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Not surprisingly, you have no clue.
Luckily if this happens to me in my state, the moment a biker punches through my window I'm justified putting lead through his dome.
The driver of the Range Rover won't get charged with anything. In fact, the police should be charging some bikers for breaking traffic laws and assault.
I dunno, elitist assholes who think the road belongs to them - even though they're on an untagged, unregistered vehicle.
Around here the bicyclists brag about knocking the mirrors off of cars that they think are too close (evidently you're supposed to drive in oncoming traffic, as 2 feet is not enough room?)
It's the exact same behaviour as these motorcyclists.
Luckily if this happens to me in my state, the moment a biker punches through my window I'm justified putting lead through his dome.
The driver of the Range Rover won't get charged with anything. In fact, the police should be charging some bikers for breaking traffic laws and assault.
Totally disagree. It's not fortitude it's common sense and the thing about common sense is it comes natural to you, you don't have to stop and think about it. You either have it or you don't.
Luckily if this happens to me in my state, the moment a biker punches through my window I'm justified putting lead through his dome.
The driver of the Range Rover won't get charged with anything. In fact, the police should be charging some bikers for breaking traffic laws and assault.
The lack of appropriate bike infrastructure has lead to a culture of aggressive cycling in the US since for many years those types of people were the only ones to brave the roads. It seems this behavior is passed on as appropriate to some newer cyclists (but definitely not all)
Our drivers are also pretty aggressive against anything that isn't a motor vehicle. I was crossing a xwalk the other day on a walk signal and a guy trying to turn right on red through my body stopped to give me the finger and tell me to go fuck myself.
Want appropriate infrastructure? Stop vagina blocking every bill that involves tagging and taxing bicyclists.
Drivers are aggressive - period. If you hold up the road, expect to get honked at. Doesn't matter if you're walking, riding, or driving. A tax paying driver getting their ultra frappe latte-whatever from starbucks far surpasses a bicyclist's exercise and showoff routine.
And spare me the "wahh I pay taxes on my car and I'm helping the environment and I'm helping traffic" spiel.
Bicyclists destroy traffic. Shit I live in a a high income area, we have bike lanes almost everywhere, and still these tards ride in the road because they're too elitist to share the bicycle lane with each other. Or is it that the gravel is too large? The excuse changes weekly.
Want appropriate infrastructure? Stop vagina blocking every bill that involves tagging and taxing bicyclists.
Drivers are aggressive - period. If you hold up the road, expect to get honked at. Doesn't matter if you're walking, riding, or driving. A tax paying driver getting their ultra frappe latte-whatever from starbucks far surpasses a bicyclist's exercise and showoff routine.
And spare me the "wahh I pay taxes on my car and I'm helping the environment and I'm helping traffic" spiel.
Bicyclists destroy traffic. Shit I live in a a high income area, we have bike lanes almost everywhere, and still these tards ride in the road because they're too elitist to share the bicycle lane with each other. Or is it that the gravel is too large? The excuse changes weekly.
For the record I'm a driver, not a cyclist.
Most bike lanes in the US aren't really that useful unless they are barrier protected (very few are). The protected ones we have here work infinitely better than shared lanes or just some paint laid down on the side of the road which cars use regardless. US bike infrastructure is basically a bad joke if you ever look at what the Europeans have.
For the record I'm a driver, not a cyclist.
Most bike lanes in the US aren't really that useful unless they are barrier protected (very few are). The protected ones we have here work infinitely better than shared lanes or just some paint laid down on the side of the road which cars use regardless. US bike infrastructure is basically a bad joke if you ever look at what the Europeans have.
That's fine...build better bike lanes...but let the bikers pay the cost, not the general public or motor vehicle drivers.
Bikers are already footing the bill. They are taxpayers too. In NYC, road construction is just paid for out of the general fund.
But anytime they try to get a bike lane installed, people bitch about the loss of parking, their abilities to speed down the road, and a whole host of other specious arguments.
Damn, some of you guys are really going off-topic and turning this into a cyclist vs car thread. I mean it is, but not THAT kind of cyclist vs car thread.
Bikers are already footing the bill. They are taxpayers too. In NYC, road construction is just paid for out of the general fund.
But anytime they try to get a bike lane installed, people bitch about the loss of parking, their abilities to speed down the road, and a whole host of other specious arguments.
You've never actually been to NY have you? He was driving along the west side highway. Continuing on that highway would eventually lead to the Saw Mill parkway where an angry mob of bikers could probably easily murder you and dump your body in the woods. The only other option that he reasonably had was to pull off on one of the exits (which all lead to busy city streets) and hope that the bikers back off realizing that it's a high publicity area. Given his circumstances this was probably his only option and a very reasonable one considering that Exit 14 is one of the last exits in NYC. The only thing he could've done better is maybe look to stop in front of a police station but good luck having the fortitude to think about that when you have a dozen angry assholes chasing you down and a wife and kid to worry about.
And where do you think money for the 'general fund' comes from?
Bottom line is if you want better infrastructure, if you want to be treated equally, then all bikes need to have license plates and yearly taxes just like a motorcycle.
In my area drivers are absolutely fed up with this entitlement mentality that bicyclists have. Every time someone pushes ANY bill to tag/tax bicyclists they're at the capital in leotards picketing. It's so bizarre to me, that they want equal treatment in every way..... except helping pay for what they want.
Their common excuse is that drivers should pay for bike lanes to get the bicyclists off the road. Ridiculous.
And where do you think money for the 'general fund' comes from?
Should have just run them over. You can use your car as a weapon in self defense, just keep saying "he was attempting to forcibly enter my occupied vehicle".
As far as shooting the dirtbags? The moment they touched my window it would have been good shoot.