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As a cyclist, I desperately need the drivers who try to intimidate me to step out of their big white vans. (hexbear.net)

submitted 6 months ago by ProfessorOwl_PhD@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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Please commit to your words and actions. Commit to the fucking turn you were going to make right in front of me, before stamping on the brakes at the last second. Commit to a fight after challenging me on not risking my life around your shitty driving.

Do I "want to fucking go"? You have no idea how much I want to fucking go. I have to cycle around idiots like you all day, if you step out of your armoured wankmobile i am going to sink my teeth into your flesh and not let go. I will bite your flabby fucking tits off. I will beat you with my fists and helmet and entire fucking bike until a kind samaritan pulls over to drag me away from your limp body.

Anyway, if I ever mysteriously stop posting you should be able to dox me by googling "cyclist eats driver UK".

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[-] ButtBidet@hexbear.net 25 points 6 months ago

"want to fucking go"?

Drivers really say that to you? Wtf?

[-] ProfessorOwl_PhD@hexbear.net 27 points 6 months ago

Oh, they don't just say it, they'll take detours in order to get ahead of me and cut me off a second time to say it.

[-] Teapot@hexbear.net 3 points 6 months ago

This has never happened to me, once, after biking hundreds of hours in DC. Maybe you are the problem?

[-] ProfessorOwl_PhD@hexbear.net 10 points 6 months ago

I won't pretend I don't aggravate asshole drivers by signalling they're a wanker, but unfortunately it's a common experience across the cyclists I know, and technically an improvement on 15 years ago when I stopped cycling because of the number of people who tried to run me off the road.

[-] Tom742@hexbear.net 7 points 6 months ago

jesse-wtf

[-] Kuori@hexbear.net 4 points 6 months ago

waking up and going "today, i think i'll choose victim blaming" is a brave and powerful choice

[-] Teapot@hexbear.net 0 points 6 months ago

i-think-that

[-] LENINSGHOSTFACEKILLA@hexbear.net 16 points 6 months ago

I've had other drivers try to fight me before. Shit happens all the time here. My area isn't as dangerous as a lot of the crackers nearby will tell ya, but its not exactly safe either, so I stay strapped.

[-] gueybana@hexbear.net 10 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Oh thank god. I thought you were a dumbass like me who would totally be baited to ‘fucking go’ with these hogs without a single gun on me.

[-] LENINSGHOSTFACEKILLA@hexbear.net 13 points 6 months ago

These fuckers will absolutely challenge you to a fight, let you swing or look like you're gonna, and then pull a firearm.

[-] waluigiblunts@hexbear.net 15 points 6 months ago

ever wonder why women dont ride bikes?

[-] anarchoilluminati@hexbear.net 19 points 6 months ago

Haha What are you talking about? I know a shit ton of women who ride bikes.

Not to say it's not more dangerous for women to ride bikes though.

[-] waluigiblunts@hexbear.net 15 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

In bike-unfriendly cities, ~~only men~~ with thick skin ride bikes. In bike-friendly cities like Amsterdam and Copenhagen, the gender ratio among bicycle users is equal (or even a bit female biased.)

(The gender ratio is severely biased towards men in bicycle-unfriendly locales)

[-] BlorpTheHagraven@startrek.website 16 points 6 months ago

I used to ride bikes :(

[-] ButtBidet@hexbear.net 14 points 6 months ago

Fuck dudes. Honestly.

[-] SpiderFarmer@hexbear.net 4 points 6 months ago

Not sure how it compares, but here in amerikkka , drivers can get aggressive if you so much as frustratingly wave your hand at them for nearly killing you.