Once, in a rather affluent California town, I was stopped with the front of my car halfway in the bike lane so I could view oncoming traffic from the left, in order to pull out. I watched for several seconds as a man on a bike road straight towards me and accidentally ran into my stationary car. There was no damage, and he was unharmed.
I rolled down my window to apologize, as my car was technically in the bike lane. When I did so, this man scowled at me as if I had slapped his mother, and rode off in a huff.
I suppose the moral of this story is that anyone can be an asshole, but try extra hard to not be an asshole when you’re in the machine that can kill.
Saw a car rear end a bike in a bus+bike only lane hard enough to put him on their hood. Guess somehow the bike wasn't damaged and they decided to just let the driver go. So the driver in the through only bus lane proceeded to turn right across two right turn lanes with limited visibility, followed by another driver turning right from the lane to their left and the two narrowly avoiding a collision. If you're hit by a reckless driver they need to be held accountable so they don't hurt others.
That must have took some balls. One of the celebs in my country got into the news by brake-checking in front of a bus with a Bentley. The footage from the inside of the bus is savage. Sure he probably wouldn't have died from that crash but that car sure looked expensive. Anyway he died a year later, urban legend has it from a cocaine OD. Karma is real kids.
oh I didn't consider the double meaning of stationary bike and a stationary bike, but i still feel it is more appropriate than static, since that does not relate enough to velocity
what the fuck are you even talking about? If you mean bmx and ramps and shit normal people couldn't do that if they tried. And if you mean illegal/law skirting ebikes those are really just motorcycles
18 Comments
Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de · 24 pts · 260d
"But did he wear a helmet?"
wuffah@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 260d
Once, in a rather affluent California town, I was stopped with the front of my car halfway in the bike lane so I could view oncoming traffic from the left, in order to pull out. I watched for several seconds as a man on a bike road straight towards me and accidentally ran into my stationary car. There was no damage, and he was unharmed.
I rolled down my window to apologize, as my car was technically in the bike lane. When I did so, this man scowled at me as if I had slapped his mother, and rode off in a huff.
I suppose the moral of this story is that anyone can be an asshole, but try extra hard to not be an asshole when you’re in the machine that can kill.
gustofwind@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 260d
Cars kill people and are incredibly scary up close
Bicycles kill only their rider when the matrix makes them run red rights and stop signs
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 260d
I mean, "car crashes into a stationary car" often gets the same response.
The idiot behind the wheel is somehow never at fault.
Eheran@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 260d
Hm? When does that happen?
hash@slrpnk.net · 14 pts · 260d
Saw a car rear end a bike in a bus+bike only lane hard enough to put him on their hood. Guess somehow the bike wasn't damaged and they decided to just let the driver go. So the driver in the through only bus lane proceeded to turn right across two right turn lanes with limited visibility, followed by another driver turning right from the lane to their left and the two narrowly avoiding a collision. If you're hit by a reckless driver they need to be held accountable so they don't hurt others.
wizzor@sopuli.xyz · 11 pts · 260d
Plot twist: bike was parked on the freeway.
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 9 pts · 260d
In my defense, have you seen how crowded the bike racks at the local grocery store get?
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 260d
A cyclist brake-checked the bus I was riding in.
I still think of that man. And I hope when he got his wish that his organs helped others.
halvar@lemy.lol · 4 pts · 260d
That must have took some balls. One of the celebs in my country got into the news by brake-checking in front of a bus with a Bentley. The footage from the inside of the bus is savage. Sure he probably wouldn't have died from that crash but that car sure looked expensive. Anyway he died a year later, urban legend has it from a cocaine OD. Karma is real kids.
hodgepodgin@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 260d
*stationary (or maybe predictable?)
Jax@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 260d
Static isn't wrong, and stationary bikes are actual things people use — not simply an unmoving bicycle.
hodgepodgin@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 260d
oh I didn't consider the double meaning of stationary bike and a stationary bike, but i still feel it is more appropriate than static, since that does not relate enough to velocity
TimeNaan@lemmy.world · -29 pts · 260d
Almacca@aussie.zone · 17 pts · 260d
Fuck off.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 260d
theLaLiLuLeLol@kbin.earth · 6 pts · 260d
you sound dumb as hell
mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 260d
Wait a second, do you think that drivers don't do this?
Grass@sh.itjust.works · 0 pts · 260d
what the fuck are you even talking about? If you mean bmx and ramps and shit normal people couldn't do that if they tried. And if you mean illegal/law skirting ebikes those are really just motorcycles