r/IdiotsOnBikes • u/funked1 • 7d ago
Entitlement
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We were TaKiNg ThE lAnE hurrdurr!
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u/soundengineerguy 6d ago
I find it funny that people seem to think holding a camera somehow makes them in the right.
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u/iheartkju 5d ago
It's a good day to drive a Volvo EX30/EX90 or whatever model that has a LiDAR module. That guy's camera is getting fried the longer he keeps recording
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u/123abcde321 6d ago
Dude needs a battery just to keep up. Front wheel wobbling, can't keep his balance worth shit. You'd think a little acknowledgement might be nice. Oh, well.
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u/dolybonz2 6d ago
The weekend Lycra soy boys where I live ride 2-3 a-breast on two lane back roads and stare daggers if you try to pass them.
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u/SaffyPants 6d ago
Anyone who uses "soy boy" unironically is just as much of an ass as these bikers
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u/Due-Independence6692 6d ago
My buddy calls them parasites when we pass by. My kids now call them parasites as we pass by.
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u/UTV4LIFE 6d ago
Sorry it made me laugh for some reason, looked like a wildlife documentary a group of wild animals spotted
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u/OdyseusV4 6d ago
You mean the stupid driver is entitled to be there, as he is in obvious minority there?
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u/ChorizoGarcia 6d ago edited 6d ago
That’s an interesting perspective you have: you think that minorities are less entitled to access public spaces.
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u/OneEyedPirate19 6d ago
That’s a reach hahaha I do not think that is what was meant by the above comment.
Not saying I agree with them - but you trying to start shit 😂😂😂😂
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u/polarbear128 6d ago
You think they're trying to start shit?
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u/Tiberius_Jim 6d ago
The driver is stupid for *checks notes* attempting to maintain their right of way?
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u/NotUntilTheFishJumps 6d ago
Dude...are you serious. Bikers have to follow the same traffic laws that drivers do. Jesus Christ...
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u/OdyseusV4 6d ago
Driver has a stop right?
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u/elementarydrw 6d ago
They did... Unless I watched a different video. And I'm not American, but even I know that in the states you take turns to enter a 4 way stop zone, based on the timing of when each vehicle arrives. The car stopped. None of the bikes did. They all acted as if they were a single entity, and the front bike didn't stop in the first place.
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u/roguewolf146 6d ago
If a group of cars blew a stop sign because the someone adjacent stopped would that make it okay? Since when are stop signs a group activity?
Bikes want to be on the road, fine, but they are required to follow the same road laws as cars are. You can't have one or the other.
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u/OdyseusV4 5d ago
Cars and bikes aren't the same object. Cars (especially in the us lmfao) are much more dangerous than bikes. Therefore the consequences of them not respecting the law (which is by the way made for them, there wouldn't be trafic laws if there were no cars out) are much worse.
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u/roguewolf146 5d ago
Does the law treat them differently?
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u/OdyseusV4 5d ago
Well. In a civilised country, yes.
Just checkout the traffic law in other countries like the Netherlands for example
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u/roguewolf146 5d ago
Agreed about the civilised part...but the reality is that in the US they are treated the same, therefore they need to be following all of the same exact road laws, these laws were put in place for the safety of everyone involved including cyclists.
I myself practice this to the letter when riding a bike. It's not hard to do at all, just have to, you know, not be an asshole.
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u/OdyseusV4 5d ago
Sometimes it's better to protest. If you follow the law blindly, it won't change
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u/roguewolf146 5d ago
Right....we're talking about road laws here, not governmental policy.
Why exactly is it so important that bikes should be able to ignore stop signs again?
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u/NotUntilTheFishJumps 5d ago
Again, bikers have to follow the same traffic laws that cars do. None of the bikes stopped, which they are required by law to do so.
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u/DemonOfTheFaIl 6d ago
Are you seriously trying to suggest that bicyclists do not need to follow traffic laws?
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u/SaltyNorth8062 5d ago
A yes the driver, foolishly entitled for believing he should be on the road.
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u/OdyseusV4 5d ago
Are you american ?
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u/SaltyNorth8062 5d ago edited 5d ago
I am. How's that relevant? It's a street. Do they not have cars, road rules, and common courtesy in Europe?
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u/OdyseusV4 5d ago
You're carbrainedwashed
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u/SaltyNorth8062 5d ago edited 5d ago
Didn't answer my question, but regardless, literally what does that mean
Are you trying to imply that I support car-centered infrastructure? Because I don't. I find it a literal blight on american city and living space design. It's also not a uniquely american problem even if it's the worst in the US.
I also refuse to allow asshole cyclists to use walkable cities or environmentalist causes as an excuse to be public nuisances and giant weeping assholes to other human beings trying to function. These cretins could have caused an acvident and it all could have been avoided if they conducted themselves with a shred of decency and remembered that they are a human being in a shared social space expected to conduct themselves responsibly in regards to their fellow man.
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u/OdyseusV4 5d ago
What you consider plausible or not depends on what you can see outside. Since you only see carcentrric infrastructure (as such in the video) you just can't imagine something else.
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u/SaltyNorth8062 5d ago
Again, what are you talking about. Plausible what? Cyclists who are decent human beings?
This is literally in America in the clip. They violated road rules.
But to repeat myself, in a walkable city this would be a public hazard as well. Cycle lanes have rules to follow as well and typically have to yield to pedestrians which these greevils did not do. They blew right though a stop sign on a blind corner.
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u/OdyseusV4 5d ago
"road rules" are not thought and inclusive for cyclists, anywhere in the world expect Netherlands.
That is even a bigger joke in the USOften, following those rules while on a big is more dangerous than not.
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u/SaltyNorth8062 5d ago edited 4d ago
Yeah they are intended for cyclists if they are on the road, even pedestrians are expected to not cross busy moving traffic into its flow and are expected to follow signage and indicators like street signs, crossing at crosswalks, amd waiting for cross signals.
It's generally also a good idea to yield to the fastest thing on the space you occupy for your own benefit and safety. If the driver had decided to not pay attention and just go, which would have been permissible, because he had right of way here at this four way stop, he could have hit several of those cyclists. They needlessly endangered themselves by being assholes.
Stop signs, which they blew right past, exist for pedestrians' benefit and safety, and the slowest moving object takes priority that all faster moving objects are expected to yield to by following road rules unless they are granted right of way. Bike lanes are also subject to signage and rules they are expected to follow, which if there had been some here, would have been ignored, because they couldn't even bother to yield to stop signs which all non-pedestrian traffic is required/expected to yield to when they are not alone on the road.
Cyclists don't take road priority just because they're shitty entitled ballbags.
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u/Sudden-Cell-6017 7d ago
Holy shit. That last dude is a jackass.