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"This is so dangerous!", laments the woman driving directly into a Critical Mass bike ride (video.twimg.com)
submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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This was a Critical Mass event, which is why the bicyclists are taking up all of the street as a way to reclaim the streets and protest the lack of safety for riders under usual conditions. It's not legal, but protests are never useful if they're fully legal now, are they.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 hours ago

As a Bicycle commuter... there's plenty of "Am I the Asshole?" that needs to go around here.

I understand the cyclists are treating this as a protest, but unless the road is closed, get the hell out of the oncoming lane. You're not doing anything here other than confirming the drivers bias that you're the problem.

As for the driver, just fucking STOP until they pass. Is the risk of you hitting someone worth the few minutes that pulling over out of the way costs you? The driver's pissing and moaning on the video is some self-entitled bull shit.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 hours ago

I obey the traffic laws. I'm apparently one of the only people in my town that has read them. I like riding my bike. I like my town. People Hollar at me from their cars. I get called "fag" every second day. For taking a bike ride.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

I don't like cars, but this is fucking bonkers. Trapping people in place isn't 'protesting', it's being a twat.

All the people claiming that this is a legitimate protest surely understand that the car driver was only 'counterprotesting', right?

[–] [email protected] 20 points 12 hours ago

Only protest where no one is inconvenienced and you can easily be ignored, mkay?

What's fucking bonkers is car infrastructure. Highways trap me in place all the time when I want to talk a a walk or cycle.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

Trapping people in place isn’t ‘protesting’,

Have you ever seen any protests? How do you think they work lol

FFS we close our streets for less important things like construction, marathons, parades.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 hours ago

I mean Ive been a part of many of these in Orlando and the point was to never cross into incoming traffic. So she sort of has a point. That is super dangerous. The idea isn't to give people who hate cyclist more fuel to hate cyclist. Have respect for all types of traffic.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 hours ago

She sure is.

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