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Confused Portlander here. Why are these bikers fully clothed?
After last years was cancelled, I wasn't sure if was happening this year. Apparently, a split in the org means there will be two this year.
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Imo it looks remarkably safe as long as we ignore the person in the car driving into oncoming traffic.
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She definitely should have either stopped or gone a different route, but it is incredibly dangerous to cycle head onto incoming motor traffic. Not really a great look for the cyclists.
Better off staying in the correct lane but hogging it so vehicles had no choice but to stay behind.
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ITT: confounded folks who live in areas where Critical Mass events don't take place.
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This is a CM?
I have never been to a CM with oncoming lane blocked (or in this case - not really blocked).
Also where are the corkers?
She sure is.
How about they take this up with the officials who can actually make a difference in bike safety and quit making life worse for people who just want to get home?
Go bike around City Hall if you want to "raise awareness." All you're doing here is pissing people off.
People who are downvoting literally never leave their house. You are entirely correct. This is an issue of local policy, and that is something that can actually be changed by individuals choosing to be more active in their local politics. It just requires some organization and a coordinated political effort.
Cycling down the street will not only not achieve anything, but it's also putting both drivers and cyclists in danger. If an accident does happen, it's not going to be pinned on the driver because they didn't do anything wrong. Instead, whatever these cyclists were trying to achieve is going to be scrutinized due to their recklessness.
How brain dead does a person have to be to see an entire parade in front of them and think, "this can't be some organized event, I must just be able to drive right through here!" Main character syndrome. Or more likely, a sociopath just looking to murder someone.
Here's an idea. Find another fucking route. They plan these events, publish the routes in advance, have a police presence there, and place them in areas where they won't cut off people's only means of getting somewhere.
Do you ever find yourself in this situation? Here's how to handle it without being a fucking moron:
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Pull off the road.
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Pull out your phone.
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Google "" critical mass route <today's date.>"
Is that really that hard? Or are you someone who is so concrete sequential that you have one and only one route you can drive, and any other route home will break your mind? What if a sink hole opened up on the road you normally take home. Would you just blindly drive right into it because you this is the route you take home, and damn it if you're going to let anything stop you?
Google “” critical mass route <today’s date.>"
How would a person who has no idea that it is called a critical mass event know to google when a critical mass event is held?
Is it really that hard to understand not everyone know what this is?
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