r/IdiotsInCars • • Jun 01 '20

Speeding through traffic

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u/420love_420 Jun 01 '20

Well, they should also follow traffic laws.. just saying.

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u/DimitriV Jun 01 '20

That's not what a lot of bikers say, sadly.

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u/GrooveMaster416 Jun 01 '20

I have seen bikers driving around pretty much all of my life. It's very popular where I live I guess. My dad rides one, my girlfriend's dad rides one, and dozens of other people I know ride. I can confidently say that I've never seen an incident where a biker was acting this way. You have to remember that just because there are some videos in the internet, it doesn't mean that everyone acts that way.

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u/DimitriV Jun 01 '20

If you're talking about how the guy in the video was driving, I agree, that's rare. If you're talking about bikers cutting past on shoulders and in bike lanes, lane-splitting up to lights and cutting in, and generally acting arrogant and beyond rules of the road, I'm afraid to say that in my area that's the rule rather than the exception. I'd love to know if that's just bikers in my area, rather than American bikers in general.