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Comments have gone from "they're annoying" to "they deserved it". Jfc.

The term Jay Walking was coined by the automotive industry in response to the giant spike in pedestrian deaths from cars. At the time a "Jay" was a term for a stupid ignorant person from a rural area, the implication was it was the pedestrian's fault for getting run down, for walking in the street.

As someone who recently had to remind a driver neighbor that cyclists have the right of way, despite his opinion that cars ought to "become they're bigger," I appreciate that you see this🩷

consistency is not the strong point for many of these people but it's funny the way that ‘things were better in the good old days’ can sit alongside ‘cycling is elitist’ and, most likely, having four grandparents who never drove a car

It already has many time, btw.

Cyclists will start living longer when they realize they also have to obey traffic signals and the rules of the road. They dnt because they feel they are special and then cry when they get run over after failing to obey signals or common sense traffic laws.

There are a lot of cyclists that seem to dare a car driver to hit them. Stay in your lane is a thing. Share the road is a thing, obey the traffic laws. Wear bright colors and a helmet. Hell, get a flag. Cars I why I don't ride a bike anymore.

There are two kinds of people 1) those with empathy for vulnerable people and 2) psychopaths.

An average (not likely overweight) rider w bicycle is maybe 180 lbs (75 kg). An average Ef U Giant Truck is 6000 lbs (3 T) plus it contains an obese angry loser with dick issues and a bed that is shiny new. Cars & bicycles lumped together on roads as equal is A HATEFUL INEQUITY CAUSING DEATHS!

As a motorist I give cyclists the same consideration that they give me when I'm a pedestrian.

I was a cyclist for decades I had to stop because of health issues. cyclists need to do their part too. Like obey stop signs/red lights, don’t make every ride a Tour de France race, don’t assume that drivers see you. I saw this bad behavior all the time and thought this is why drivers hate cyclists

I had to change my route to avoid any one-lane stretches but I still have trouble at cross walks. Thing is, it is illegal to ride an electric bike on a sidewalk, but if you want to live, you almost have to.

Try riding a Harley in traffic. Cagers are out to kill us. Soundproof cars, on the phone, listening to the radio. Be careful out there, thay don't care.

Hon we don't even think about it. There are so few bicycles moving thru traffic that there's a biased blindness to it. My dad was hit by a truck in a bike lane & it broke his neck. Quadriplegia became his new normal & eventually took his life.

I cycle for transport because it's convenient, free and healthy. It's not a "statement of sanctimony" - it's just a good way to get around. The only real impediment to cycling Nirvana comes from ferocious drivers, generally in Teslas, Audis and Ford Ranger Raptors.

Never have understood why cyclists upset shitass people. Not creating traffic jams, not polluting the air, staying fit to keep health costs low & enjoying our planet.

It already happens. People on bikes are seen as less than human. I would bet that almost everybody who has ridden even fairly regularly will have had an experience at the hands of a driver that’s left them shaking

Agreed. But it cuts both ways, too - portraying drivers who make occasional mistakes as malicious or incompetent causes bicyclists to treat *all* drivers as such.

I'm super careful when overtaking cyclists, I'm careful around motorcyclists too - neither have a big metal box around them to protect them from harm

Just general fascism to hate on EVERYONE!

This is what my feed order showed:

Cyclists are heroes, doing their part to avoid carbon emission. We should treat them as such.

My best friend died after being hit by a car while riding his bike. I'm more than a little biased on this topic.

It's getting worse and social media is actively contributing. Local media via socials especially. A staggering amount of people complain about the impact on cars & traffic from safe cycling infrastructure without seemingly once stopping to ask why we need the infra in the first place.

I see what you're writing, but a cyclist once made me touch the brake pedal so they all deserve to die under my wheels.

Drivers speed everywhere, fail to yield, to signal, to stop, and fail nearly every other rule of the road if it suits them, all while suction cupping their phones to their windshields… and then they get precious about the “rules of the road” when they see a bike run a stop sign at half their speed.

They can’t show consideration for pedestrians or other drivers. Just because one can turn right on red doesn’t mean they should

My son was an avid bike rider for years. His riding buddy was killed the one time my son didn't go riding with him. My son hasn't ridden his bike since this happened.

Provincial government in Alberta is promoting this dysfunctional perspective on bike riders and bike lanes. Many may not remember back in the day the city of Edmonton was embarrassed they were using sheep to eat the grass in the river valley, same situation humans riding bikes is so 3rd world.

I drive, I cycle. I never trust drivers to behave themselves.

Already has.

Already has. The angry "common sense" motorist brigade have had numerous road safety schemes watered down, delayed, cancelled, people have died *as a direct result*. Blood on their hands, the lot of 'em, but they don't care, it's an acceptable cost of doing business as long as it's not their own.

It's baffling to me why sharing the road is a concept so difficult to grasp. Drive defensively. Look out for the other guy.

I always give cyclists, joggers and Amish buggies a wide berth when I am passing them………maybe I’m just weird that way🤔

A GP (doctor) was killed on a training ride in NZ. The vehicle had swerved into his riding buddy, the repeated when it came to the victim. This time it hit the cyclist. No one was ever held accountable.

The culture war between motorists & cyclists everywhere is interesting. Before the 1960s, cycling was common in Europe. Since then however, the average motorist is no longer a cyclist or an ex-cyclist - and there's your problem right there - so many motorists believe that cycling is 'a new thing'.

I see the utter distain, aggression and inhuman treatment people afford each other on the road every day. Cyclists are the minority road user and yet incur people’s wrath at wildly disproportionate rates. Why?

This goes further than just cars vs bikes. People using their cars to intimidate and harm people is epidemic. I’ve experienced it on a bike, walking on a sidewalk, and standing at a protest. We need to figure out how to stop these dangerous people.

I don't ride my bike on the streets of S Florida. They would just as soon hit you and leave you for dead. Sad, but only bike trails for me.

In my area at least, cyclists blithely take it for granted that motorists will watch out for them. Ride your bike down the sidewalk, then walk your bike in the crosswalk, don’t use hand signals, wear black at night, don’t follow the rules of the road because you’re a cyclist by god. Ad nauseam.

Drivers have been outright homicidal for decades. They're becoming unhinged vehicular terrorists these days.

I am a cyclist and a driver. I know how the odds are stacked against me when not in that metal box. Much as drivers can be angry and dangerous I am also furious with cyclists who act like pricks - because when the driver decides to pay it forward I might be the poor sod who gets the fallout.