• caesaravgvstvs@feddit.de
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    1 year ago

    So people saying the bikes side by side are a dick move are implying that you have more right to the road because you’re driving a car?

    Generally speaking, to do an overtake, a car needs to leave the lane completely, so it doesn’t matter whether it’s one or two bikes.

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      1 year ago

      Most of the streets around here were built when the idea that every house could have a car would be viewed as a fantasy.

      So you’ve got cars parked up and down each side of the road, and if two cars want to pass each other, then you have to hope that there’s space for one of you to pull over.

      If you want to overtake even one bike, forget it. It’s probably got some balaclava wearing kid on it, weaving none-handed up the middle of the road.

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      1 year ago

      If those cyclists were blocking an ambulance or transit which even take up more room, those cyclists are the biggest assholes on the planet. Size really isn’t the best argument here.

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        1 year ago

        Ambulance and transit are both very different arguments from a single car.

        Both the bikes and the car are supposed to make room for the ambulance.

        Regulation about right of way for buses probably changes a lot between jurisdictions, so I don’t really have anything to say about that.

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          1 year ago

          Not at all if the argument is size alone or just spouting emissions. It’s a dumb cartoon to pair with the title.

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            1 year ago

            If the argument is size alone then there’s no concept of transit or ambulance or priorities.

            It’s ridiculous to try to make a case against bikes by bringing up an imaginary emergency, but then taking that scenario away.

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              1 year ago

              It’s simple. Replace that car with a fire truck. The cyclists look like the biggest asshole regardless of size of vehicle.

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                1 year ago

                Look, if we’re inventing hypothetical scenarios, imagine there was a fire truck behind the car. Now the car drivers are clearly the bigger assholes.

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                  1 year ago

                  cars pull over as that’s part of the drivers training. You get fined also and that’s part of the course. The cyclists take no training so if the picture were accurate, that car would have pulled over two blocks ago and the cyclists would still be blocking the fire truck. Oh and the warehouse will be burnt down killing all the workers on less than minimum wage all just cuz two cyclists felt entitled to be spiteful assholes.

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                    I don’t think it’s a warehouse, it’s an underprivileged children’s hospital cancer ward. Also the doctors in the ward are the only doctors in the region, meaning those two bike riders committed genocide