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[McMitch]

Yeah that has to be insurance fraud, it has been a while since I rode a bike, but I'm pretty sure there is a thing called brakes, and you can turn to dodge it

That’s rich: a cyclist knowing what brakes are.

 

[BubbaDaLoveSponge]

I guess they could say that the cyclist was trying to stay close to the bike lane instead of veering into highway traffic.

If it were me though, the actual smart thing to have done would been to have stopped and then walked the bike on the right side of the tow truck.

Or if he was "Going too fast" (Which for a cyclist you should that) He could at least try to swerve right, but nope straight to the cop bike so he can pay off his roids debt

 

[quaawaa]

That’s rich: a cyclist knowing what brakes are.

They even make special bikes without brakes called fixies just to be extra assholish.

 

[Yamamura]

That’s rich: a cyclist knowing what brakes are.

Some people who ride fixed gear bikes won't even install brakes on their bike. I get that they they can pedal backwards to slow down but if it's the difference between losing your front teeth in an "oh shit I have to stop immediately" moment, is it really that bad to have brakes.

 

[Meriasek]

They even make special bikes without brakes called fixies just to be extra assholish.

They're originally used for track racing where brakes are dangerous, but apparently some asshole NYC bike couriers decided that those are cool to ride on the street.
Ok, to be fair they are fun. I ride a 70s road bike converted to fixed gear myself, it's a fun feeling. But I do have a front brake and I follow the traffic laws to an autistic degree.

 

[McMitch]

They even make special bikes without brakes called fixies just to be extra assholish.

Some people who ride fixed gear bikes won't even install brakes on their bike. I get that they they can pedal backwards to slow down but if it's the difference between losing your front teeth in an "oh shit I have to stop immediately" moment, is it really that bad to have brakes.

Right, but fixed-gear bicycles are obsolete for literally everything that isn’t track racing. Commuting on one is grounds for immediate ridicule by everyone he meets. Even a penny farthing would be more acceptable despite operating under the same principles solely due to the novelty and skill necessary to ride one.

 

[TowinKarz]

Yeah that has to be insurance fraud, it has been a while since I rode a bike, but I'm pretty sure there is a thing called brakes, and you can turn to dodge it

He was just navigating by looking at the ground and assuming as long as it was green beneath him? He was in the untouchable bike lane and all was good.

Nobody who's planning a nuisance lawsuit that would take you admitting you almost killed yourself as part of the complaint has the guts to deliberately injure themselves in anything but the most superficial and ambiguous ways.

If he'd just tapped it, fallen over, and started screaming like a soccer player and clutching his leg? Then I'd agree he's faking it for a settlement.

But to actually do a full frontal somersault dismount off a bike? In just spandex? With nothing but traffic and hard surfaces around? And actual flying debris?

Nah, he really was THAT stupid.

 

[BubbaDaLoveSponge]

They even make special bikes without brakes called fixies just to be extra assholish.

Good to know the same kind of numbnut idiot exist for cyclist as they do for cars

 

[Major]

Another bike rider that doesn't think the rules of the road apply to them as well as listening to police orders:

I mean, that is a bullshit arrest; I don't know how you can be arrested for obstructing when there's no actual crime. Just seems a waste of time and money. Even the cops were skeptical.

 

[teriyakiburns]

He was just navigating by looking at the ground and assuming as long as it was green beneath him?

That's how cyclist tend to ride on these major bike lanes. Head down, body forward for minimum drag, so they can eke out a few extra micro-newtons of friction reduction.

 

[Xarpho's Return]

I mean, that is a bullshit arrest; I don't know how you can be arrested for obstructing when there's no actual crime. Just seems a waste of time and money. Even the cops were skeptical.

It being a super-expensive part of town indicates that cops are looking for any reason to find you to be a problem.

On the other hand this fuckwad finally got found out after fucking around one too many times.

 

[TowinKarz]

It being a super-expensive part of town indicates that cops are looking for any reason to find you to be a problem.

On the other hand this fuckwad finally got found out after fucking around one too many times.

A lot of technically "good" but seemingly excessive arrests only look that way to us because we didn't see the previous 30 times he was warned to stop it......

 

[Kiska]

I mean, that is a bullshit arrest; I don't know how you can be arrested for obstructing when there's no actual crime. Just seems a waste of time and money. Even the cops were skeptical.

Cop states he got the obstructing charge for evading the police for several blocks and according to the cop swerving throughout the road to do so. This is where I don't really like these clickbait channels because they didn't include dashcam or security cam footage as important context, you just have the cop car having to speed up and use sirens for several blocks to go by, if the cops only submitted the BWC footage as evidence without capturing the biker evading given the myriad of cameras a cop car alone has it'll likely get thrown out since most DAs are liberal women.

Threadtax: To this day, NYC citizens are still celebrating the fact that they successfully cucked themselves out of even more of their wages by promoting the retarded ass congestion charge experiment. Keep in mind that they aren't putting the same level of outcry when their system charges Ambulances that are already operating on razor thin margins, or won't go out on the streets protesting the subway system failing to stop homeless people from setting their own citizens on fire.

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Honestly this entire "MicromobilityNYC" reddit seems to be a goldmine of leftist drivel.


Guess what also kills people, a speeding E-Bike. Except when a biker speeds on a vehicle weighed down significantly by batteries and a motor and has no regards for the safety of those around them, these people don't even open their mouths and whine when pedestrians literally get killed by them. This is why speeding in a car is highly illegal and you can even get put in jail for life if you commit a crime that results in a fatal accident, it's wild that regulators are this slow at adapting these same rules to one of the worst road users when it comes to breaking the law.

 

[Lobster Cult High Priest]

Wonder what the reaction of r/fuckcars would be to this blind woman showing off her car. She needs a second speedometer since it's more visible and she has to listen to Google Maps' directions every time she drives

At least she doesn't drive when it's raining, if it's dark outside or on highways, but reddit would still probably call a truck more dangerous.

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She's blind and she's still a better driver than One Eyed Kevin (he has a Glass Eye)

 

[Irene and 22 others]

Most of the comments are saying that there's nothing car-centric about the mall because it's Dutch, not American:

Predictable behavior from these idiots. You could post a picture from the Netherlands, but claim it's American and they'd hate it regardless of what it looked like.

Doesn't matter to urbanists. They still want to ban cars and micromanage every aspect of your life.

We need a containment city where we can send all of these people. Make it have a mandatory HOA so they can all torment each other even more.

 

[Ravier Xavenblood]

Predictable behavior from these idiots. You could post a picture from the Netherlands, but claim it's American and they'd hate it regardless of what it looked like.



We need a containment city where we can send all of these people. Make it have a mandatory HOA so they can all torment each other even more.

Yes. A nanny state to end all nanny states.

 

[quaawaa]

Threadtax: To this day, NYC citizens are still celebrating the fact that they successfully cucked themselves out of even more of their wages by promoting the retarded ass congestion charge experiment. Keep in mind that they aren't putting the same level of outcry when their system charges Ambulances that are already operating on razor thin margins, or won't go out on the streets protesting the subway system failing to stop homeless people from setting their own citizens on fire.

Pre-congestion charging, many Manhattan streets were already deserted during the day. When I went there as a tourist, I walked around much of Manhattan and was alone whenever I was outside of major hubs like the Financial District.

Obviously, this makes perfect sense as most people are either at work or home, but it would have been very easy to take a photo of a completely empty avenue.

Their doublethink is amazing: “the streets are so much better now that the cars are gone” and “the MTA is making so much money to fund transit by charging all the cars”. Can’t have it both ways, and from looking at Google Maps, they still get congested during rush hour.

Congestion also is also worsened because the government deliberately tries to increase it by dieting roads, lowering speed limits, timing lights for “red waves”, and importing half the third world.

 

[BulkForceFive]

Requiring speed limiters in e-bikes is dumb; takes very little effort to either raise the limit or bypass it entirely. It's time to apply the boating world solution and say everything with a motor requires a license. It's not like you're one of those anti-regulation CHUDS anyway... are you, urbanist?

 

[Meriasek]

Right, but fixed-gear bicycles are obsolete for literally everything that isn’t track racing. Commuting on one is grounds for immediate ridicule by everyone he meets. Even a penny farthing would be more acceptable despite operating under the same principles solely due to the novelty and skill necessary to ride one.

True, although it has to be said that the feeling of a fixed gear is somewhat different than a free wheeling hub. Going in a straight line feels nice, the momentum keeps you going. Also, I guess people like them for the robustness. No gears, no freewheeling, just a thick chain that needs maintenance.
I built one up mainly out of curiosity, but it's my main daily bike these days. It does have its drawbacks, though. Slowing down is as exhausting as accelerating, and without aggressive skidding (which I don't do due to an unfavourable gear ratio giving me a single skidpatch and not using clips or anything on the pedals) your stopping distance is much longer without brakes. For emergencies I have a brake, but usually I just ride so carefully that I don't use it.
It's fun, but not for everyone for sure. I usually use it as an example for Green fags who harp on how much more efficient the electric motor is compared to an internal combustion engine. On paper, a fixed gear bike is as efficient as a bicycle can get, so why isn't everyone riding one? Because efficiency isn't everything.
I wished there still were velodromes around where you could go and ride for fun, but those don't really exist anymore. Wouldn't wanna disconnect my brake every time, anyway...

 

[IAmNotAlpharius]