Out here in the country, we have idiots who come out from Austin to ride their bikes on hilly curvy little one lane roads. Vehicles coming around corners are constantly having to slam on their breaks to avoid plowing into them as they struggle to peddle ever so slowly up hill. There are no bike lanes like in the city so they're right there in the middle of the road. Of course, it will be the driver who will be charged if/when something bad happens.
How many “cars” have been injured by bicycles?
It should be legal to run over bicyclists. There’s a reason God invented the internal combustion engine. And why aren’t they paying registration fees and required to have insurance?
"...they WILL be run over..."
Jeez get a clue. Austin, it figures.
Where I live, it seems like 9/10 bicyclists routinely run red lights and stop signs, and they pay no attention to oncoming traffic OR pedestrians.
Maybe it’s just me, but when I decided to ride my bicycle for fun and exercise and on my first ride on the main streets found that drivers were deliberately trying to see how close they could come to me, I quite riding on the spot.
Why anyone would continue a sport so dangerous as to ride on the street with cars after they had already had an accident is beyond stupid.
As a pedestrian in city traffic, crossing legally at an intersection, I came within inches of being clobbered by an idiot cyclist who didn’t think that the red light applied to him. People have been killed that way. I was lucky.
I really don’t understand why it’s legal for bikes to be on any roadway. As we all know, roads have a legal maximum speed, the “speed limit”. But most roads also have a legal minimum speed, weather permitting. That minimum speed often 15 mph below the maximum speed.
So if it not okay for a car to putter along at 10 mph, why is it okay for a cyclist to do so?
I used to drive to work in downtown Manhattan. You have to watch out for bikes coming the wrong way on a one-way street or zipping through red lights, as well as pedestrians stepping out into the street in front of you in the middle of the block without a crosswalk ALL THE TIME.
Not only do you get blamed, fined, or jailed for running over one of those idiots, it would really be no fun running someone over. And you’d have to stop your car and stay there, blocking up traffic while angry drivers call you an idiot, until the police came and finished questioning you for about six hours.
So, watch out for crazy bikers!
Disclaimer: I don’t want to hit anyone with my vehicles.
I’ve only had one close call with a cyclist. It was early in the morning on an unlit street. I encountered cyclist - dressed all in black - riding against traffic. I think that I missed him by less than two feet.
Had I not swerved I would have had a new hood ornament.
Of course, it will be the driver who will be charged if/when something bad happens.
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Get a dashcam.
That’s what happens when you refuse to remove illegal aliens.
Brakes.
Yes they do, and my roads are among those they ride on. So far I haven’t heard of any incidences, however, I know I have come close a couple of times. It really is irritating, especially when you have a large pack in front of you and you have to proceed at bike speed.
This must be why Austin was voted the best place to live in the country. Target rich environment and one can acquire a new hobby, either dodging cars or aiming for bikes.
We will never eliminate all accidents, but we can, over time, build better roads. If we make areas safer for pedestrians, cyclists can generally piggyback on that infrastructure. There's a new invention, called a "sidewalk," that would take care of a lot of the problem. Build the sidewalks wide enough and bikes can share with pedestrians in high trafic areas. On rural roads, make good shoulders a priority. It will save lives, mostly motorists'.
Sounds like a lucky guy.
He should play the lottery....
I work with an idiot bike rider . He explains that you don’t keep to the right while riding because that is where glass and other flat causing debris collects.