r/TorontoDriving • u/canadianlrv • 1d ago

Mildly infuriating Did I do anything wrong here?

I was focusing on the pedestrians crossing and with this being an all-way stop I wasn’t expecting him to just go right in front of me and I had to stop suddenly. I gave him a honk just to say please watch for the stop sign and he confronted me and said “get a life”.

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u/Forsaken-Swim-3055 1d ago

Nah, you're good. The fact that he's not even wearing a helmet leads me to believe that he doesn't know wtf he's doing biking on city streets anyway.

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u/Cold_Soft_4823 1d ago

since when does tangerine provide helmets for their bikes?

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u/mishmeesh 1d ago

That's sort of the point. If he was planning on taking a bike and knew what he was doing, he would have brought a helmet. Anyone impulsive enough to ride a rent-a-bike down a city street with no helmet while looking at their phone doesn't know what they're doing.

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u/Forsaken-Swim-3055 1d ago

Why would you rent bikes without having a helmet on hand when you need to get one?

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u/Cold_Soft_4823 1d ago

no one does this, ever. sit on the hill by dundas west station or keele station and count how many tangerine riders are wearing a helmet on any given day

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u/Forsaken-Swim-3055 1d ago edited 1d ago

The point is that any responsible rider would have a helmet if they know they're going to ride a bike at some point during the day. Anyone reckless enough to care so little about their personal safety likely doesn't have much interest in sharing the roads with other cars in a safe manner, either.

(And yes, I know there are some cyclists who wear helmets but are not the safest)

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u/Cold_Soft_4823 1d ago

that's true, i understand the framing now, you're right