And by that logic, must operate under the rules of the road.
You two wise road cyclists the other night were in the middle of making a left turn. You sir actually PUT YOUR HAND UP like a damn police officer to STOP THROUGH AND RIGHT TURN TRAFFIC so you could complete your left turn and satisfy your impatience. Then you and your wife/girlfriend/hostage turned left as the rest of us had to wait to take what was our right of way.
How bloody dare you, creepy aging hipster? You think that because you made a good call to wear reflective gear, you’re now officially impervious to damage? Not to mention immune to traffic law?
See, here’s the thing dude. An impatient driver is an obnoxious driver. But more often than not an impatient cyclist is a DEAD cyclist.
Don’t you EVER let me catch you doing something like that again. Accidents happen to arrogant idiots every day. Be careful because at the end of the day, I won’t risk my law-abiding ass to save your entitled one. —The Green Hyundai Driver Who Saved Your Life, You Idiot
This article appears in Apr 4-10, 2013.
An old hipster? Fuck, that’s the worst kind.
Are you sure it wasn’t just a turn signal? Some cyclists are still using the old style signals where you only use your left arm.
That’s probably what it was, a turn signal. Here’s some tit for tat, though: saw a cyclists going straight through (on a green) and some douchebag turning left actually accelerates and cuts the turn, nearly running into said cyclist. Car douche actually had to take evasive action (turning back right) to avoid having cyclist on his hood. Lesson: cyclists are actually going faster than you might think.
we can keep up with cars, especially with 52 teeth. to the guy going the wrong way on charles st, i stopped to tell you that you were going the wrong way, not to let you go around me
So if you happen to catch them doing it again, you are going to what? Run them over? Christ buddy chill, no need to kill or injury someone on a point.
OB must be really old…
READ BILL 93
the cyclist had right of way, you sir are a douche.
wait…
was he trying to stop ONCOMING traffic????
….in that case he is the douche.
but still, read BILL 93.
Bill 93 is a good bill. It’s really quite fair cyclists and motorists. It doesn’t give cyclists any super powers against cars and their rights of way though. As a cyclist my best “who’s right and who’s wrong” advice is this: As right as you may be, you won’t win when you interact with a motor vehicle, unless you’re lucky enough to simply adjust its mirror, so stay very aware and defensive and certainly don’t be unpredictable or naive on the road or you’re likely to get yourself killed or seriously injured.
Just a slob like one of us?
doesn’t matter if turn signal or palm to the face. They still made an illegal left across through traffic.
“You two wise road cyclists “
Sage cyclists or did this happen on Wyse road? My money’s on Wyse road.
Why the God reference Stephen K?
Cyclists are to ride on the right side of the road in the direction of traffic, but may move towards the centre of the lane when safer in order to avoid hazards or maintain a regular traffic flow -including when riding through a roundabout, turning left, or passing another vehicle.
INCLUDING WHEN TURNING LEFT!
when a cyclist is turning left they can stick out thier hand as a turn signal and cars should slow to let them in. cyclists dont have to wait for a break in traffic. they are allowed to take the full lane to make thier way left.
please be kind to cyclists. You may think of them as mosquitoes in traffic, but thier lives are in your hands, and allowing bikes to make left hand turns is not that much of an inconvenience really.
…Except when it is….
Cyclists believing that following the rules of the road will make them safe…
They’ll play the fool
Following the rules of the road as a cyclist will keep you safer than those that do not.
Oh you Haligonians! You and your cars! Here’s an interesting exerpt from dutchnews.nl:
“Living in Amsterdam, car-sharing seems the only appropriate thing to do. Since my father-in-law lives in our building, we told him, ‘We’re sharing your car.’ Simple! With my wife and kids, we find ourselves using the car once every 2 weeks. My father-in-law uses it even less. When the time came to buy a new car, we thought ‘Why not do it together?’
Since I use the car for work, we decided to put the car in my name. It seemed like the right thing to do. We got the car home and felt like celebrating… until we realised the parking permit is still registered with the old car.
In America, I think I’d keep the same licence plates and put them on the new car. Here, that’s not the case. We’d have to switch the permit at the service center for the Cition Parking Company. Until then, we’d have to pay an hourly rate to park, just like everyone else. In our neighborhood, it’s about 3 euros / hour.”
– See more at: http://www.dutchnews.nl/columns/2013/04/gr…