IronWing]

Spandex and Windex team up to keep your windshield clean!

 

[Dirigible]

I get what you are saying, but at least the guy in the beemer and I have something in common- we need to get somewhere! I have found some awesome back-routes through traffic following asshole driving beemers.

Now you're trolling.

Bimmer. Unless it's a motorcycle.

 

[Paladin3]

Wouldn't the impact to society from people driving cars be higher than that of bike riders when calculated on a per vehicle basis? Bikes don't burn fuel, they provide exercise and I bet fewer die in drunk biking accidents compared to drunk driving.

What it comes down to is that most people are selfish. They have very little respect for others and don't want to share so much as even a bit of space on the road. When they have to slow down a little and drive around someone in the bike lane it just pisses them off.

I'm not saying bike riders are special people. They tend to be asshats in about the same proportion as anyone else. What I am saying is that we could all do with would be a little more compassion and respect for other. Changing our hearts would fix damn near every problem facing humanity.

 

[IronWing]

Now you're trolling.

Bimmer. Unless it's a motorcycle.

They all beemers. This bimmer crap is something the beemer bikers came up with to separate themselves from the four legged beemer drivers.

 

[poofyhairguy]

Now you're trolling.

No way, a guy driving a Beemer (not a retiree in a 7 series, but an aggressive up-and-comer in a 3 series) will give you a much better route through traffic than Google will.

 

[Dirigible]

They all beemers. This bimmer crap is something the beemer bikers came up with to separate themselves from the four legged beemer drivers.

Shush! I'm helping to encourage dissension and strife between BMW owners. I should get a freakin' medal for this work!

 

[brainhulk]

Brain's trolling.

wait whut? I'm a mountain cyclist!!

 

[tHa ShIzNiT]

I am an extremely conscientious person, and an extremely defensive driver. But there's no way I'm going to always remember to look around before opening my car door. And if you hit that car door on your bike, its 100% your fault. No blame on me, at all.

Yeah, thats the one part of this whole thread that I'm picking on.

 

[smackababy]

Cyclists are generally a bunch of pretension fucks whose ability to navigate their bicycle safely is only eclipsed by their rampant ignoring of all traffic laws, regardless of whether they are required to follow them or not. With more places banning cyclists from sidewalks, they are turning to annoying the hell out of us drivers with enough sense to pay attention to their oblivious asses.

 

[Dirigible]

I am an extremely conscientious person, and an extremely defensive driver. But there's no way I'm going to always remember to look around before opening my car door. And if you hit that car door on your bike, its 100% your fault. No blame on me, at all.

Yeah, thats the one part of this whole thread that I'm picking on.

In my state, it is the person in the car's fault if they open the door into the path of a cyclist. So if a driver opens the door in the path of cyclist, the driver will be on the hook for damage to their own car, damage to the bicycle, and any injuries, pain and suffering, etc. to the cyclist.

Your state may have different laws. As always, please be aware of your local laws.

 

[Capt Caveman]

I am an extremely conscientious person, and an extremely defensive driver. But there's no way I'm going to always remember to look around before opening my car door. And if you hit that car door on your bike, its 100% your fault. No blame on me, at all.

Yeah, thats the one part of this whole thread that I'm picking on.

Depends where you live. In my city, you're at fault.

 

[highland145]

wait whut? I'm a mountain cyclist!!

You wear spandex while you mountain bike?

One of those guys. I'd run you off the trail too.

 

[Red Squirrel]

I don't have an issue with cyclists, but I don't care what the law says, stay on the sidewalk! They need to change the law that says that cyclists should use the road, that is the most retarded thing ever. They should have to use the sidewalk (unless they're actually going the speed limit somehow) or in some cases the strip of pavement between the sidewalk and the road, depending on how that particular stretch of road is made.

A TYPICAL cyclist is not going near the speed of a car, so get off the road! Just move over when there's a pedestrian and give them room too.

This thread reminded me, I gave my old bike away, I need to buy a new one. I wanted to last summer but it went by so fast and was so short and next thing you know there was snow on the ground.

 

[poofyhairguy]

Yeah usually the owner of the parked car is liable and responsible for damages because the oncoming vehicle has the right of way.