Time for another whine blog about people that bother me. This is my 3rd one in a row so I might make it a theme. So far people that annoy me are:
People that use the word "sheeple" Litterbugs
and now... Cyclists. Not all cyclists. Not even a majority, or a significant minority. Even I commuted by bicycle for 2 years 10-15 miles a day. However there does exist a small yet significant group of cyclists that love to cry about how the road is "for everyone to share" but also insist on hogging it themselves. This video illustrates my point quite nicely.
Notice how there is a perfectly usable bike lane not even 3 feet from the guy but he insists on riding his bike in the middle of the road and then throws a fit because someone passes too close. There's no reasoning with these people. If you tell them that they should just ride in the bike lane because it's a douchebag thing to do to make other cars wait on you while you trod along at 15mph they will say something like this
If you can find the bit in the highway code where it says you have to use a bike lane, anything I ever earn will be yours. Till then, shutup.
Okay? I'm not legally obligated to hold the door open for the person behind me or get an item off the top shelf for a little old lady at the grocery store. It reminds me of the movie Bowling for Columbine when people ask the NRA why they came to Columbine after the shooting and they say "The constitution gives us the right to." By the way, that quote isn't something spouted by one guy. I've seen it repeated by many people.
Then there are these things called "Critical Mass" rides. I'm not too keen on what they are about but it seems like the main idea is to have a ton of cyclists blocking all lanes of traffic and going 5 mph while singing "la-la-la-la you're legally not allowed to run over me! la-la-la-la." For example:
I just don't have the nerve to force a bunch of people to queue behind me because I want to take my merry time hogging an entire lane. I don't understand how these people live with being so inconsiderate to other people. Maybe somebody can explain it to me..
Wow. This whole 'critical mass' ride thing is ridiculous. Nothing says douche like going out your way to try to aggravate people who could easily be in a hurry to something important.
In the second video its almost like they were baiting something like that. Basically setting up for someone to get clipped and then they swarm the car with cameras and profanity; I would have sped away with reckless abandon too, those people are scary,
Also, I like your blogs; so far the people that annoy you also annoy me,
Hahaha I don't know why, but your blog strongly reminded me of this
And watching that again makes me assert this point: not just cyclists, but road-users who are dumbasses and jerks annoy the hell out of me.
We don't have a bicycle lane in Singapore, but cyclists stick to the left hand side ( our roads are opposite of US's ) and stay there. Cars go really fast, so there's an unseen barrier as to how far cyclists here would dare to mess around.
In fact, i only recall one accident in the last year that involved a bicycle user.
couldnt agree more. i, too, despise when cyclists do things like this. they claim the road is to share, and then hog the road themselves and dont obey the rules.
nothing makes me rage harder than when they just run through stop signs like they dont have to acknowledge them, as if they don't apply to everyone on the road. I wonder what their reaction would be if i ran through every stop sign i saw?
the critical mass thing is also annoying- or even just when a few friends are spewed all over a 1 lane road instead of riding single file in the bike lane for cars to pass.
of all the things that 'grinds my gears', this is also on the top of my list. I get impatient at times, I especially hate it when they try to share the one lane roads. I don't mind too much if I'm behind a mail-truck vehicle but not cyclists. I get super annoyed to the point where I see someone dress up in cycling wear, it just annoys me and I think they look stupid lol.
I think most of the time these people are being smug and smelling their own farts too much to be considerate of other human beings. Or maybe they are mad that people still use combustion engines to get around and this is their passive-aggressive way of expressing it.
I'm a cyclist too. I just hate the other cyclists who go into the car lane for a brief moment to get around a large truck without looking, or signaling, because they expect cars to stop for them. Too many dangerous cyclists. Then there are cyclists who ride way too close out of the bike lane to pass like stupid shits. People are too impatient.
I might be hypocritical. I run stop signs after slowing down to a near halt, but only after making sure the road is clear. (not at major intersections).
I also run 3 way crosswalks. Cars can turn left or go forwards, but can't go right. I figure there's no danger in going if there are no pedestrians because no sane driver would crash into me and the sidewalk.
SO many of them think they own the road, and the worst of them think they are better than you because they cycle instead of using a car. So annoying >.<. (The nice law abiding ones are cool though <3)
I hate stupid cyclists, drivers, horse riders, pedestrians, uni-cyclists, skaters, well everyone that behaves stupid in traffic. Meaning thinking they are the only ones having rights and neglecting their duties.
I've watched quite a few youtube videos on cyclists now. European roads suck. How can you force a cyclist to ride on main roads? Most cyclists stay on the right and only use crosswalks to turn left. North American standard is that you are on the right side of the road and driver side is left.
It's funny cause I agree with him all the way... until it gets to 0:51. Watch how he flies over the parking spots in a parking lot and jumps onto the road at full speed and blows through an intersection and expects everyone to predict his crazy behavior. How entitled does that guy think he is that he expects people to yield for him when he doesn't even obey the traffic laws that everyone else has to? You're supposed to come to a stop when going from a parking lane onto a driving lane.
When I ride a bike I stick to bike lanes/sidewalks. There's too much risk of crazy driving as a cyclist. One mistake and you're screwed. Not only that, when I'm on the other end (driving a car) I get annoyed as hell that they are smack in the middle of the road and almost always pass immediately (and so does everyone else) so basically it's like they are taking up a whole lane for themselves in the proximity around them. Pretty unnecessary.
If I were ever a cyclist, I'd never ride close to cars.. I knew a girl in high school that was killed by the trailer on the back of a pickup truck because it drove too close to her.
Aren't bikes technically allowed the full usage of the lane? I mean That's how I've been taught, that they were just another vehicle on the road and should be treated as such when passing and driving behind.
On June 27 2011 07:13 Shotcoder wrote: Aren't bikes technically allowed the full usage of the lane? I mean That's how I've been taught, that they were just another vehicle on the road and should be treated as such when passing and driving behind.
And technically, I can shoot anyone on my property after dark. Doesn't mean it's a good idea.
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