Re:A Vicious Cycle: The Dangerous Dehumanisation of Cyclists
by smackeyacky on Monday February 21, 2022 @07:22AM
(#30415059)
Its interesting to listen to truckies on the UHF when confronted with impatient drivers. They have many of the same frustrations that cyclists do when an impatient driver does something stupid or dangerous, only it usually ends badly for the motorist.
Re:A Vicious Cycle: The Dangerous Dehumanisation of Cyclists
by maccard on Monday February 21, 2022 @07:48AM
(#30415305)
> I’ve had cars cut me off in an unsafe manner to turn right in front of me so fast I had to slam my bicycle breaks… while I was going the speed limit.
To be fair, I've had this as a driver too. Everyone has seen the driver in an outside lane cut across two lanes of traffic to take a turn that they were in the wrong lane for.
Re:A Vicious Cycle: The Dangerous Dehumanisation of Cyclists
by charcircuit on Monday February 21, 2022 @07:21AM
(#30415045)
I would not like to be stuck behind a car either. It's even against the law where I live to impede traffic with a motor vehicle.
Cars feel impatient behind bikes even when travelling the speed limit.
Also, if cars that aren’t able or willing to travel the speed limit are not forced to pull over for faster traffic… you’ve never been stuck behind a truck, old person or tractor?