Dick on a Bike

[spookysonata]

I was driving to work yesterday, and passed a bicyclist. No big deal, except as I'm driving along he suddenly puts on a burst of speed, passes me, then cuts in front of me to get to the other side of the street. Like literally in front of my bumper. I hit the brake and honked -reflex- and he held out his arm with his palm extended toward me in a "stop" motion. UH, NO, DICK.

"IT'S CALLED A TURN SIGNAL YOU ASSHOLE JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE ON A BIKE DOESN'T MEAN YOU DON'T HAVE TO FOLLOW THE RULES!" I screamed...but the window was up, and he pedaled on his merry, oblivious way.

Arrgh. I hate that so much. How imperious was that, just "STOP!" Try that in a car, jerkoff. See what happens.

[AtDIelement]

I always follow the share the road with cyclists mentality... Sometimes I feel they don't feel the need to share the road with cars.

[mikoyan29]

I always follow the share the road with cyclists mentality... Sometimes I feel they don't feel the need to share the road with cars.

Maybe not, but they would do well to remember that a car is at least 10 times their mass......

[Whiskey]

Maybe not, but they would do well to remember that a car is at least 10 times their mass......

I almost smashed a bicyclist one day. He just turned out onto a downtown road, half way into the lane, without even looking. Tell me what a car going 40mph does to a bike?

[IT Grunt]

Tell me what a car going 40mph does to a bike?

Carnage and headline coverage in the local news.

[wolfie]

I almost smashed a bicyclist one day. He just turned out onto a downtown road, half way into the lane, without even looking. Tell me what a car going 40mph does to a bike?

Same thing a semi going 40 MPH does to a car - or a train going 40 MPH does to a semi.

[mikoyan29]

I mean yes, we are supposed to share the road but that doesn't absolve the bicyclist of all resposibility to keep himself safe.

[Nashida]

See, this is what I'm trying to teach my now 17 year old brother, who even thinks riding with a helmet is "optional" (and this kid's dying to get his learner's permit...is he going to think belts are "optional" too?).

I've shown him countless news stories where what used to be a bike is now some metallic pretzel but just waves it off with an air of "Never going to happen to me; drivers have to watch out for ME."

[BlaqueKatt]

Arrgh. I hate that so much. How imperious was that, just "STOP!" Try that in a car, jerkoff. See what happens.

he probably does-dicks are dicks no matter what the vehicle they choose is.

I always follow the share the road with cyclists mentality... Sometimes I feel they don't feel the need to share the road with cars.

I won't hold you responsible for the 5-10% of drivers that are openly hostile toward me(throwing things at me while I'm in the bike lane, accelerating towards me while I'm making a legal, signaled turn, passing with less than 3 feet of space, passing me on the right in an intersection, passing me on the side I've just signaled I'm turning to-as in actually hitting my outstretched signaling arm....), don't hold me responsible for the 5-10% of bicyclists that don't follow the rules...ok? Generalizations are bad...Mmmmkay?

[BookstoreEscapee]

I almost smashed a bicyclist one day. He just turned out onto a downtown road, half way into the lane, without even looking. Tell me what a car going 40mph does to a bike?

We had a guy do that to us once (I was 13, my dad was driving, my mom and brother also in the car). We were going down main street in town and there was a wedding coming out of one of the churches (the one we went to, actually). Guy on bike was looking back at the wedding, and just rode out into the road without looking. My dad slammed on the brakes but just caught his back wheel. Car had a broken headlight, bike had a bent wheel, guy had a broken head. Someone put a small pillow under his head while we waited for the ambulance and I remember there was a lot of blood. Luckily there were people watching the wedding from their porch across the street so they were able to tell the cops what happened. Also, the bride and groom had not actually come out yet, so they were spared having to see it happen.

Oh, and we were also on our way to my cousin's wedding reception elsewhere in town. We didn't have too much fun, since my dad was really shaken up, I had a sore neck from whiplash (I was also turned watching the wedding festivities), and we were all just upset. (My mom called the hospital the next day; we didn't get the guy's name but she described the accident and they said he was OK and had already been released, so at least it turned out OK.)

[malmalthekiller]

Guy on bike was looking back at the wedding, and just rode out into the road without looking. My dad slammed on the brakes but just caught his back wheel. Car had a broken headlight, bike had a bent wheel, guy had a broken head.

Had a similar thing happen, with no injuries. I was driving up to a 4 way stop, went to go and a guy on a bike was gliding downhill and didn't stop at the stop sign, so I bent his back wheel. Guy was completely fine, but couldn't ride his bike anymore.

So I gave him a ride home, and felt horrible about it. He was saying things like "there are a lot of bikers around here", "you need to keep a better eye out." But I was thinking, listen buddy, you ran out in front of ME.

[Whiskey]

To counter: I saw a biker signal appropriately, from the bike lane, to turn right.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

Had a similar thing happen, with no injuries. I was driving up to a 4 way stop, went to go and a guy on a bike was gliding downhill and didn't stop at the stop sign, so I bent his back wheel. Guy was completely fine, but couldn't ride his bike anymore.

So I gave him a ride home, and felt horrible about it. He was saying things like "there are a lot of bikers around here", "you need to keep a better eye out." But I was thinking, listen buddy, you ran out in front of ME.

Call me heartless and cruel, but I'd have let him out of my car right there. He could

It's his own damn fault the accident even happened. Equal rights for cyclists include equal responsibilities.

[blas]

My cousin once hit a kid on a bike when she was 16/17ish.....it wasn't anything gory or even that bad, it was at a low speed and the kid just fell off his bike and had some rashes and cuts. The kid on the bike was at fault for not stopping at a stop sign.

Unfortunately, this kid was part of a family of several mentally disabled kids with a very over-bearing mother. The police didn't get involved, but the mother threatened to sue my uncle if they didn't buy her kid a brand new bike of her choosing, so they settled it that way.

[ApolloSZ]

At the other end of the spectrum, while I biked home from school a driver decided to pull into a driveway across the road from him to turn around.
Problem 1 - I was currently biking along the road, infront of said driveway.

Funny point was, I was fine (no bruise, no scratch, nothing!), even tho I dented his bumper.

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