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I could have written the exact same paragraph even though I live on the other side of the planet. It’s crazy how universal this shit seems to be.
That ad at though at the end. 🤏
Anybody have experience adding a dashcam to their bike? I wonder if documenting these cases could help start change
nta, the biker was going too slowly unless they were on a step hill, bikes only deserve respect when they are going at least 35 kmh
The BMW comes with the special edition highway code has that extra rule at the end.
I didn’t think it was true until I was a passenger in one and the driver - whom I previously thought to be a semi-sane human - missed the motorway junction that we wanted; this is no problem at all for BMW, it has hazards and a reversing gear . . . genius!
Yeah, some drivers seem to DGAG about the rules. Like I’m cycling straight and you’re turning, asshole, honk whatever you want. [Note: applicable to Russia, your experiences may vary]
BMW lost any enthusiasm from me when they introduced subscription car features. I think they did it before anyone else.
Now I’m happy to think of BMW as full-throated supporters of the German Reich.
As someone who does enjoy cars, fuck BMW owners, they are always the stupidest, angriest, pettiest drivers on the road. I wouldn’t invite one to my wedding.
I divorced one and they are now with another BMW driver.
Oh no they teamed up! Twice the terror!
Treating bikers poorly is not just a U.S. thing, I’ve seen it the EU too, pretty nasty interactions. Drivers should be heavily fined for endangering people in more vulnerable situations.
Fined? They shouldn’t have the privilege of driving.
Sounds about right. I had a similar encounter with a commercial minivan driver on a 30 kph backstreet in Toronto.
I know this is fuckcars, but that’s not even a car thing - it’s a human thing, and all the worse for it:-(.
The thing is, if you both were on a bike, the interaction would have so much less potential to have become accidentally deadly:-).
cars bring out the worst in people.
Yup. Ironically I think it’s that feeling of pseudoanonymity that does it, which seems backed up by how people often behave online. It allows someone’s true colors to come out, whatever they may be.
Then how come all the toxic people on Lemmy are the sorts that have established reputations and an identity?
Wait wait wait wait wait - what is this, toxicity on… Lemmy?! That’s unpossible!
I think cars and car culture are inextricably linked to this kind of behavior, and it gets worse with bigger cars. People definitely can ride bikes like assholes but it’s less common-something about having zero barriers between a person and the world makes them less susceptible to acting like the world isn’t there.
Driving around in a climate controlled cockpit with surround stereo, splashing rain and mud on all those who they pass by, while laughing at “the poors” who cannot afford to drive or perhaps soon helicopter around everywhere. It definitely has an effect - bc Power Corrupts.
But it’s not solely their fault - the fault is also (or even… primarily?) ours for voting in such a way that so much space is dedicated to these rich assholes, while leaving no room for ourselves.
Though also, I bet this asshole would have been just as douchy if both sides of the conflict here had been walking. So the car made the situation so much worse, rather than creating it.
Can confirm. Just walked the Camino and everyone I talked to had a bad experience with BMW drivers. The brand is like a dickhead magnet.
https://bimmerlife.com/2020/10/31/study-bmw-drivers-are-the-rudest/
BMW drivers are the worst. It’s science.
This is normal day for a bmw driver.
When I lived in Calgary I almost got hit at crosswalks jogging with my dog countless times. By the time I moved away I was ready to throw the fuck down every time someone almost killed me or my dog (unless they gave me some sign that they were apologetic, which was very rarely). wtf is wrong with these people? Watch for people not in fucking cars, there’s crosswalks and bike laws for a reason, there’s other people doing shit in the world than just you. And I am not above breaking your mirror off your vehicle if you piss me off.
There are crosswalk and bike laws, but if you were killed by a car there’d be almost no consequences for the driver. Don’t trust any car at a crosswalk and be responsible for your own safety. Take it one lane at a time and make sure the car in that lane is stopped, or at least sees you for sure and you can tell the car is stopping and not getting ready to turn or something like that. Eye contact with the driver.
Oh for sure. I realize I’m responsible for my own safety on the road, which is why me and my dog are still alive. Doesn’t mean it doesn’t piss me off.
As an additional precaution, authorities also recommend bringing a brick no less than 1kg in mass to show to drivers while crossing.
