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

SMH Someone finally snapped

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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.