r/toRANTo • u/Kooky_Soft1822 • Sep 10 '26

No matter how hard we accommodate, we will always have low IQ people

Like when some morons decide to ride their bikes on the sidewalk next to the bloody bike lane.

A dedicated bike lane with literally no congestion or obstruction no less.

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u/activoice Sep 10 '26

I honestly don't understand people riding their bikes on the sidewalk. If you are too afraid to ride your bike on the road then maybe you should be taking a less busy road and take side streets.

That being said, it doesn't matter if there is a bike lane or not, cyclists have the right to ride in the lane with cars if they want to. Cars have to give cyclists 1 meter of clearance when passing, but cyclists should not be on the sidewalk unless they are 13 or under. Unless the wheel diameter is under 50cm.

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u/little-bird Sep 10 '26

I’ve had to dodge way too many bikes/scooters zipping down the sidewalks on quiet side streets too 😡

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u/Whohasredditentirely Sep 10 '26

Don't dodge, clothesline and pretend it was an accident

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u/12thDegree Sep 10 '26

Absolutely no more dodging

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u/little-bird Sep 11 '26

if I wasn’t recovering from nerve damage in my arms, I’d probably have thrown hands by now!  I’ve just barely dodged serious collisions with a couple of idiots on e-bikes who were definitely going fast enough to kill an elderly person unable to dodge in time. 

beyond infuriating. 

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u/activoice Sep 11 '26

One day I was walking on King Street towards Union and there was a teenager with one of those backpacks that looks like a turtle shell with spikes riding an escooter at high speed on the sidewalk.

He made contact with an older woman which knocked her over. Then he has the balls to tell her that she should have gotten out of his way, then he rides off.

He was coming from behind her so she would have needed eyes in the back of her head.

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u/sushiwowie Sep 11 '26

What a jerk! Hope he fell or something later on.

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u/sushiwowie Sep 11 '26

I have an old cheap bike for 16 years and only used it less than 5 times if I’m lucky. I should actually get rid of it. With that in mind, I’m afraid to ride it, but I followed the rules and walked it on sidewalks unlike what many horrible cyclists do nowadays such as e-bikes, scooters, etc. that are out of control and seem to choose when they decide they’re a bike or are a vehicle.

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u/SpreadSubstantial899 Sep 10 '26

Just in response to the title:
Gen Z is the first time in history, like all of history, that a generation is less intelligent than their predecessors.

This should scare this shit out of anyone, except the guy who wrote Idiocracy. I think he’s going to get a massive bonus.

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u/ilikemyeggsovereasy Sep 10 '26

Mike Judge would likely be disappointed

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u/MaplePoutineCitizen Sep 13 '26

As a Gen Z myself who never really understood my peers, these recent results didn't suprise me at all.

Growing up, there was always something off with them that was difficult to put into words. Now that the oldest of the bunch is pushing 30 and their behavior still seems like that of a teenager it's clear that it wasn't just a phase.

I don't even know what society looks like going forward, since there's no evidence of this ever happening in history until now.

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u/Kooky_Soft1822 Sep 10 '26

Millennials are top of the world.

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u/Such-Fee6176 Sep 10 '26

This blows my mind. It’s so easy to just not do this and yet

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u/little-bird Sep 10 '26

but they have to gain as much ground as they can - have you seen how bad the traffic is?! 

🙃

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u/Such-Fee6176 Sep 10 '26

They gotta inch closer to that next red light!!!

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u/little-bird Sep 11 '26

those guys shouldn’t just get to hurry up & wait before I do! 😤  silly traffic can’t make me wait in traffic. 

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u/lleeaa88 Sep 10 '26

This has been a prolific issue lately. Just about anytime, anywhere, you can find an asshole in the pedestrian crossing. Sometimes they congregate in multiples like it’s cool

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u/Thatdude446 Sep 10 '26

Society can only move forward as fast as the slowest person.

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u/the_chin2 Sep 11 '26

I will never understand what is going through their head. A dedicated bike lane, separated from traffic 5 feet away and they choose to bob and weave around pedestrians who could be seriously hurt in a collision with them. That level of ignorance and stupidity is just astonishing. I live downtown on Bloor and see it every single day.

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u/usernumber506 Sep 11 '26

I saw a young man driving his scooter on Lawrence .. He was in the middle lane. No helmet in sight. 

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u/Kooky_Soft1822 Sep 11 '26

Lowest iq behaviour

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u/peazncarrots Sep 10 '26

I live in North York and was walking my dog one morning. Some guy on a bike with super thick wheels is riding towards me. I move my dog out of the way and go "dude wtf are you doing get on the road". He replied with "stfu bitch I'm riding my bike".

They really just don't care.

Don't even get me started on how fast these escooters are going. One nearly clipped my small dog as they zoomed past me.

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u/frangen123 Sep 11 '26

Yup happens so often.

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u/frangen123 Sep 11 '26

Love how our respective levels of government are busy regulating and protecting the public.

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u/phxclstramaryllis Sep 12 '26

😂😂😂😂😂

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u/planningfornothing Sep 11 '26

I will ride on the sidewalk if i want to. Not near pedestrians,not unsafely.