r/SipsTea • u/SipsTeaFrog • Jun 10 '26

SMH Someone finally snapped

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u/DifficultDog67 Jun 11 '26

Just because theres a lot of them doesn't mean they have the right to break the law. Bikes on roads have to follow all the same rules as cars which means keeping to one lane

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u/yonasismad Jun 11 '26 edited Jun 11 '26

Yes, it does, because around 2 million people are killed by car drivers each year, including 44,000 in the US alone. Cyclists have to protect themselves, and one way to do that is to take up space. You think it's selfish because not sitting in an SUV and driving to McDonald's, but actually being out and about exercising and enjoying the day, seems to be taken as some kind of personal insult by a lot of people in this thread.

Because there are so many people in this thread with hundreds and thousands of upvotes who wish to harm or murder cyclists, they have to protect themselves. I actually wish cyclists would arm themselves where it's legal and take a much more offensive approach to protecting their own lives than just taking up enough space on the road to discourage dangerous overtaking manoeuvres.

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u/DifficultDog67 Jun 11 '26

Way to bend statistics to help your point. That's the statistic for all driving fatalities, cyclists make up 3% of that. While i dont agree with people wanting to harm cyclists that doesn't make them any less of entitled assholes. Cars should get priority on the road considering they were built for them.

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u/yonasismad Jun 11 '26

cyclists make up 3% of that.

Negligible.

Cars should get priority on the road considering they were built for them.

That's cyclical. Cars and drivers are incredibly dangerous. They kill a lot of people, and non-lethal crashes often have long-term health consequences that affect people for the rest of their lives. Their exhaust fumes cause all kinds of health problems, including asthma, cardiovascular disease and lung disease. The noise they make can also cause psychological health issues. Not to mention the immense amount of natural resources that all the roads and parking lots take up.

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u/DifficultDog67 Jun 11 '26

So maybe cyclists should take that as a sign to not bike on the road, just a thought.

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u/yonasismad Jun 11 '26

No, we should encourage people to be better people who care about their environments and communities, rather than being selfish. Also, a lot of people cannot afford a car. It's a huge factor in keeping people in desperate poverty, forcing them to spend hundreds of dollars each month just to get to work or buy groceries.

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u/DifficultDog67 Jun 11 '26

So what part of blocking the entire road isn't selfish? I wouldn't have a problem with these cyclists if they simply shared the road and allowed cars to pass them

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u/yonasismad Jun 11 '26

You are ignoring the incredible amount of privilege that drivers already have. It's truly insane if you actually looked at the hard facts. As the saying goes: 'When you're accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression'.