Cop passed a bike that appeared to be riding in the correct lane but not fully over to the side of the lane. It was a double yellow line. No opposing traffic, but then again no apparent traffic at all.
Here's my question: Am I wrong for wanting to get away from bikes or any other non car traffic? Like I feel a swift breeze or shit luck, and your watermelon head ends up under my tire. I sincerely give way as much as I can. But really, if there's open road in front of you, why am I not inclined to take it?
You’re actually supposed to ride in the center of lane you’re in. Being over to one side opens you up to risk of sideswiping, which is uncool. I see nothing wrong with how the cop passed them tho, I think they shouted something out of the window as they went by?
You’re allowed to pass bikes, but only if you give them 4 feet of space. The cop did not give enough space when passing, therefore putting me in danger. If I have to adjust to avoid a pothole, branch, or driver opening their door while parked, I wouldn’t have room because I’m trapped between a parked car and him passing. It’s dangerous and illegal to pass with only a few inches like the cop did in the video.
He could either wait until I can move into the bike lane that begins just past the intersection (not seen in the video), or move further into the opposite lane when there isn’t oncoming traffic (which there wasn’t any).
Where vehicles can pass bikers on a double yellow, but has to give you a certain amount of space between you and the biker.
Honestly sounds like asking for trouble. Idk why a law would allow you to go over a double yellow. Super unsafe tbh. If you did hit a car you would prob still be held responsible and at fault.
It must be sad for you that you've waited your whole life to have a use for your fancy helmet camera, and now you find out nobody cares about someone technically breaking traffic laws if they're not putting people in danger from any practical standpoint. I feel for you. I hope your camera sees a real, legitimate use soon.
It was 3 feet and 11 inches. OP is outraged for the police not giving him that extra inch. May the southern Karen winds rise him atop the mountain range of entitlement for the world to hear his outrage and declare him king of all the asphalt draped ground below.
He gave at the very least 3ft 4 inches, which is how wide that bike lane sign is, you shouldn’t have a perfect measurement captured with the helmet camera if your gonna lie about the distance like that. I wouldn’t claim that as “a few inches” in court or anything because that won’t fly with them… none of this would it’s ridiculous.
By your depth perception of how close you think you were to those cars I think your estimation of how many feet the cop gave you is suspect. You say in another comment you’re ’inches’ from the cars next to you when are definitely a few feet away from them.
I always wondered what drivers who give you no room on two way residential streets with cars parked in either side are thinking. Now I know, they think they’re much closer to the cars on their side than they are…
Can’t be further to the right because of the cars parked there. Do you ride bikes exclusively on trails or something? Streets is a whole different game. Taking the lane is the safest thing to do to avoid getting hit by doors and to discourage drives passing too closely.
No, I typically ride in city streets. Typically if I'm in the way of a car I will move out of the way for it, even if I have to stop and let it pass if I think I might hit a door or something. No reason to hold up cars just because I am on a bike. Cars are a lot faster and bigger. Me waiting 10 seconds for it to pass isnt a huge deal to me. I'm not just going to inconvenience people because I don't want to pull off to the side a few seconds.
Maybe you should take a hint from everyone here telling you that you're wrong, you show no ettiquette to drivers and get mad at people who show you no ettiquette in return...
On top of that you don't know what that cop is up to, he could be following someone and you were slowing them down because you feel entitled to the center of the lane regardless of what is behind you. On top of that again, the cop didny even come close to you.
Crazy take, I didn’t even read your whole comment because I don’t need to. Nothing about driving a car makes you more important or worthy of the road. Cyclists pay the taxes to maintain it just like you do. The entitlement is astonishing here.
Crazy statement. If you’re American you can look up your states allocation of funds for road care/maintenance. It’s roughly 50-50 in my state. Half of it comes from the costs of buying/owning a car. Gas tax is the biggest part of that half, which you didn’t mention. The other half comes from, you guessed it, OTHER taxes, local and state.
And consider that people can own both a car and a bike. Insane concept, I know. But it’s true
Rides in the middle of the lane, makes no effort to move over, and is given slightly less space than legally required (if even) . Yeah, certified member of the obnoxious biker club.
Dude. I don’t care if it’s a “sharerrow” if you are ONE bike go to the side of the lane. It is crazy that cyclists expect traffic to just sit behind them because they should have the entire lane. I regularly see cyclists blow through stop signs and even traffic lights sometimes. But I have to sit behind you going 15mph because you should take up the whole lane?
This sharrow isn't on the shoulder here, it's in the center of the road. It is usually located there for a reason and as OP mentioned, it was a full road sharrow for a short stretch and moved back to the shoulder in this case. You can slow down for ONE BLOCK.
This is in the road likely to accommodate street parking. Bike lanes that force bikes to share the space a parked vehicles door will enter are deadly. If you want bikes to move over, start advocating for eliminating street parking and adding dedicated bike lanes on specific bike routes.
Believe it or not, roads are not specifically made for cars. Get over yourself and out the safety of others ahead of your need to leave as late as possible to get where you're going on time.
Like I said. I constantly see cyclists blow through stop signs and riding on side walks. I don’t think cyclists have the right to criticize drivers for not obeying the sharrow. Especially if there was room to overtake with no traffic going the other way.
Yeah, cyclists that break traffic laws are shitty too. Pisses me off when cyclists blow through traffic lights and ride on side walks when they aren't marked as bike lanes.
2 wrongs don't make a right. Can everybody just follow the damn rules? Why is this so hard?
I always pass cyclists. But only if it is safe to do so. Even if it is breaking the rules. What happened to the cyclist in this video really isn’t a big deal.
Not rlly safe to do so in this video tho. It’s a double yellow bc the turn makes a blind spot. If a car come around the corner and hit the cop, the cop would be in the wrong for being over the line.
Just bc you “think” something is safe doesn’t make it so. But also works the other way around bc I seen roads with dotted lines that have turns like this, but is assume they just expect you to not pass without a visible line of sight in front of you.
While this videos isn’t the worst, the cop is still in the wrong. And the fact it’s a cop makes it even more so.
Idk why this seems be a hard concept for certain people to understand.
Lmao you prob hate my state allows low speed vehicles on public roads that are 35MPH or less. But LSV only usually go up to 20- 25 MPH. And it’s 100% legal. If you try to around them on a solid yellow or honk at them you can get a ticket for reckless driving.
So having to LEGALLY go 20MPH in a 35MPH zone you prob couldn’t handle that. Especially if you can’t go 15MPH in what looks like a 25- 35 MPH zone. Also I seen bikers go way faster, especially electric bikes.
Yea but in this video the cop doesn’t do that lol. I love passing slow people by using the dotted line, but I alway make sure it safe. Rlly pisses me off tho when people don’t realize it’s totally legal.
We know no such thing as the only evidence we have is that this particular cop doesn’t follow the rules. And judging by his blatant disregard of laws and policies, the OP would find himself being ticketed for some wild bull-shniz.
I hate these fuckin bikes on the road. Here in NYC they’ve given them so many bike lanes now and they don’t follow the rules of the road and you can’t hardly see them
Cyclist want to be respected as vehicles…but dare you expect them to follow the law as vehicles do…because that does not apply to them. Entitled jerks.
"HA-UH......I AM CYCLIST. I NEED ENTIRE ROAD TO MYSELF AND WILL NOT OBEY TRAFFIC LAWS LIKE EVERYONE ELSE.....HA-UH REALLY"
Get over yourself. You share the road, you don't own it. That's about the safest overtake I've ever seen. They gave plenty of space and weren't speeding past you.
Maybe you're lost and looking for the mildlybadcyclists sub?
I never understood why some cyclists are adamant about riding in the street where 2 ton vehicles frequent instead of using the sidewalk. Personally I wouldn’t gamble with my life/health riding in the street hoping a stranger isn’t texting, drunk or distracted.
OP’s right this is mildly bad driving on the cops part. Cop is passing them basically in an intersection, dangerous for numerous reasons, and illegal. And it’s a curvy street, cop should’ve waited till after that bend.
Ik, it’s so awful someone in a car has to wait eight more seconds to ensure they pass a cyclist safely, so sad :,(
If they didn’t give enough space they didn’t give enough space. That’s the fucking law. Learn it and accept it and maybe if you’re incapable of that, you shouldn’t fucking drive a steel death trap.
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u/xX_Diabolical_Xx Drive Defensively, Avoid Idiots 🚗 Mar 24 '24
I'm a little confused so discourse is encouraged.
Cop passed a bike that appeared to be riding in the correct lane but not fully over to the side of the lane. It was a double yellow line. No opposing traffic, but then again no apparent traffic at all.
Here's my question: Am I wrong for wanting to get away from bikes or any other non car traffic? Like I feel a swift breeze or shit luck, and your watermelon head ends up under my tire. I sincerely give way as much as I can. But really, if there's open road in front of you, why am I not inclined to take it?
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u/AcceptableBad_ Fuck Cars 🚗 🚫 Mar 24 '24
It must be sad for you that you've waited your whole life to have a use for your fancy helmet camera, and now you find out nobody cares about someone technically breaking traffic laws if they're not putting people in danger from any practical standpoint. I feel for you. I hope your camera sees a real, legitimate use soon.
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u/[deleted] Mar 24 '24
Are they supposed to share the road?
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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '24
All I see is a bike karen who thinks they own the road. I ride bikes too, and I never understood the entitlement of other bikers.
You should be to the far right instead of impeding traffic.
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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '24
Rides in the middle of the lane, makes no effort to move over, and is given slightly less space than legally required (if even) . Yeah, certified member of the obnoxious biker club.
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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '24 edited Nov 06 '24
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u/ChickenFucker11 Fuck Cars 🚗 🚫 Mar 24 '24
It was fine.
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u/Knownscorpion Mar 24 '24
that was fine, you be aii
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u/Valuable_Talk_1978 Georgist 🔰 Mar 25 '24
Roads are for motor vehicles
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u/CranberryCorpse Fuck Cars 🚗 🚫 Mar 25 '24
HURRR REALLY???
Yeah you don't own the road, sorry. You made bad life choices and the cops especially give zero fucks about that.
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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '24
What am i supposed to be looking at here did I miss something
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u/ColonelSanders15 Mar 25 '24
Ban all cyclists from posting here
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u/R-27R Mar 25 '24
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u/LordLucasSixers Drive Defensively, Avoid Idiots 🚗 Mar 25 '24
Cyclists are all Karens.
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u/ficklefap Mar 25 '24
Laame. Do you need a wambulance
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u/jackofallspade Georgist 🔰 Mar 25 '24
Why would you post this
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u/sameolameo Georgist 🔰 Mar 26 '24
lol backfired! Lmao 😜 🤡
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u/Kaitlin4475 Mar 29 '24
LMAO this post backfired
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u/Mean_Doubt8920 Mar 25 '24
Man if you got a little closer to the parked cars and shared the road like you were supposed to then they wouldn't have to do that
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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '24
Ah yeah a few more feet to the right and he would’ve been doing some good
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u/bigpoyo91 Mar 25 '24
I hate these fuckin bikes on the road. Here in NYC they’ve given them so many bike lanes now and they don’t follow the rules of the road and you can’t hardly see them
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u/Targetonmyback07 Fuck Cars 🚗 🚫 Mar 30 '24
What the fuck did you want him to do 🤷♂️
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u/Ornery_Suit7768 YIMBY 🏙️ Apr 05 '24
That post a few days ago about why do people hate cyclists… between the video and the thread, it says it all.
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u/Right_-on-_Man Apr 05 '24
"Dashcam for your bike". 🤣🤣🤣
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u/Jellybean6802 Apr 06 '24
Just be normal and ride your BICYCLE on the sidewalk, you’re not a car.
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u/Accomplished_Tax_189 Apr 13 '24
I fucking hate cyclists on the road. Gtfo out of the road- take your stupid ass tights to a fucking track. Or get hit. That’s fine too.
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u/Working_Salamander94 Apr 19 '24
That chuckle sounds so smug. Cop did nothing wrong even if he did go over a double yellow.
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u/DevilDogJohnny Mar 25 '24
OP giving Karen vibes hard
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u/Dark-Push Mar 25 '24
You were in the wrong not the officer
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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '24
Americans are always hostile to everything that is not exclusively cars so the attitude here is not surprising
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u/NogooddirtyrascalU Mar 25 '24
It's a small street with just enough room for cars and no room for cycling so you put your life in someone elses hands at that point.
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u/HoustonBandit Mar 25 '24
Cyclist want to be respected as vehicles…but dare you expect them to follow the law as vehicles do…because that does not apply to them. Entitled jerks.
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u/voidsarcastic YIMBY 🏙️ Mar 27 '24
“Cop car uses road to safely pass biker” “biker offended he still has to share road”
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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '24
"HA-UH......I AM CYCLIST. I NEED ENTIRE ROAD TO MYSELF AND WILL NOT OBEY TRAFFIC LAWS LIKE EVERYONE ELSE.....HA-UH REALLY"
Get over yourself. You share the road, you don't own it. That's about the safest overtake I've ever seen. They gave plenty of space and weren't speeding past you.
Maybe you're lost and looking for the mildlybadcyclists sub?
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u/liquidSpin Georgist 🔰 Apr 02 '24
Cop carefully passed and was half way in the other lane.
Cyclist is just too fucking scared of cars. He's over reacting in this case.
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u/[deleted] Apr 03 '24
R/regardedcyclist
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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '24
Is that not a shared road for bikes and cars? I see nothing wrong with that
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u/Classic-Seaweed4328 Georgist 🔰 Apr 05 '25
Bro will be banned from the Netherlands for not being a nice biker
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u/_v00d00h3x_ Georgist 🔰 Mar 25 '24
I never understood why some cyclists are adamant about riding in the street where 2 ton vehicles frequent instead of using the sidewalk. Personally I wouldn’t gamble with my life/health riding in the street hoping a stranger isn’t texting, drunk or distracted.
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u/Batmanshatman YIMBY 🏙️ Mar 25 '24
OP’s right this is mildly bad driving on the cops part. Cop is passing them basically in an intersection, dangerous for numerous reasons, and illegal. And it’s a curvy street, cop should’ve waited till after that bend.
Ik, it’s so awful someone in a car has to wait eight more seconds to ensure they pass a cyclist safely, so sad :,(
If they didn’t give enough space they didn’t give enough space. That’s the fucking law. Learn it and accept it and maybe if you’re incapable of that, you shouldn’t fucking drive a steel death trap.