being a non-reckless cyclist takes a lot of patience/skill in a city
― iatee, Thursday, 4 October 2012 15:30 (eleven years ago) link
also a certain cognitive dissonance w/r/t statistics
― iatee, Thursday, 4 October 2012 15:31 (eleven years ago) link
Laws that should be passed:
― bell biv devo (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 4 October 2012 15:32 (eleven years ago) link
I hate when cyclists blow through stop signs, but have no problem with them doing a california roll through them, hypocritical, I know
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Thursday, 4 October 2012 15:32 (eleven years ago) link
I mean it's immensely frustrating bcz they pass these laws that are actually really cool (like the 4-ft cushion) but there is no way to enforce them and no way to report people who break them and be taken seriously
― bell biv devo (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 4 October 2012 15:33 (eleven years ago) link
xp
http://osaka-steakhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/California-Roll-4.95.jpg
― bell biv devo (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 4 October 2012 15:34 (eleven years ago) link
ya a lot of problems could be solved if speed limits and many other laws already in place were actually enforced
― iatee, Thursday, 4 October 2012 15:35 (eleven years ago) link
that's why I'm also for fascisty cameras everywhere
Cyclists need to have front and rear lights while riding at night
Already the law in the state of Ohio. And it specifies a red light in the rear and a white light in the front. I have two each, actually, yr standard battery-powered blinky lights plus these.
― Tom Hardy & the Batbreakers (Phil D.), Thursday, 4 October 2012 15:36 (eleven years ago) link
I know people who have this weird irrational anger, a couple years on, that there were bike lanes added to this street near my home. It used to be a clusterfuck of lanes, parking, and unpainted lines as the city decided what to do. It was either a four lane road (two in either direction) plus occasional turning lanes, or three lanes with parking, or w/e. Now it's mostly two lanes of traffic, a center turning lane for about half the length of the road, and two bike lanes. There's also lots more parking.
The only real thing a driver had to learn was that there is a turning lane for right turns where you cross the bike lane into what is usually the parking lane. It's easy, you look for bicyclists, then merge over when the lane has a dashed line. People RAGE about this. Note that this entire stretch of road is 1.5 miles. A mere two blocks up the hill is a four lane road with next to zero traffic, so if you really wanted to avoid this, you could go up there. All of the numbers so far indicate that shops along the stretch are making more money, the number of accidents has gone down, and there's more foot traffic.
I DON'T GET IT.
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Thursday, 4 October 2012 15:42 (eleven years ago) link
people hate change
― iatee, Thursday, 4 October 2012 15:43 (eleven years ago) link
I think the rage comes from the fact people want to take the most direct road, drive as fast as they possibly can, and not have to actually look for things near the road. We have places where you can drive like that, they're called suburbs.
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Thursday, 4 October 2012 15:44 (eleven years ago) link
nah man that's called italy
― Randy Carol (darraghmac), Thursday, 4 October 2012 15:47 (eleven years ago) link
as someone who didn't own a car until age 28 i'm very sympathetic to cyclists but shitty cyclists (that is, all the cyclists in my neighborhood) enrage me. i think it should be perfectly legal to mow down some beardo fuck going the wrong way down a one-way street.
― adam, Thursday, 4 October 2012 15:52 (eleven years ago) link
5 years dungeon for thread derails
― how's life, Thursday, 4 October 2012 16:03 (eleven years ago) link
The 10 best drivers I know are still 10,000x the danger to themselves and others than the 10 worst cyclists.
ok I cannot tell you HOW many times a fucking week I almost hit a cyclist because they're not obeying the traffic laws they're supposed to obey. running red lights, etc.
― gesange der yuengling (crüt), Thursday, 4 October 2012 16:40 (eleven years ago) link
three or four day work week whatever makes most economic sense but you ~have~ to directly contribute to the construction of entire cities designed by rem koolhaas (maybe) and the organization of massive rio de janeiro style carnivals for the entire population.
I like these suggestions because they seem taken straight of the SIm City 2000 model for urban planning.
― The Most Typical and Popular Girl Rider (Crabbits), Thursday, 4 October 2012 16:49 (eleven years ago) link
The 10 best drivers I know are still 10,000x the danger to themselves and others than the 10 worst cyclists.ok I cannot tell you HOW many times a fucking week I almost hit a cyclist because they're not obeying the traffic laws they're supposed to obey. running red lights, etc.
― gesange der yuengling (crüt), Thursday, October 4, 2012 9:40 AM (43 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
go slower
― THEE-AH-TER (Matt P), Thursday, 4 October 2012 17:26 (eleven years ago) link
very very fascisty about drivers bitching about cyclists, and i drive everywhere.
― THEE-AH-TER (Matt P), Thursday, 4 October 2012 17:28 (eleven years ago) link
I hit three whole cyclists this morning and I still hate when drivers complain about them
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Thursday, 4 October 2012 17:50 (eleven years ago) link
fuck off, Matt P. I follow the law.
― gesange der yuengling (crüt), Thursday, 4 October 2012 17:53 (eleven years ago) link
I don't blame all cyclists for the antics of these clowns that surround my college campus, fwiw -- I think it's an engineering student thing.
― gesange der yuengling (crüt), Thursday, 4 October 2012 17:55 (eleven years ago) link
my brother's just been in a bike accident :( on way to hospital now. Jinx.
― Randy Carol (darraghmac), Friday, 5 October 2012 19:34 (eleven years ago) link
DARRA. Shit, I'm sorry. Speed to his side and take our support & concern as you go.
― purveyor of generations (in orbit), Friday, 5 October 2012 19:35 (eleven years ago) link
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― gesange der yuengling (crüt), Friday, 5 October 2012 19:37 (eleven years ago) link
best to you and your brother
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Friday, 5 October 2012 19:41 (eleven years ago) link
good luck.
― how's life, Friday, 5 October 2012 19:41 (eleven years ago) link
thks guys. Spoke to him and he's ok but banged up a little. Phew
― Randy Carol (darraghmac), Friday, 5 October 2012 19:56 (eleven years ago) link
thank goodness!
― gesange der yuengling (crüt), Friday, 5 October 2012 20:00 (eleven years ago) link
bicycle meets automobile never ends well, but banged up a little is well to the better side of the spectrum
― Aimless, Friday, 5 October 2012 20:02 (eleven years ago) link
pizza
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Friday, 5 October 2012 20:08 (eleven years ago) link
pssh, who needs an automobile present to have a bike accident
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Friday, 5 October 2012 22:09 (eleven years ago) link
mh otm, no cars involved,
jumper caught in front wheel at speed, no helmet. Big forehead gash, likely be carrying a decent scar for life, likewise from lip to nose (which is broken), large chip off front tooth, broken fingers, maybe torn calf muscle, shock and concussion. And lucky at that.
― Randy Carol (darraghmac), Friday, 5 October 2012 22:26 (eleven years ago) link
uuungh I will only be reading that description once
I feel like I got away relatively unscathed with two broken wrists, one of which was unnoticeable to me
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Friday, 5 October 2012 22:42 (eleven years ago) link
what kind of jumper was he wearing, that it could get caught in the front wheel like that?
― how's life, Friday, 5 October 2012 22:52 (eleven years ago) link
he had it on the handlebars, he is 32 fyi
― Randy Carol (darraghmac), Friday, 5 October 2012 22:56 (eleven years ago) link
sounds horrible. i hit my face hard into the ground in a non-bike accident a few weeks ago and it hurt like absolute hell. the hard bone of your head just smacks right into the unbelievable hardness of the road and any soft tissue in the way just gets smashed right through like it isn't even there. good luck to the poor guy
― Superphysical Resurrection (NickB), Friday, 5 October 2012 23:06 (eleven years ago) link
Securing my load when biking.
(me and everyone else reading this thread)
― nickn, Friday, 5 October 2012 23:15 (eleven years ago) link
i am p fascisty about fascists
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Sunday, 7 October 2012 03:23 (eleven years ago) link