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Just-In-Timeberlake posted:You have the legal right to three feet (in most states anyway) distance between you and the car, and you should be leaving yourself some room on the right in case you have to maneuver around something you won't be going into the car lane. If there is not enough room in the lane (say a road with a concrete or raised divider like in some residential areas) you are ok to take the lane to prevent a car from passing in an unsafe manner. in more than a few states, bikes have the legal right to be treated as car traffic
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Shifty Pony posted:can you imagine being the civil engineer who spotted the trouble when they were pouring the 7th floor? i can 
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Dislike button posted:my friend got banned from uber for farting in the guys car. the driver wouldnt let him roll the windows down so he let one rip and the dude flipped out saying 'i am not a cab driver this is not a cab' and got him blacklisted on the app. lol i would not appreciate a jitney hack telling me i couldn't roll the window down for any reason like seriously i need to make an aerofoil out of my hand right now and i'm paying you money to sit in your upjumped mitsubishi did he ask the driver permission and was refused or did it have a child safety lock? god imagine riding with some hacker news/redditor who knew the best way to get a clean draw with his loosely triggered glock from the left side
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rrrrrrrrrrrt posted:you also left out the part where the motorist will never be convicted or even charged with anything at all no matter how egregious it is. Oh yeah I figured that was implicit. The only solace you will get is a meager payout from their insurance company and the satisfaction that their car insurance costs will be 1000x higher for the next 5 or whatever years, assuming you are not dead.
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Jul 30, 2015 20:11
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my brother just told me he got an uber ride from a guy driving a Tesla lol
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was it deadmau5?
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when i ride around the city i just take the whole lane gently caress all ya'll we're hitting reds ever 25 seconds anyway most of the time when someone tries to get real aggressive i go to the side and let them pass and then end up in front of them again anyway because drivers are morons
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PLATONIC ANAL VORE posted:when i ride around the city i just take the whole lane gently caress all ya'll we're hitting reds ever 25 seconds anyway
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Captain Cool posted:goddammit don't filter at a red if you're taking the lane just want to get j hooked, bro. livin on the edge
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Jul 30, 2015 20:34
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Captain Cool posted:goddammit don't filter at a red if you're taking the lane im not? im saying if someone is right on my rear end while im taking a lane ill move over and let them pass but they usually end up behind a streetcar or something and then im in front of them again
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Syncopated posted:i can 
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Jul 30, 2015 20:42
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tech buble: lol if you are not white
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PLATONIC ANAL VORE posted:im not? im saying if someone is right on my rear end while im taking a lane ill move over and let them pass but they usually end up behind a streetcar or something and then im in front of them again
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Jul 30, 2015 21:03
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since bikers are usually wealthy/their children/upcoming wealthy riding their multiple thousand dollar bikes,I don't feel too bad when they get hit thinking they own the road because they don't cause pollution or whatever. yeah good job making the single working mother driving to her job late that was just trying to make ends meet. 
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Jul 30, 2015 21:13
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fits my needs posted:since bikers are usually wealthy/their children/upcoming wealthy riding their multiple thousand dollar bikes,I don't feel too bad when they get hit thinking they own the road because they don't cause pollution or whatever. yeah good job making the single working mother driving to her job late that was just trying to make ends meet. most bikers I know including myself are grad students riding 3 figure shitbikes, mostly used. sharing the road is nice but protected, separated bike lanes are nicer.
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fits my needs posted:since bikers are usually wealthy/their children/upcoming wealthy riding their multiple thousand dollar bikes,I don't feel too bad when they get hit thinking they own the road because they don't cause pollution or whatever. yeah good job making the single working mother driving to her job late that was just trying to make ends meet. holy poo poo that's an incredible strawman here bike riders are guys with too many duis who don't ride the bus
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Jul 30, 2015 21:23
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i don't really bike commute anymore. it's a really frustrating and discouraging experience even commuting small distance in supposedly bike friendly city.
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fits my needs you can gently caress right off
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rrrrrrrrrrrt posted:i don't really bike commute anymore. it's a really frustrating and discouraging experience even commuting small distance in supposedly bike friendly city. i ride on the road, taking an overpass over the 101 that is scary as gently caress every day. it's 3 miles. there's a 6 mile route that has no road riding i'm considering switching to instead. i've had a few very close calls. drivers here have wised up to the fact that if a cyclist is shoulder-checking a shitton and signalling they are probably about to take the lane at least.
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Jul 30, 2015 21:39
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rrrrrrrrrrrt posted:i don't really bike commute anymore. it's a really frustrating and discouraging experience even commuting small distance in supposedly bike friendly city. yeah same, plus the streetcar tracks in Toronto make taking the lane basically a gamble with your life
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Jul 30, 2015 21:41
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fits my needs posted:since bikers are usually wealthy/their children/upcoming wealthy riding their multiple thousand dollar bikes,I don't feel too bad when they get hit thinking they own the road because they don't cause pollution or whatever. yeah good job making the single working mother driving to her job late that was just trying to make ends meet. get out of yospos
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Jul 30, 2015 21:42
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bartlebyshop posted:i ride on the road, taking an overpass over the 101 that is scary as gently caress every day. it's 3 miles. there's a 6 mile route that has no road riding i'm considering switching to instead. i've had a few very close calls. drivers here have wised up to the fact that if a cyclist is shoulder-checking a shitton and signalling they are probably about to take the lane at least. i take the bus these days. even though my bike commute was incredibly mundane i just don't like starting my day having to be hyper vigilant or someone will turn me into a paste on the road. not really a lot of fun imo. it turns out being marginalized and constantly fearing for your safety isn't very fun. who knew.
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yeah id rather relax on the streetcar for 30 minutes than feel like a rabbit in a fox den for 25.
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Jul 30, 2015 22:22
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hth a lot of people who bike to work do it for health reasons or because their public transit sucks or both
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that is also fair but I'd rather go to the gym than bike in traffic and public transit here is good this is not me making GBS threads on cyclists, biking in the city sucks. in other news, my startup just got acquired by newscorp so im off to go kill myself
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Jul 30, 2015 22:27
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theflyingexecutive posted:hth a lot of people who bike to work do it for health reasons or because their public transit sucks or both this is me. also making cycling safer and less scary will help people get + stay fit and cut healthcare costs a bunch.
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PLATONIC ANAL VORE posted:in other news, my startup just got acquired by newscorp so im off to go kill myself prepare to spend the next 18 months wondering if your retention bonus is really worth it
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Jul 30, 2015 22:29
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I was cut off twice yesterday morning while biking to work. The first time I locked the back tire and slid about 10ft and stopped within a foot of the dipshit turning into the bike lane few weeks ago I had a guy pull up next to me at a red and say a cyclist kicked his tire once and, if he finds him, he's going to "run the fucker down" 
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PLATONIC ANAL VORE posted:in other news, my startup just got acquired by newscorp so im off to go kill myself take as many of your coworkers with you as you can god bless
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ayn rand hand job posted:ethically speaking i can not imagine being the civil engineer who spotted that because i am not a professional engineer and am only one under industry exemption It doesn't matter, my father was president of his state section of professional engineers and they tried to decertify someone who signed off on a terrible design (that he didn't fully supervise) that collapsed. It was an EMS garage to house ambulances and stuff and was obviously hosed up to anyone had taken 3 hours in statics. It took years to get rid of him. These days their biggest enforcement teeth are disbarring you for not counting DEFCON towards your Professional Development Hours.
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i've started using the nyc bikeshare thing to get to work lately and it's rly cool that being said gently caress all cyclists forever
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Mr Dog posted:i've started using the nyc bikeshare thing to get to work lately and it's rly cool citibike owns but they're dragging their feet expanding it to places where it can actually become a viable part of the infrastructure and not a luxury option to lower manhattanites who already have good subways buses and cabs
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like a good place for citibikes would be in midwood, so people could bike to the q or up to the 2/5 terminal at bk college
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Jul 30, 2015 23:22
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has anyone does uber, but for rickshaws yet
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Jul 30, 2015 23:32
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airbnb, but for swingers
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that probably exists
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computer parts posted:has anyone does uber, but for rickshaws yet reminder that the rickshaw was invented by an american
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H.P. Hovercraft posted:reminder that the rickshaw was invented by an american everything good was :eagle:
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H.P. Hovercraft posted:reminder that the rickshaw was invented by an american i just heard japan, but i do know it was within the last 150 years
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Awia posted:that probably exists yes, its called airbnb
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