• Courtney (she/her/they) @lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    5 days ago

    Lmao tell me you’ve never experienced cycling in any capacity outside a park or parking lot without telling me.

    Give me a fucking bike lane or shut the fuck up, I’ve been literally forced off the road every single year I’ve been cycling since 15, I have been hit by cars more times than I can count, I have been hit with things thrown by cars, I have been hit by city busses, semis, and even fucking cops.

    I wear hi vis clothing, my bike has lights front back and sides, at least one constant and one flashing in each direction. I leave 3ft between me and anything to my right, and am as far to the right as I can be without ILLEGALLY riding on the sidewalk

    Where in the ABSOLUTE FUCK AM I SUPPOSED TO GO

  • 𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬@lemmy.ml
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    6 days ago

    My tombstone would read: “obeyed all traffic rules and acted like everyone else would do the same”.

  • Jyrdano@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    There is idiot drivers. There are idiot cyclists. There are idiot pedestrians. People are idiots.

  • CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de
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    5 days ago

    Also drivers: “Uh, taking over cyclists with two centimeters between us will show them to better use bike lanes next time, even where none exist!”

    Meanwhile pedestrians: “He, why is the sidewalk split into a red and a grey area? Is this a two-way-walkway?”