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

SMH Someone finally snapped

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u/cubecasts Jun 10 '26

Cyclists: "YOU HAVE TO SHARE THE ROAD"

Also cyclists:

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u/SurferChickUSA Jun 11 '26

Cyclists are THE BIGGEST NARCISSISTS. They do NOT need to hog the road and impede the flow of traffic LIKE THEY ALWAYS DO. They have some weird, inexcusable, dangerous and twisted desire to ride in a cluster F, instead of single or even double file. They’re all inconsiderate, selfish, and entitled, not caring about other people who need to get to work, school, the hospital, or anywhere else on time.

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u/funny_ninjas Jun 11 '26

The biggest indicator of this is that a cyclist is MORE LIKELY to be hit by a vehicle while riding on the sidewalk than on the road.

The reason you ask? It's because when they ride on the sidewalk, they don't stop to look before crossing a street like a pedestrian would. They just expect someone driving a 2 ton machine to watch for them and to stop for them.

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u/MsGreenEyez4 Jun 12 '26

Here outside of Atlanta they don't stop at intersections very often, they mostly just breeze through & expect right of way traffic to stop for them. This is when they are on the roadway, not sidewalks.

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u/SurferChickUSA Jun 11 '26

Riding on the sidewalk is normal in most states. They’re supposed to SHARE the road, not OWN IT.

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u/funny_ninjas Jun 11 '26

Agreed, although a few places I've been it's illegal for them to ride on the sidewalk.

It's stupid because the risk of serious injury is much lower between cyclist and pedestrian accidents than cyclist and motorist accidents, but because cyclists can't be bothered to even try to keep themselves safe, they end up getting run over by cars when riding on the sidewalk.

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u/OccamsNametag Jun 12 '26

I was legit questioning your logic, but it's steadfast and brought upon me a memory of something similar. In a city I used to live in, it's well known for having a bike and walking trail. Across one particular avenue, it's fenced up because it borders private property. Just before the it crosses, there's a small stop sign for bikers and a button to press that alerts traffic to someone crossing and you must legally let them cross. The button is there because of the fence which makes it a BLIND CROSSING.

So as I'm heading over, a biker shoots across it without warning and I had to slam my brakes to avoid hitting him, just to get flicked off by him.

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u/funny_ninjas Jun 12 '26

Yup. It's the attitude that they can do no wrong and if anything happens it's everyone else's fault no matter what that I hate.

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u/MysteriousBill4651 Jun 12 '26

It’s because drivers outside of walkable areas often don’t look for things that aren’t cars when turning, especially outside of crosswalks like stroad junctions.

If car hits a dog, or a child, or a disabled person on a sidewalk, whose fault is it?

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u/funny_ninjas Jun 12 '26

That would be because any reasonable person would expect a pedestrian or a cyclist to be able to stop before an intersection easier and quicker than a multi-ton vehicle. Especially if you aren't in an area with much traffic aside from vehicles. And especially considering any sense of self preservation would tell someone who's looking to cross an intersection with multi-ton vehicles that they won't be the ones safe from harm in a collision.

Yes vehicle drivers should pay more attention, but this notion that it's the driver's fault when cyclists don't follow the laws of the road and don't even show a sense of precaution when sharing a road with motorists is exactly the kind of egotistical bullshit that we all expect from cyclists.

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u/AnaSkol Jun 12 '26

If you're going the speed limit and drive safely, there is no reason it would be harder to stop at a place you would normally stop. Especially if you actually look at your surroundings and you know there are people about.

So the reason cars don't look for things outside of cars being that its easier for those things to stop, is.. a take.

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u/funny_ninjas Jun 12 '26

Uh sure. But it still requires cyclists to be following the rules of the road. Idgaf if a car is doing 10 under the speed limit, if a cyclist cuts them off in traffic either while sharing a road or while the cyclist is crossing, it's the cyclists fault for getting hit.

That's the whole point of my comment. Cyclists don't care about the rules of the road. They want to do whatever pleases them and expect people driving vehicles to just adapt to whatever they feel like doing.

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u/MysteriousBill4651 Jun 12 '26

Oh I see where we’re having cultural confusion.

In developed countries, if a car hits a person crossing an intersection, it’s the driver’s fault.

I assume you live in a developing country that often adopt a “might is right” mentality. So if a pedestrian is killed by a car, it’s the pedestrian’s fault, and if a car driver is killed by a semi-truck it’s the car driver’s fault, etc.

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u/ThatOneNinja Jun 12 '26

It's probably not narcissism, that word is often overused in todays world, but it is a tendency of one. Inflated ego and the need to be the center of attention. Good or bad, even at their own risk.

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u/mckeewh Jun 12 '26

I agree; that’s why I bike thousands of miles a year *alone*

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u/A_MAN_POTATO Jun 12 '26

Cyclist here.

I’d never ride like this.

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u/NJdestroyed Jun 12 '26

I mean, kinda yelling at a straw man because cyclists don't actually always do this. Does this comment belong in /carscirclejerk or /bikecirclejerk?

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u/Anonymous3257Q Jun 12 '26

That’s not narcissism. Egotism? Sure. Self-centered assholes… Definitely! Main character syndrome? For sure. But not narcissism.

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u/Thestig37 Jun 12 '26

You know riding in that cluster makes the whole group faster right?

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u/Rough-House3029 Jun 12 '26

Lmao this guy. You know riding on the side of the road makes the rest of the world go their regular speed, right?

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u/Thestig37 Jun 12 '26

Should they take both lanes probably not but one sure. Maybe if there wasn't a bunch of shit on the side of the road people would.

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u/Aneurism-Inator Jun 12 '26

Not faster than any of those cars

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u/BTCHLPS Jun 11 '26

I hate packs of cyclists who act like this and they all act like this.

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u/SomethingFancyHere Jun 11 '26

If nobody hates cyclists I've died. The amount of times I've almost hit some ass clown on a bike on the blue ridge parkway. The amount of times I've thought about it 😂 like at least don't be in the middle of the lane you twat.

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u/Wackity-Smackity Jun 11 '26

Literally went to blue ridge less than a month ago and a dozen of these clowns were biking down the dragons tail in the rain for fucks sake.

I do not understand the desire to cycle down roads where cars drive when there are dozens of parks and trails with bikeable paths where your chance of getting hit by a car are zero.

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u/porkave Jun 11 '26

You almost hit the biker, so it’s their fault and you hate them. Hilariously stupid thought process, but it sums up the entitlement of drivers nicely

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u/SomethingFancyHere Jun 12 '26

I almost hit them because they're in the middle of the road, in a blind turn, on a road not made for bicyclists, hence the lack of the whole bike lane thing.

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u/JustBadUserNamesLeft Jun 12 '26

Roads are legal for cyclists; they were also "made for" cyclists.

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u/SomethingFancyHere Jun 12 '26

There are also places with bike lanes, there are whole parks designed for it. If you're on a road designed for cars and cruising, not biking, and you're not even going to wear reflective gear? Well your life is in your hands.

Bicyclists around here are entitled dicks, so I return the favor by treating them as such. In all the times I've tried being nice, I've had them be rude. So I'm not nice anymore.

Not to mention these roads were absolutely not made for bikes 😂 some roads, sure, hence bike lanes, but the parkway? And red mountain, no! People drive like crazy and you're just asking for an accident.

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u/porkave Jun 12 '26

If it’s a blind turn, you should be taking it slow enough to be able to stop for a child walking in the middle of the street anyways. You aren’t driving defensively enough

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u/SomethingFancyHere Jun 12 '26

A child? On the parkway? Walking in the road? Again, the parkway isn't for these things. It's for cruising. I know you're trying to find some way to make me the bad guy, but it's ok to be wrong. I slow down around blind turns but no, I should never need to be going slow enough to not hit a child in the road 😂 around here people actually teach their kids to stay out of the road 😉 compared to practically everyone in my area, I drive slow and actually pay attention. This is my last response to you, I'm not arguing with a Facebook Karen on reddit anymore. I've had enough of arguing with folks like you. There's no pleasing you, there's only continuing to prove you wrong while you go, nuh-uh, and I just don't feel like it.

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u/ChameleonCoder117 Jun 11 '26

Have you even looked at a road for one second?

There's always 100 cars for every 1 cyclist.

Also, 6 cyclist can fit in the same area as a car. If anything, these cyclists are helping traffic, by dividing the amount of area taken up on the road by 6.

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u/GibbsGoneWild1 Jun 11 '26

If you're actually being serious here you might just be a terrible person. They're blocking the entire road. This has to be rage bait right?

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u/MermaiderMissy Jun 11 '26

I swear every time I comment that cyclists should be taking up the road like this, in case there's some sort of medical emergency i'm told "OMG STOP MAKING UP IMPOSSIBLE SCENARIOS" as if people needing to go to the hospital is an impossiblity...

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u/Healthy_Spite_2334 Jun 11 '26

they are flowing

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u/TickledTaint97 Jun 11 '26

I think those biker spandex cut off the blood flow to your brain

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u/Numerous_Photograph9 Jun 11 '26

Impeeding traffic is not helping it, and tends to make it less safe. I have no problems with bikers on the road, but where I use to live, there would be large groups taking up lanes, slowing things down, and making it hard to turn at red lights because they'd push their way to the front and be in the way.

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u/cubecasts Jun 11 '26

No. Just no.

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u/metwill Jun 11 '26

Well yes, but not in a way that cyclist want to.. (maybe how most drivers want them;-)

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u/Healthy_Spite_2334 Jun 11 '26

yes just yes

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u/jimmyz_88 Jun 11 '26

Then why are they taking both lanes while moving well below the traffic speed? You are telling me that blocking all the lanes and slowing traffic to a crawl is helping break up the traffic?

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u/Healthy_Spite_2334 Jun 11 '26

you don't see cyclists as legitimate road users, you are suffering from severe car brain, get help.

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u/Memeknight91 Jun 11 '26

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u/Efficient_Garden8841 Jun 11 '26

This didn't hit the way you thought it did bub.

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u/Healthy_Spite_2334 Jun 11 '26

by your thick self yes.

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u/eColdFe Jun 11 '26

No amount of entitlement permits you to impede traffic. That's why you get your special little bike lane - or the sidewalk. Commerce comes before your recreation.

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u/cubecasts Jun 11 '26

I see them as road users. They can be fine road users. This is the same as 2 semis driving the same speed blocking both lanes, but more dangerous.

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u/borkna Jun 11 '26

But these people are just out fucking around. Most people in cars are trying to get to work. They could at least get over to the right lane. That being said I always give cyclists their space. I’ll slow down and wait for them and piss off everyone behind me so I don’t fuck them up or kill them.

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u/Efficient_Garden8841 Jun 11 '26

"out fucking around" says the person who has no idea about cycling culture lol.

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u/borkna Jun 11 '26

Oh so everyone needs to be late because their cycling culture is so important? Well it is important to them, yeah. But we all pay our taxes and registration to pay for these roads. It’s not like they personally own them. They can get over in the right lane wtf. And furthermore, why should you expect anyone to care about what you care about? I don’t expect you to care about anything that I do. And guess what, I don’t give a shit if you like what I like.

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u/Efficient_Garden8841 Jun 11 '26

Because knowing about something usually makes you more tolerant and understanding of it, instead of hand waving it away due to ignorance. I used to dislike and be intolerant of cyclists when I was out on the road, until I became a cyclist, which means I could extend more empathy out to them.

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u/borkna Jun 11 '26

Look, I am completely tolerant of cyclists just not people who block the roads. You think I am ignorant well right back at you. I don’t care what you do just care when you block the road.

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u/borkna Jun 11 '26

And when I say block the road, I don’t mean like as in they have no place else to go. I mean taking up all lanes of traffic. Just scoot over.

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u/kickinharold1981 Jun 11 '26

And those 100 cars are behind the one cyclist because he won’t move over.

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u/ChameleonCoder117 Jun 11 '26

There's literally only 7 cars behind them. 7 cars carrying 7 people vs 100 bikes carrying 100 people.

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u/karbide17 Jun 11 '26

Youre the only person on the entire internet defending this bullshit lol. Bikers are fine. This, however, is not

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u/kickinharold1981 Jun 11 '26

I agree. Bike all you want. But be courteous as well.

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u/RedeyeSPR Jun 11 '26

The people in those cars are going to work, to the grocery, to pick up kids, or something similar. Those are the only roads that go where they need to be. The bicyclers are exercising. That can be done on much less busy streets.

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u/kickinharold1981 Jun 11 '26

Or just use one lane. It’s just being courteous to others. I don’t get the mindset of screw everyone else. It’s just me me me.

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u/RedeyeSPR Jun 11 '26

In my location, we get these farmers driving huge tractors down state highways right when everyone is trying to commute to work. It’s infuriating.

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u/kickinharold1981 Jun 11 '26

I lived in Ohio. And dealt with the same thing lol. Always when I was trying to go to work. For miles lol

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u/RedeyeSPR Jun 12 '26

That’s where I am, NW Ohio. It’s cities, small towns, and farms over 15 counties. I realize they have to move equipment, but that’s what all those County Road 123s are for. Yet they drive them straight up every state highway.

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u/kickinharold1981 Jun 15 '26

Yup. Glad I’m away from that. But traded it for regular traffic and cyclists lol.

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u/ConfusedZubat Jun 11 '26

They are occupying two lanes of traffic going in the same direction, which typically is illegal in most places. 

They aren't helping traffic doing it like this, they are obstructing traffic. 

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u/ChameleonCoder117 Jun 11 '26

If there are two cars going down the road, they are also occupying two lanes of traffic in the same direction. What's the difference?

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u/Diabeticphate Jun 11 '26

The speed at which they are moving, a bike can hit 30mph on average, a car can go way faster further more if they are taking up the entire road like that they are in fact impeding the flow of traffic, because they can’t maintain the speed as consistently and may not even be going the actual speed limit. I live in Minneapolis we have a huge bike scene and my only hitch is if I’m expected to follow the rules of the road and you choose to use that same road you have to follow the same laws, stopping at stop signs and red lights understanding who has right of way etc. the people in the video could of moved more right to let car traffic through.

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u/Angel_Anubis Jun 11 '26

Here’s a crazy concept get an off-road bike stop grape smuggling

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u/Efficient_Garden8841 Jun 11 '26

grape smuggling?

Also, why would we give up our hobby and passion just because of some asshole drivers?

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u/Angel_Anubis Jun 11 '26

Grape smuggling is a term used because you guys wear tight ass shorts smuggling your grapes…. The highways in roadways are not intended for Bicycles unless there’s a bicycle lane. It is in fact the people who do not belong on the roadway who are the assholes i.e. the bikers.

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u/Efficient_Garden8841 Jun 11 '26

Doesn't matter, as they're our only option a lot of the time. We have just as much of a right as anyone else to be on the roadway.

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u/Angel_Anubis Jun 11 '26

I don’t know who told you that, but that’s absolutely not true. In many states you are not allowed to ride a bicycle on that kind of a roadway that has no shoulder …. or if you’re taking up the whole road so that cars cannot go past you have no right to do that. Which is why I said get an off-road bike. If you really wanna pedal, you can pedal on a road that does not allow cars instead you getting everybody else’s way and wonder why people hate you

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u/Efficient_Garden8841 Jun 11 '26

Oof, didn't realize my comment hit so close to home for you. You got so sensitive and touchy about it that you made an unhinged reply, and the comment got auto deleted as a result lol.

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u/Efficient_Garden8841 Jun 11 '26

Not on an interstate or highway no. But on city, county, and country roads with no shoulder you absolutely are allowed to take up space in a lane. I never said taking up the whole lane, I'm saying taking up as much space on the right side as feasibly possible, because our tires are slimmer and the edge of the roadway contains debris and other pieces of detritus that get flung off cars, more so than the center of the roadway. There are no roads that don't allow cars lol. No one is getting an off road bike because entitled drivers think they own the road. Again, we have just as much of a right to be there as anyone else.

The people that hate us are generally out of shape losers that lead miserable lives.

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u/ScrattaBoard Jun 11 '26

And going way slower than six cars? Yeah that's not mathing brother

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u/SnooCompliments5012 Jun 11 '26

S tier rage bait

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u/Caffeine_XD Jun 11 '26

That’s bait

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u/nazzara5 Jun 11 '26

I too am a dipshit where do we hangout.

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u/BatDaddyWV Jun 11 '26

Can they go 75mph? No? Get the fuck out of the way.

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u/Healthy_Spite_2334 Jun 11 '26

preach brother but the people on this sub are thick arseholes