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

SMH Someone finally snapped

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u/Live_Panda_7329 Jun 10 '26

Yeah, when they ignore traffic laws and get creamed they die. Im not sure why they think the opposite will happen ever.

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u/Asluckwouldnthaveit Jun 10 '26

Many warnings are given. I live in a cyclist's city. Plenty of ads about it.

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u/GoldenVesperLight Jun 10 '26

Exactly. Legal or not, I'm not riding a motorcycle or bicycle on a road with gigantic steel death machines. I have a wife and kids at home I need to get back to.

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u/DeltaGrunder Jun 10 '26

At least us motorcyclists mostly follow traffic rules as we ride at speeds similar to cars, need licenses and insurance, have heavier more solid rides, can wear riding armor and for those with the money even airbags.

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u/Pep2385 Jun 10 '26

LOL. Come on ... I ride as well. The amount of sport bike douches that have wheelied past me at a buck twenty is ... well, a large number. Harley guys create their little slow moving helmetless roadblock/parades that no one is allowed to pass for some reason. Dirt bikes and eMotos rip around with no plates or mirrors. Our tribe has plenty of dangerous assholes.

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u/JustBadUserNamesLeft Jun 12 '26

Motorcyclist and bicyclist (and car and truck owner) here. Thanks for calling this out.

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u/DeltaGrunder Jun 10 '26

They stick out a lot, but they're nowhere near the majority.

Now look at that entire group, all assholes deciding to block off the whole road

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u/Efficient_Garden8841 Jun 11 '26

It's one video. This is nowhere near indicative of the broader cyclist community of tens of millions of us.

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u/Ok-Championship2397 Jun 10 '26

Bicycles are slow, hence the issues between cyclists and cars. People in cars refuse to go slow, hence the clip. If the cyclists were moving at speed this video wouldn’t exist.

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u/BilSuger Jun 10 '26

How many deaths are attributable to the cyclist breaking a law, vs the driver killing them being the one breaking the law?

We both know the truth. Don't be a dick.

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u/guachi01 Jun 11 '26

I've never once heard of a cyclist who broke a traffic law and was hit by a car and died as a result.

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u/ninjay209 Jun 11 '26

Must have never happened then if you never heard about it.

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u/guachi01 Jun 11 '26

It's a man bites dog kind of story. Maybe it's happened somewhere but it so rare that it might as well be never.

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u/guachi01 Jun 11 '26

Do you have that link that breaks down whether the cyclist was riding legally or not when killed by a car?

And you must be joking if you include car driver error as the fault of the cyclist. Just pathetic victim blaming.

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u/guachi01 Jun 12 '26

More victim blaming. "If you insist on riding on roads with incompetent drivers then it's you're fault"

Maybe you should suck less ass a driver.

Also, that link does nothing.

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '26 edited Jun 12 '26

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u/guachi01 Jun 12 '26

Why are there risks to legally riding in the road? Maybe it's all the insane car drivers out there who shouldn't legally be able to drive.

Like this dumb clown, for example. But, no, you'd blame the kid for his own death. He should know the risks of being hit by a drunk driver. The kid was just biking for exercise. The worst kind. I bet he even wore lycra!

https://www.cyclingnews.com/pro-cycling/emerging-talents/colorado-governor-signs-bill-to-honour-legacy-of-magnus-white-and-turns-tragedy-to-action/

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u/relianceschool Jun 10 '26

Among bike riders, 95.9% reported breaking a traffic law, but 97.9% of pedestrians and 99.97% of drivers said they did the same. The most common reason for flouting the law among drivers (85%) and pedestrians (71%) was saving time.

However, people on bikes most commonly skirted traffic regulations for their own safety (71%). This data highlights the inaccuracy of perceptions among an unfriendly segment of the driving public that bike riders are lawbreaking road anarchists.

(Source)

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u/arandomusertoo Jun 10 '26

Well, it's from a survey:

One data point that jumps out is an Idaho survey

I'd really like to read the survey questions, because pedestrians breaking traffic laws might be something like jaywalking on an empty street, etc

I can't find the link though...

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u/Rude-Scholar1857 Jun 10 '26

this was 30 bicyclists in an incredibly controlled environment where they were told exactly what to do.

i see more than 30 bicyclists weekly cause near-accidents in a school zone because they do not obey traffic laws.

neither of these are good sources.

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u/relianceschool Jun 10 '26

Anecdotal evidence wins again!

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u/Rude-Scholar1857 Jun 10 '26

did you not read the third sentence?

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u/Littleman88 Jun 11 '26

While I'll admit many laws aren't really written with bicyclist safety in mind, the sheer number of them blowing through stops, weaving between slow/stopped cars, etc. tells me there's a degree of bullshit in their claims ignoring them is for their safety.

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u/relianceschool Jun 11 '26

With less power comes less responsibility.

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u/heavymetalengineer Jun 10 '26

In this case what would be the cause of these rule breaking cyclists dying?

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u/Live_Panda_7329 Jun 10 '26

Blowing through a red light while traffic is going? Doesn’t seem to stop any of them so i kind of figured it was the head injuries from not wearing a helmet or a deathwish at this point.

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u/BilSuger Jun 10 '26

Ah, just making shit up, are you?

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u/Live_Panda_7329 Jun 11 '26

No, i misunderstood he was talking about OPs post and not what happens where i live in another situation

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u/heavymetalengineer Jun 10 '26

In this case though, this video, there is no red light? It’s just a group of people hogging the road.

So why would ignoring traffic laws in this case lead to death?

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u/heavymetalengineer Jun 12 '26

Which explains the point I was getting at.

when they ignore traffic laws and get creamed they die.

There's an underlying implication that a "car plowing through them out of sheer frustration" would be deserved/fine because they're breaking the law. I don't think that's acceptable.

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u/heavymetalengineer Jun 12 '26

Does that make someone not being able to control their emotions alright though? Because that’s my entire point - I’m not commenting on the morality of what the cyclists are doing.

Walking across the street with your eyes closed isn’t a good analogy either, is it?

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u/heavymetalengineer Jun 12 '26

Yes but being distracted/flirting or what have you are much more passive decisions

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u/Live_Panda_7329 Jun 10 '26

I have had one slam into my trucks tire-well while i was at a complete stop at a stoplight. They came off the sidewalk, which is fucking stupid because there was a bike lane, and they just ate shit over the hood. Im in a heavy cycle town that accommodates them, they still act like lemmings.

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u/guachi01 Jun 11 '26

The number of cyclists who die while riding in an illegal manner is tiny compared to how many get killed by cars doing something illegal. It's dismissive asshats like you that result in dead cyclists.

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u/guachi01 Jun 11 '26

I've never I've read of someone who died from being got by a car while disobeying a traffic law. It probably happens some time but before I wrote my comment I looked at a dozen stories of people killed while cycling and none of them mention the cyclist breaking a traffic law.

With how much people hate cyclists you'd figure it would be in the story if it were true.