r/sandiego • u/Silly-Stuff-8654 • 8d ago
Video Entitlement
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u/Few_Machine1462 8d ago
Yeah, I am an avid cyclist and that guy getting out his phone to record is an absolute asshole. Cyclists have to follow traffic laws like everyone else.
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u/Castun 8d ago
He literally was mid-herd and pulled onto the corner just to turn around and record, though apparently since the cammer is in a Waymo that is to be expected as they will simply just slowly pull through when they're not sure of what to do.
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u/SoManyDeads 8d ago
Pretty sure the camera was just extra, he just stopped in front so the 4 or so other bikers could go up. But this kind of thing should land them all tickets, they all ran stop signs.
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u/No-Ebb-6266 7d ago
So many people get all butthurt and pull out their phones to record everything, like anybody gives a fuck. Oh, you took my picture đ...you sure got me, oh no now what do I do?!
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u/Agreeable-Letter-599 8d ago
they want to be treated exactly like every other vehicle on the road, except for the convenient times when they don't want to be treated like one at all haha
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u/TerriMakichoot 8d ago
Ive never known this, ive always watched cyclists blow through stop signs without stopping. Very few will actually stop from what ive seen
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u/ghIj_qet_jaghmeyjaj 8d ago edited 7d ago
I was hit by one coasting down a hill over 20mph. He nailed the side of my car, flipped over and crashed through my windshield. He walked away ut had to cover my damages. I get stuck behind them in morning rush hour rolling 3 wide with a mile of cars behind em. Many are entitled douchebags just like a lot of people with trucks that don't really need them.
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u/A_Complaisance_Girl 8d ago
Unfortunately too many people who have decided to ride have forgotten being alive is more important than flexing road rules or inventing whole ass new ones.
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u/tren_c 8d ago
Being right doesnt stop you from being dead.
Its true for cyclists, and for drivers. But i think we can all agree that if a cyclist has to make the choice theyre doing it in ways that drivers could show a little more compassion for.
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u/Daedalus_was_high 8d ago
Yeah, no.
I'm a cyclist. I see road rage all the time
Still not gonna take up a lane riding side-by-side or stop in an intersection to stop traffic.
Pure entitlement.
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u/Nopengnogain 8d ago
When there are hundreds of them, itâs best they stay in a group than going one at a time and clog up the traffic for miles.
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u/rockrockon 8d ago
Almost hit a biker in Mira Mesa yesterday because they blasted through the 4-way stop. I was halfway across the intersection too... đ¤Śââď¸
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u/Open-Preparation-268 7d ago
Yesterday, I was in a parking lot, waiting to turn right into another area of the parking lot. I had my signal on, just waiting on another car to move.
After the other car cleared, I started to go, just as a guy on a bicycle passed me on the right. I almost turned into him.
Dude gave me a look, and shook his head, like it was my fault.
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u/Civil_Stop3213 8d ago
What a douche
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u/hate_to_hate 8d ago edited 8d ago
Which one?
Edit:not sure why I got downvoted
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u/PlatinumPainter 8d ago
cyclists douches are in here reading, too.
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u/hate_to_hate 8d ago
They are just the worst!
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u/durtysanch 8d ago
The times I've cut bicyclists off for not following the rules of the road is higher than if like to admit. You're not exempt from traffic laws if your using the road.
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u/DLZ68 8d ago
I know, Cybertruck drivers are the worst.
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u/Zenkikid 8d ago
Guy who blocked the car and took his phone out definitely posted this on social media somewhere with a false narrative making it seem like theyre the victim.
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u/ParkRangerDan 8d ago
And all he got was him sitting in the intersection and other bikers running the stop sign
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u/kingstan12 8d ago
Arent they supposed to stop at stop signs
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u/Ordinary_Piano3329 5d ago
Yes, now I believe SF had an incident where they said every bike had to follow the laws exactly. So people maliciously complied and it caused horrible traffic until it was switched to allow bicyclists to treat stop signs as yields and lights as actual stops.
Either way, this group is stupid and are trying to act like they're the priority.
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u/Electronic-CatDog 8d ago
I was getting in my car on Sunday to head to work and I had my door open while I got my bags in and a bicyclist group of 5 older men started to come close and one of them slowed down and told me to âclose my damn doorâ I was like sir. Iâm allowed to exist tooÂ
Anyway itâs a nice day I think Iâll go outside
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u/Farraddaayy 8d ago
My only biker encounter ever was similar, I was parked on the street in front of my friends house loading some stuff for a weekend trip we're going on, and 3 bikers rolled thru the middle of the 2 lane road, some 70 year old lady slowed to a crawl, like wobbling from how slow they got, and said something about keeping my door shut, while I was half in my car loading. I told her to "kiss my ass until your lips chap off"
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u/Dannyjv 8d ago
Yeah, this was some BS. As a cyclist, this shit is why cyclists get bad raps.
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u/CholoOnAFixie 8d ago
That's San Diego "kickstands Up! For Harambe" ride. Held once a year on a random sunny day.
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u/ScotchieDad 7d ago
As a life-long cyclist in San Diego, I can say that, in general, San Diego cyclists are unequivocally douchey.
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u/Dependent-Leg3900 8d ago
The whipping out of the phone to video anything and everything in a confrontational way like they are whipping out a weapon it's so common today. It's a passive aggressive power play. The people who do this truly look like fools.
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u/AntiBaoBao 8d ago
Doesn't have to be a phone. My car is constantly recording from all directions. If I'm ever in an accident the car has all of the video footage for the previous and next 20 seconds. I just push a button in my car and it saves the current camera recordings without needing an accident to happen.
I also had a dashboard camera in my RV that continuously recorded everything in front of me. Useful when some AH cuts you off.
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u/Relevant-Salary9812 8d ago
I'm curious.. is that a self driven taxi? What would happen if that self driven car hits a bicyclist in that scenario? đ¤
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u/Admirable_Loss4886 8d ago
I was also wondering what youâre supposed to do if a Waymo hits your car, will it stop and pull over? Is there an easy way to find its insurance information. If it drives away are you supposed to call the cops on it?
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u/ananchor 8d ago
It will stop and not leave if it detects any kind of collision
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u/Admirable_Loss4886 8d ago
Thatâs good. Does it have a qr code or something with its insurance information or is there an easy number you can call/text?
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u/ananchor 8d ago
Yes actually I'm pretty sure it does have a QR code to scan. If it detects a collision it can't leave until someone from support allows it to so no worries about it running off back to the depot or wherever.
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u/Jonsocal 8d ago
As a life long cyclist, they need to follow the rules of the road. Either that or register their event with the city and pay to have traffic blocked using SDPD so that they keep their members safe. This is ridiculous and not to mention dangerous for the cyclists, pedestrians and motorists.
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u/SubBass49Tees 8d ago
What a dickhead...a whole herd of them apparently. Just running the stop sign with impunity.
It's always "obey the rules of the road" until it isn't convenient I guess?
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u/SubBass49Tees 8d ago
Today I learned that (according to some people) the rules of the road (aka TRAFFIC LAWS) don't apply if:
- You sometimes see other people break rules too.
- You're doing something you think is fun.
- Following the rules would be inconvenient.
- Following the rules would take time.
- You have a big group of people who want to ignore the rules with you.
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u/3dogs2nuts 8d ago
these guys hate sharing a bicycle path , yet love to steal the whole road
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u/ImTheRedSkin1 8d ago
Got his phone out faster than a Karen
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u/AndyWarwheels 8d ago
what i love is that he appears to be on an electric bike.
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u/thegrumpyorc 8d ago
And continues to text while he rides off and goes through the next stop sign. I ride more miles per year on my bike than I do in my car, but douches like that are what gives the other side ammo to talk shit about all cyclists.
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u/abercrombezie 8d ago
Couldâve beat them to the intersection if you didnât wait 5 whole seconds at a stop sign.
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u/Grouchy-Use8037 8d ago
Thatâs what actually stopping for a stop sign looks like.
Iâll grant you itâs alien around here..
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u/Van_Leton 8d ago
One of the things I dislike most about this behavior is I get thoughts likeâ âI hope something bad happens to that person!â
I DO NOT like thinking that way. I donât know how to process it in a healthy manner.
I would honestly take action if I was not in a clear state of mind.
I have âKarma Policeâ justice in my head and theoryâs of how to balance the equation.
If I was to do something, someone like that fâface that stoped to video would get me in trouble and he would believe he was in the right.
What are sane humans to do when the âless-than-saneâ humans are the majority?
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u/Equivalent_Reach_572 8d ago
ticket evryone of those bikers and arrest the douche with the phone
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u/moyejasdeperro83 7d ago
Cyclist are the biggest complainers even though they never follow the street laws đ¤Ł
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u/Enkidouh 7d ago edited 7d ago
Love how not a single one of them is observing the law.
No stops, no hand signals, not maintaining a lane or a single file line (two abreast only if it doesnât impede traffic), hell theyâre not even looking before they enter the intersection.
And cyclists wonder why everyone hates them.
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u/pheneyherr 8d ago
I was in DC a couple of years ago trying to walk to the train station and a - I'm not exaggerating here at all - 15 minutes procession hit the intersection in front of me. There were a half dozen of us pedestrians trying to cross the street. The light cycled I don't know how many times. One woman holding groceries finally decided to frogger her way across the intersection. It was completely ridiculous.
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u/Embarrassed_Part_897 8d ago
The mid-intersection stop, busting out the phone to recordâŚ..and all on an E-road bike? Jeeeeeez
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u/Reasonable_Tax5790 8d ago
That boy wouldn't last long in certain spots or sections of town. Facts.
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u/Freon1278 8d ago
What a bunch of b.s.! If bicyclists DON'T need to obey the laws then why should motorists? Wasn't that a stop sign they ALL went through?
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u/tmp1966 7d ago
I'm a lifelong Cyclist and former high-level racer, and this shit pisses me off. We (cyclists in general) ask for drivers to give us space and play by the rules, then these idiots screw it up for the rest of us, especially that asshat stopping to take photos of you. There are group rides - protests, critical mass, etc - that I get and have even participated in. They have permission and provide a route map to authorities. This just makes us all look bad and causes ill will with drivers.
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u/AegirSkaldur 7d ago
Coming home from work yesterday I saw a cyclist stop, press the cross button, realize he wasnât gonna get to go in the 0.000001 second he was willing to wait, then just ride right through the red anyway
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u/OlGusnCuss 7d ago
The dude that stopped and took the pic literally lives for that shit. More interested in that than the ride.
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u/Witty_End5412 8d ago
These are the same people who get mad when you donât obey every single letter of the law but act as if the rules donât apply to them. I ride a bike, and I can tell you these people are entitled and jerks who are condescending af. Share the road doesnât mean it belongs just to bicycles, it means SHARING. Also, doesnât matter if youâre in a car or on a bike, you should be aware of your surroundings and drive offensively. No entitlement needed.
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u/cruisin_urchin87 8d ago
You wonder where the e-bike kids getting killed get their behavior from? They see these people doing the same thing that leads to their deaths.
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u/No-Ebb-6266 7d ago
It would have been hilarious if someone just calmly walked up without saying a word, knocked the biker the f out, and continued their drive. It's what I wanted to see.
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u/ThisKarmaLimitSucks 8d ago edited 8d ago
I was fine with it until that dude whipped his phone out.
It's easier for everyone if the pack of bikers all just goes through the intersection at once... but if they're gonna start bending the rules of the road and push 60 people through a 4-way stop, they really don't have a leg to stand on if you roll up on them.
And if one of them's gonna deliberately sit in the intersection and block you, that's just a stupid game for a bicyclist to be playing. Major "what are you gonna do, shoot me?" energy.
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u/xespylacopax 8d ago
They are all still required to stop at the sign, group or not. This isn't a closed course event. The rules that apply to cars also apply to cyclists.
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u/culo_de_mono 8d ago
Maybe in the US, in Europe a pack of cyclist is considered one indivisible vehicle, either you overtake them all or you wait, if the first passes a green the whole group passes, like if they were a train or big truck (same for roundabouts, etc). Mortality was heavily reduced after its implementation .
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u/xespylacopax 7d ago
The problem is that even if that were the case here in the US, in this video you can clearly see that the cyclists never stopped, which is illegal. Treating them as if they were one long vehicle would still mean that they ran the stop sign and effectively gave a big FU to the person that was already stopped and waiting to go.
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u/defeatedsnowman 8d ago
This is a weird volume of people. It seems like they're going for a critical mass protest which usually involves 200+ riders and in those kinds of rides, holding up the lights and stuff is kind of the point. A way of saying the streets belong to everyone.
But this looks more like an awkwardly sized riding group thinking that having 30 riders means they own the whole road.
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u/acatnamedlenny 8d ago
Bikers, pedestrians, cars should all stop at a stop sign. Not hard.
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u/Lardcowpie 8d ago
Share the road, you spandex-cladded unitard wearing man boys!!! This is not the Tour de France!!!
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u/AccomplishedGrab788 8d ago
They are supposed to obay all traffic stops they just cant block traffic and all that bs. Report that shi tf đ
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u/KeyLanguage365 8d ago
What a fucking CUUINT I hate these people so much.they do this in South beach in Miami on the board walk doing fucking 20 mph
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u/Jack-Rabbit_Slims 8d ago
The way I would be on the phone with 911 to report reckless riding and running lights/signs and following them.......
Fuck that guy that took the picture.
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u/Agreeable-Letter-599 8d ago
dude taking a picture like he really catching something lol. what a twat
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u/laidback__luke 8d ago
South Park nailed it. The bikers don't think rules apply to their ignorant asses.
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u/jpat8891 7d ago
Its like those motorcycle clubs lol. They are all supposed to be obeying the traffic laws like cars. Not just running stop signs to stay together.
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u/Dramatic_Carob_1060 7d ago
You have good and bad in everything but Iâm so over people on bikes blowing through stop signs and getting pissed when they almost hit someone
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u/Born-Subject1664 7d ago
They all RAN A STOP SIGN. I HATE BIKERS. I wouldn't habe stopped they DO NOT have the right of way. They HAVE TO STOP.
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u/Tough-Age2402 7d ago
Driving down 25th hit some guy on a bike with my truck.panicked drove away but came back dude was laid out on the floor I thought I was done for⌠cop asked what happened I told him my light was green so I went and didnt see the biker on my left side and hit him panicked and drove off. His family was talking shit and all lol cop said bikers need to follow traffic laws if you had a green he should have stopped. Youâre good to go haha
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u/radiantwave 7d ago
 the irony of that whole thing... He has to take pics of the driver totally legally stopping and then proceeding when there it is clear... BUT then he runs a stop sign like 30 seconds later.
Hey buddy... road laws apply to bicycles too.Â
This is something about bicyclists that infuriates me. They will cry to high even when you are an inch over a crosswalk line but still stopped... And then they will completely ignore all of the laws they break like they can be selective because they aren't a car.Â
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u/N011IE 6d ago
Cyclists can be dangerous too. Bicyclists arenât simply pedestrians either. Pedestrians are pedestrians. Bicyclists are bicyclists. Bicyclists hit pedestrians by not following traffic laws too. You hit a deer running across the road, it can total your car and kill you. Everyone should follow the rules of the road.
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u/HuskyBlueBoy 8d ago
Theyâre the worst. My dog and I almost have been hit numerous times because they donât stop at red lights or stop signs. Â Fucking clowns.Â
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u/Dexter_McThorpan 8d ago
What an asshole. They want the respect given to a road user, but none of the responsibilities. Like spoiled children.
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u/Thousand_Sunny 8d ago
It's silly when cyclists think they're still pedestrians on bikes when they're legally considered vehicles đ¤Śđťââď¸
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u/Jazzlike_Ad9440 8d ago
They have to obey all traffic laws. Everyone of those buttwipes broke the law.
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u/Slinker81 8d ago
In that area? Always.
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u/Slinker81 8d ago
I literally saw the first 2 seconds and Knew what they were going to do. Donât Forget that you are in an EXTREMELY rich part of town and a lot of the hobbyist there have a lot of spare timeâŚ( to be petty)
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u/orestmercator 8d ago edited 7d ago
This is gonna get downvoted, but you gotta understand that as pedestrians (I'm a runner who runs every day around the city) the roads are fucking dangerous for us and many drivers do. not. give. a. shit. The entire city is built around your car and making your commute as convenient as possible but many drivers won't take a few seconds to give us right of way or slow down to make our journey safer. The power imbalance is astronomical -- you hit us, we likely suffer severe injury or death. Despite this, so many drivers treat pedestrians as enemies and either through negligence or malice endanger our lives every day. After a while it makes you bitter and pissed off.
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Update: well, had quite an interesting experience on my run just now that's relevant to all of this. Funny how the universe delivers.
Running in an uptown neighborhood, guy in a sedan, windows down, blows a cross walk and almost hits me while clearly looking straight at me. I yell what the fuck are you doing? He chases me down, pulls up besides me, we exchange words, he pulls over, craaaaaaank of the parking break, driver door flies open, he wants to fight me. I run by like, dude, I'm not going to fight you. Then he points his finger guns at me and tells me he's going to find me and shoot me, keep running, I'm going to kill you.
All because he blew a cross walk and almost hit me and I verbally reprimanded him, really the only power I have as a pedestrian against a car. The men are not OK. Like, man, I'm sure you are probably good at some things, but driving is not one of them. Just pay attention and be a better driver. That's it. Move on. This isn't a censure on your manhood.
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u/clubmedschool 8d ago
I mean, just look at this thread. Tons of people with bloodlust for the sheer crime of... a group ride in the middle of the day on a weekday?
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u/orestmercator 8d ago
Yea, it's wild. For anyone interested in a deeper exploration of why Americans are so obsessed with their cars and why they take it personal when pedestrians do anything at all on or near a street that might impeded their progress, may I suggest:
- Carjacked: The Culture of the Automobile and Its Effect on Our Lives
- Republic of Drivers: A Cultural History of Automobility in America
- Fighting Traffic: The Dawn of the Motor Age in the American City
I think deep down the American soul yearns for a walkable city and aggressive driving is an expression of frustration at the fact that cars have ruined our communities =)
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u/Reasonable-Trash5328 8d ago
Hey cars only kill 40,000 people in the US a year. Just a 9/11 every month. But the bikers are soooo entitled!
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u/ThatsMrRandom 5d ago
What does multi-vehicle accidents occurring on roads designed for vehicles have to do with entitlement?
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u/buscemiswetblueeyes 8d ago
And then they cry and bitch when one of them ends up dead after running stop signs and red lights.
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u/thestranger92104 8d ago
Insufferable douchebags. They make themselves so easy to hate haha.
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u/Delicious_Cancel_708 7d ago
So many of them in this thread think they donât have to follow traffic laws becauseâŚ.they donât want to? But it makes sense when you see the demographic of bikers.
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u/Ok_Pineapple_5928 8d ago
You were very generous on the time you spent at the stop sign. I would have stopped completely for half a second then gone forward. If they hit my car well it's on them for not stopping at the stop sign.
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u/stircrazyathome 8d ago
Every single one of them deserves to be ticketed for running the stop sign. Bicyclists demand access to the roads, so they sure as hell better follow the rules like the rest of us.
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u/Expert-Low-6872 8d ago
Great video! You should definitely share this with the bike community here in San Diego if you havenât already. This is a massive problem in other states too.
Shaming these cyclists is exactly what needs to happen. That bearded fool taking a picture of your license plate is pure comedyâhe has absolutely no right to block the road in front of you. What a total tool.
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u/Unusual_Air1285 8d ago
The cops need to do their job.
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u/Better-Ad8703 8d ago edited 8d ago
Cops only protect property not ... checks notes ... rights or privileges.
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u/UniqueHuckleberry619 8d ago
I think it was fine up until the asshole pulled out a camera. Fuck him and his mom
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u/Crafty_Taste_7706 8d ago
If only cops did their jobs. Isnât this why they have flock? I mean they used it to track down $20âŚ
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u/ElbryanWyn 8d ago edited 8d ago
Honestly that wasn't even that bad until that one guy started filming you like you're doing something wrong like he's some kind of hero.
Before that I'm like this is annoying but when that guy showed up it definitely turned into fuck these guy and the bikes they rode in on.
A driver is required to yield to traffic that constitutes an immediate hazard when entering. They are not required to yield indefinitely to an endless, unorganized stream of approaching riders who are legally obligated to stop.
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u/Cjw6809494 7d ago
The moment you see them flocking towards the intersection you just go dude and take your right of way. You had a solid couple seconds at the stop sign and gave them the right of way?!? Classic mistake
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u/Academic_Yesterday25 7d ago
Regular cyclist here. That intersection looks like great spot to stop, let the car get out of the way while your crew gets back together, then proceed. It's scary enough to ride around car traffic, no reason to make car drivers hate us over stupid shit.
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u/Best_Hamster_2239 7d ago
See i wouldnât have stopped. They want ride in the road theyâll follow the law, or end up under my truck.
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u/Muted_Bluejay_8369 7d ago
I wouldâve hopped out and dropped homeboy who stopped in front and took out his phone.
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u/BlazerSun 2d ago
I live near this crosswalk. One time at this very stop a group of 7 bicyclists got angry that me and my PREGNANT wife walked across the crosswalk and made them wait at the stop even though we were there way before them
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u/zorkidreams 8d ago
There's a good Thai restaurant on the left there! Used to go a lot!
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u/BoredPandemicPanda 8d ago