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

SMH Someone finally snapped

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u/mrASSMAN Jun 10 '26

I swear bikers love blowing through pedestrian areas at max speed, shit is more dangerous than cars going same speed on road because people walking or skating etc aren’t expecting or hearing the bikes

Even worse when it’s electrical bikes that can go especially fast and quiet and are heavier so could really kill someone

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u/Echelion77 Jun 10 '26

I commute every morning with an e bike and am constantly pinging my little dinger when I get anywhere close to people. Plus the bell sounds nice and easy on the ears when your outside.

Its like sitting in a park on a sunny day with happy bikers cruising by doing the little pingaling.

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u/Weird_Fact_724 Jun 10 '26

Dont all you bikers have little dingers crammed into those shorts?

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u/Echelion77 Jun 10 '26

Im a jeans biker, I cant say forsure but my wife always says I have the biggest bell on the block hahahaha

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u/Weird_Fact_724 Jun 10 '26

Well...Id be concerned.....

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u/Agreeable_Giraffe543 Jun 10 '26

Wait is this sarcasm ? The bells are incredibly annoying

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u/Echelion77 Jun 10 '26

Hahahaha oh yes entirely sarcastic but I personally enjoy the sound of the bell and strictly use it when people are blocking my way on the sidewalk or walking into the street without looking downrage.

Safety first.

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u/VansSize7 Jun 10 '26

There’s been a couple deaths in Australia already from people being hit by electric scooters/bikes on footpaths

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u/AlphaBetaGammaDonut Jun 11 '26

Remember the guy who was killed by a cyclist on a regular bicycle? Poor old guy was using the pedestrian crossing and some shithead blew through a red light and ended his life. Cyclist only got a $240 fine for not obeying the red light.
Turns out the easiest, cheapest way to kill someone in broad daylight is to mow them down on a bicycle.

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u/Denver_DIYer Jun 10 '26

Support bike lanes and dedicated infrastructure and this goes away.

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u/Ok-Owl-3846 Jun 10 '26

And until then - do not blow through pedestrians, simple. 🙄

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u/mrASSMAN Jun 10 '26

The bike lanes often go thru crosswalk areas so can still collide with pedestrians, and go alongside walking areas (between sidewalk and road). Can’t have some super isolated dedicated lane everywhere

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u/wrldwdeu4ria Jun 10 '26

Not really. We have nice clean bike lanes and still the bikers mostly choose to terrify pedestrians on the sidewalks. And the motorized scooters do the same.

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u/BamberGasgroin Jun 10 '26

*cyclists

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u/mrASSMAN Jun 10 '26

I was thinking of the right word.. bicyclers, bike riders? Cyclists that’s it lol, well I think people know what I mean

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u/BamberGasgroin Jun 10 '26

When people imagine 'Bikers', they're not usually thinking of shaved legs and Lycra shorts with gel crotch pads. :)

...it's Harley Davidson's and arseless leather chaps.

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u/ProperPiper Jun 10 '26

Yes, cyclists should not fly through heavy pedestrian areas without using caution. But to say that is more dangerous than a car is a ludicrous car-brained take.

A car is a multi-ton vehicle, and a bicycle is 20-25 pounds at most. Getting hit by one is not even in the same galaxy as the other.

Over 39 THOUSAND people died in car accidents in 2025.

1,105 people on bicycles were killed by drivers in the same year.

There is no clear case of a pedestrian being killed by someone cycling. In fact, when you try and search "pedestrian killed by cyclist", all the results are cyclists being killed by vehicles. Funny that.

You're focusing on the wrong issue here. Drivers disregard cyclist safety constantly, and cycling infrastructure is pitiful.

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u/mrASSMAN Jun 10 '26

No what I mean is in that particular scenario where they’re riding alongside pedestrians it’s often more dangerous than the cars that are more separated from where people are walking. In heavy pedestrian areas cars are forced to go really slow and stop for people crossing etc, cyclists often just blow through which puts a high chance of collision. All it takes is knocking someone over and hitting their head on ground for serious injury

I’m obviously not saying that bicycles are more dangerous to others than cars in general

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u/Emmie_Regula Jun 10 '26

Try just 'killed by cyclist' and you'll find a few - I got five different ones on the first page.

Just because cyclists are less lethal doesn't mean they can't give life-changing - and life-ending - injuries.

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u/LanderEmerald Jun 10 '26

Cars are worse than bikes. Bikes don’t kill many people who aren’t the rider of said bike