r/PublicFreakout • u/One-Pop-2885 • Oct 05 '24
🚗Road Rage/Boik Rage 🚴 Guy driving on bike lane rages.
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u/SuperSmashBeers Oct 05 '24
Apparently those guys were off-duty cops and the dude got fined $1250 lol
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u/frozen_toesocks Oct 05 '24
Best $1250 he ever spent.
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u/Tholaran97 Oct 05 '24
Yep, over a thousand dollars for a 10 second altercation that did absolutely nothing to help his situation. So worth it.
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u/GetMeOutThisBih Oct 05 '24
It got a bunch of dickheads to cry about bicyclists on the internet again because they dared to ride on an empty road. Apparently the guy driving a multiple thousand pound engine powered machine on a bike path is more in the right in this scenario
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u/_mocha_26 Oct 05 '24
off-duty coppers or not, they’re still cunts for not using the wide ass bike lane.
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u/BitterLeif Oct 05 '24
I'm going to assume that this bike lane, like almost all bike lanes, is poorly conceived. City planners are notorious for designing unsafe bike lanes.
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u/frozen_toesocks Oct 05 '24
You can see, plain as day, that it's in immaculate condition and runs directly parallel to the car road. Stop coming up with excuses for dickheads.
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u/BitterLeif Oct 05 '24
until it leads to an intersection where cars won't yield. If you're occupying the road then cars are forced to deal with you.
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u/frozen_toesocks Oct 05 '24
Or you could just, y'know, wait your goddamn turn to cross a street like every other vehicle that's ever existed.
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u/BitterLeif Oct 05 '24
if the bicyclist isn't turning then they have the right of way, but cars will turn into them because they don't pay attention to the bike lane.
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u/KilljoyShade Oct 05 '24
buy a bike built to ride over the terrain, and stay in your fucking bike lane.
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u/BitterLeif Oct 06 '24
it's not the pavement. It's the lane design. You can get hit at intersections.
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u/SirDork182 27d ago
Bet it much more safe that riding your bike in the fucking road made for cars
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u/BitterLeif 27d ago
I don't ride a bike, but I've asked about this idea. They say it isn't more dangerous. It's often times more dangerous to use the bike lane that isn't planned correctly at intersections. I'm assuming that's what was going to follow when the biker said "pull over and let's chat." He was going to explain the issues with this road design. But drivers don't want to hear a logical explanation.
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u/Ok-Attention-50 Oct 05 '24
Seriously so what’s the point of taking tax money to build those bike lanes if they’re not required to use them when they are available? And why are they not held to being ticketed like everyone else who uses public maintained roads? Honest question
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u/mludd Oct 05 '24
Well, if it's anything like here in Sweden the main issue is that the bike lane is poorly thought out.
E.g:
- It's shared with pedestrians (because it's cheaper).
- It keeps getting interrupted by pedestrian crossings (where you have to stop, get off your bike, lead it across the road and then get back on).
- There are tight 90° turns (that seem to only exist to force cyclists to slow down).
- It keeps changing sides of the road (so you have to cross the street multiple times just to go in a straight line).
- It randomly comes to an end in some illogical place.
- It's littered with traffic lights that are incredibly poorly timed (so that as a cyclist you end up having to stop and wait several minutes at every intersection).
- It's poorly maintained.
- There's a bunch of obstacles on it (light poles and such are a favorite).
- A bunch of driveways and such cross it and cars frequently pop out onto the path because otherwise they can't see if it's safe to enter the street.
- Motorists and construction workers keep parking vehicles and equipment on it.
- And so on...
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u/Audioillity Oct 05 '24
Where am no not only are most of these points valid, however they are also not cleaned by road cleaners and have debris on the roads.
Also they also turn into bus laybys, so you all of a sudden have a buss that will pull into the lane without giving way to you.
finally others have bus stops that are not in the lane, but the actual passengers get of into the cycle lane..
I'm sure we both could go on with many more reasons!
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u/Penki- Oct 06 '24
Also at least in my country, there is a speed limit of 20kmh while on the cycling road which on a road bike is just too small
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u/Liberating_theology Oct 06 '24
That's 12 mph, super leisurely, or an uphill speed. Typical speeds for serious road biking is like 40 kmh, and faster downhill.
Also in my experience a lot of bike lanes are just too narrow for safely going more-than-leisurely bike speeds, especially if you add any traffic to the mix like pedestrians. I use bike lanes for long boarding on flats and am constantly passing leisurely bikers. Most just aren't made for the kind of biking these guys are doing.
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u/GrimMilkMan Oct 05 '24
Either way, dude probably went into the bike lane because those two assholes were blocking the main road. Stay in the lane your supposed to be in
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u/RLGrind69420 Oct 05 '24 edited Oct 05 '24
Lol I'll probably get downvoted but idc. If I said the roads weren't good enough due to all the above reasons, that shouldn't allow me to drive on the bike path...ahem and vice versa.
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u/PenguinKenny Oct 05 '24
Roads aren't built only for cars. They're for all vehicles. You build bike lanes to encourage bikes to get off the road.
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u/Audioillity Oct 05 '24
If you want cyclists off the road, you need to build cycle paths they actually want to use .. after a recent visit to Norway I can say, at least in the cities I Visited they have them nailed!
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u/DerpWilson Oct 05 '24
I support bike lanes but they’re often inappropriate for anyone riding fast. They’re often crowded with young inexperienced riders and shouldn’t have people goin 18 mph. That’s what the street is for.
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u/Drak_is_Right Oct 05 '24 edited Oct 05 '24
One of the worst accidents I ever witnessed was on a bike path. Kids skateboard got loose and went under a bikes wheels. Biker was still unconscious when the ambulance got there 10 minutes later. Lot of blood too from a badly braced fall and a clearly snapped arm
(Other really bad one, guy got a death wobble at high speeds on a long downhill, slid under a guard rail but nailed the post)
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u/MerrySkulkofFoxes Oct 05 '24
I saw one of those in Central Park about 15 years ago. Bike going one way, skateboarder didn't look and went flying across the path, they perfectly collided. The sound of collision was like a smack/crack. Lady on the bike went down and was out; skateboarder was fucked up but was at least moving. And it happened in the blink of an eye. I'm sure both of them were significantly injured.
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u/Mackheath1 Oct 05 '24
Transportation Planner here - honest response - but only from a USA standpoint. The point of off-street, separated trails are for cyclists that range from not confident or recreational up to confident. On American roadways (this is not America in the video), this allows the confident cyclists to share the road with vehicles and the not-confident but interested in cycling, to have a separated path.
Separated paths in rural areas like this are also used recreationally and connect to an overpass and go places that the road itself doesn't go for utilitarian use. An example is taking the road to connect from home to office: the separated path might not ever get you there, so you take the road responsibly and share the road.
I mostly drive to work because it's fucking Texas and you never know what the weather is going to be, but at least once a week I take the bicycle; I obey the same rules as motorized vehicles and take the bike lane when available.
These guys are not disrupting anything and have every right and responsibility a motorized vehicle has. Very likely the separated path is not going where they're going, and the likelihood of having to pass less experienced (but equally valid) cyclists is there whether they're doing it recreationally or not.
The real cunt here is the person filming while driving on a path that might have a family cycling on it so that he can be a funny guy for a video. I'll let a transport planner from Australia contradict me, because I don't know their policies (I only have taken transit or Uber when visiting Australia)
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u/bremsspuren Oct 05 '24
Seriously so what’s the point of taking tax money to build those bike lanes if they’re not required to use them when they are available?
Cycles are vehicles. They're allowed on the roads. Cycle paths are usually on the footpath, and cyclists often don't have to use them because pedestrians and bikes doing 20+ mph do not belong together. Pedestrians are far worse than motorists for not noticing bikes and bike paths.
Not sure why the guys in the video aren't on the cycle path. Maybe it's a lot bumpier than the road.
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u/firemogle 26d ago
I had all these nice privacy trees that were torn out for a bike lane, which great I use it but then a bunch of cunts still just block the road 3 feet away instead. This guy is my spirit animal.
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u/Silent_Neck9930 Oct 05 '24
I support the car person in the clip
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u/JohnGoodman_69 Oct 05 '24
As a cyclist... same. The amount of times I've been out on rides with other cyclists and they won't use the bike lanes is mind boggling.
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u/Audioillity Oct 05 '24
There is a time and place to use a cycle lane, if you don't know when that is you might be killed or seriously injured in a traffic accident one day!
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u/JohnGoodman_69 Oct 05 '24
That time and place is every time you can possible. As much as cyclist fight for cycling infrastructure (I'm for it) if the city, county, or state gives us some its in our best interest to use the hell out of it so they will be inclined to give us more. That's why these greenways keep getting made, they're used.
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u/Audioillity 29d ago
So where I am the cycle path is on one side of the road only wide enough for one bike, but used both ways and shared with pedestrians., There is no way to to get off to a exit you need. You end up having to stop and run across 4 lanes of traffic with no official crossing if you need to make a turning on the other side. It's much safer to just ride on the road unless you're going the full length of the cycle path.
Also if you are cycling above 12mph shared cycle paths are not the place to be either, you're putting pedestrians at serious risk.
The main cycle lane where I am has sudden laybys for busses / cars they never give way to bikes, meaning you are at serious risk of being hit by a bus who pulls into your lane.
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u/Iggy_Pops_Lost_Shirt Oct 05 '24
Everyone here sucks. Dude's putting cyclists who actually use that bike lane at risk by driving on it and being distracted by filming
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u/K-Bman Oct 05 '24
Couldn’t of said it better myself self Australian cyclists are fucken cockroaches fucken road toads
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u/ObiWan-Cannabis Oct 05 '24
I'm no English native speaking but I could understand that 90% of the uttered words are serious swearing.
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u/Pretend-Drop-8039 Oct 06 '24
I love how each comment thred is anti cyclists. It shows no matter our race , gender , creed or nation, we all have a hate for one group of individuals ......cyclists . Good job everyone.
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u/heygos Oct 05 '24
lol love all the comments absolutely obliterating the bikes that aren’t using the bike lane. Bikes, are LEGALLY allowed to use all roadways unless otherwise posted. Not sure what you’re all so mad about.
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u/GetMeOutThisBih Oct 05 '24
2 wheel guy made me mad once so all bicyclists are bad. Never mind the idiots on their phones while driving, that guy could be me so I can excuse it
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u/Arthurjim Oct 05 '24
Pull over so we can have a chat 😂 some countries have funny ways of saying things 😂
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u/Offspring22 Oct 05 '24
The bicyclists were off duty cops, and the driver was charged with using his phone while driving, offensive language and driving on the path. He also pled guilty.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/driver-guilty-over-confrontation-with-cyclists-who-were-off-duty-policemen-20190605-p51uor.html
But I mean, I get it. lol