• amniotic druid@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    My biggest gripe with cyclists is that they act like a car when it’s convenient and a pedestrian when it’s convenient

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      7 months ago

      Cyclists act like a cyclist when it is convenient and like a pedestrian when it is convenient.

      Cyclists act like a car when it is the only way to avoid getting killed in car-centric hellscapes.

      • amniotic druid@lemmy.world
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        7 months ago

        I watch cyclists every day hop right off the road at red lights just to use the pedestrian cross walk out of turn and skip the wait. There is literally no reason to do this other than having a death wish.

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          7 months ago

          Perhaps it is safer cycling across a crosswalk while the only other traffic is pedestrians, instead of going with the flow of cars when cars turning left or right can run you over.

          • Naik Nachtlicht@slrpnk.net
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            7 months ago

            Perhaps you can run over pedestrians if you do so? FFS, just stop making the ashole moves you accuse car drivers of, if you want to be taken seriously! Never went to ER with a kid almost by killed by a 100kg male with a racing bicycle, didn’t you?