EPTAlthough I suppose its not the same in USA due to size, culture etc.
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Kipsate
Netherlands45349 Posts
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Mactator
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Gnial
Canada907 Posts
Bikers are my biggest pet peeve in the entire world for so many reasons. Just so you know, the Mayor in Vancouver is trying to turn Vancouver in to a cycling city as they exist in Europe...but while in these European cities the cycling is part of centuries long traditions, in Vancouver they are really, really not. a) Critical mass is the most selfish, terrible thing ever (well, not really, but its pretty bad). I live in Vancouver and they block the lions gate bridge in rush hour for a couple of hours. That backlogs thousands of people from catching the ferry to the Island or getting home to their family on the North shore for many hours. My brother got caught up in the excitement and joined them one day just because he was already in downtown, and said it was like a big fun family affair with music and dancing on the Lions Gate bridge. To me, however, they may as well be terrorists dancing on the pride of our city, crushing the nuts of the people trying to get home and pissing on their families which are waiting for them. b) Roundabouts. Vancouver has put in a ton of roundabouts all over the city because statistically they reduce car-on-car collisions. Unfortunately, a significant minority of cyclists don't know how to use roundabouts. This isn't a big deal on the BIG roundabouts, but there are now a ton of these little roundabouts at small 4-way residential street corners. Visibility is bad approaching the roundabout, yet these cyclists just blast into them going far too fast to slow down if they needed to. It makes it so dangerous to drive even on rural streets since I feel like a biker could come out of nowhere (as they often do) and cut in front of me or even just careen into the side of my car. It is almost always female cyclists who don't cycle often (identifiable from the ratty old helmet, lack of form-fitting cycling attire, and substandard biking posture). c) Cycling infrastructure in Vancouver doesn't make any sense! They have put in so many bike lanes everywhere, which in and of itself isn't bad. But one example is they took out street parking along one of the main shop streets to put the bike lane in, making it far more difficult for people to park nearby. It has significantly contributed to at least 2 small businesses that have had to close down. Literally just one block over was a residential street they could have installed the lane in. The business association (for which one of my friends was a representative at this meeting between the business association, bikers association, city of vancouver (mayor etc.) and other stakeholders) said in the meeting, "Can we move the bike lane over 1 block so that it doesn't impact the businesses as much along this stretch?". The bikers association president, who is very close friends with the mayor, said (paraphrasing) "You can't push us around, we're gonna put a bike lane wherever we want." The business association people at the meeting were so furious, because it didn't make any sense and was inherently unreasonable. Needless to say, the Mayor has earned a lot of hate from anyone related to businesses in the downtown core. d) Bridge cyclists. Now maybe this is me just being a little selfish, but I hate people who bike on the Granville street bridge at any time of the day - in particular during rush hour it really pisses me off. There is a perfectly fine bridge about 10 blocks away with a dedicated bike lane - and all of the good cyclists use it since they are in good enough physical shape to take the 10 block detour. However, all these idiot amateur cyclists try to take the granville street bridge to save time and so you end up with these wobbly bikers trying to go uphill (slowly), taking up the entire lane because they have to work so hard to go uphill that they can't keep to the side, and blocking a huge amount of traffic. Idiots. Goddamn cyclists. | ||
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Fen2
Australia51 Posts
On June 27 2011 09:07 Kukaracha wrote: That person who ran over all of those cyclists could've just sait "I'm in a hurry, please let me through". And they woul've probably let her through. But she just wanted to "teach them a lesson". But sometimes lessons kill. The bikers wouldn't have let them through, their whole protest is about holding up everyone in a car as long as possible On June 27 2011 21:53 bITt.mAN wrote: "Cireticalle Masse, mec", which he explained as effectively a bunch of people without cars going around disrupting traffic, being annoying and giving shit to 'the cars' . Oh, and there was half-litre beer at 1CHF apiece Critical mass iss retarded beyond retarded. You take a bunch of people, feed them alcohol and then have them do their best to incite agression and violence, after which they then mob the poor person who just wants to go home after work. While I don't agree with violent acts, those bikers sure as hell were asking for what they got. iirc the story behind that incident was the guy in the car got his car scratched by one of the bikers on the ride. In anger he got agressive with his car which resulted in a whole bunch of the bikers attacking him (which is what a lot of them are waiting for). Faced with a wall of people on bikes and a bunch of bikers surrounding his car trying to attack him, he did what any sane person would do. He considered his own safety and got the hell out of there. As for the OP, I Couldnt agree more | ||
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Patrick G
Singapore1 Post
If only people in this world is more filled with GRACE? More genuinely graceful and sincere? It's really so sad to see these in other countries too... sad... "and I thought it only happens to Singapore..." ~~~~~~~~~ with reference to writer Blackjack - "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." | ||
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