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Pepe Silvia Browne
Jan 1, 2007

heated game moment posted:

Someone in my apartment complex bought one of these https://sherrodtrucks.com/ford-f-150-lz-1-edition-by-sherrod/



It's one of the stupidest things I've ever seen. Easily $80,000 after taxes + fees

they should pre-install holders for the trump and blue lives matter flags because they're the only things that truck is hauling

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webcams for christ
Nov 2, 2005

rookie numbers. let's keep the trend going

https://twitter.com/firstsquawk/status/1547823394582052864

Boywhiz88
Sep 11, 2005

floating 26" off da ground. BURR!
I moved to a suburb (Blaine) in 2010 and got a bike. My first ride, which was on a sidewalk, someone drove by and yelled gently caress You out of their pickup. The sidewalk was parallel to the street, so there was no interference.

When I was back in that area after ~6 years, I saw they put stop signs in the sidewalks, obligating pedestrians to stop for cars. Awful.

larper
Apr 9, 2019
Despite my choosing the bicycle for its peaceful, regenerative qualities these stories of cyclists lighting drivers' asses up still warm my heart

https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/transportation/article/Houston-cyclist-shoots-driver-road-rage-incident-16295676.php

https://www.granfondoguide.com/Contents/Index/5544/female-detroit-cyclist-guns-down-armed-driver-in-road-rage-attack

lil poopendorfer
Nov 13, 2014

by the sex ghost
Any chance to post this cyclist folk here :unsmith:

Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud
Apr 7, 2003



Something like that happened here, truck driver nearly hit two cyclists and got out of his car to fight and they hit him with a bike lock. The cyclist got 7.5-15 years for it.

https://bikepgh.org/message-board/topic/cyclist-sentanced-to-15-year-in-road-rage-incident/

Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud
Apr 7, 2003


Of course, this guy assaulted a cyclist because he was mad about the cyclist filtering to avoid a squeeze crash and wasn't even charged

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3JUf7rldXw

Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud
Apr 7, 2003


distortion park
Apr 25, 2011


I would be more ok with cars if they were all designed like that

dxt
Mar 27, 2004
METAL DISCHARGE

Boywhiz88 posted:

I moved to a suburb (Blaine) in 2010 and got a bike. My first ride, which was on a sidewalk, someone drove by and yelled gently caress You out of their pickup. The sidewalk was parallel to the street, so there was no interference.

When I was back in that area after ~6 years, I saw they put stop signs in the sidewalks, obligating pedestrians to stop for cars. Awful.

Assuming you mean Blaine, MN, I'm not surprised. Absolute poo poo hole suburb. I wouldn't bike on the streets (or apparently even next to them) in the twin cities burbs besides maybe some first ring ones.

Boywhiz88
Sep 11, 2005

floating 26" off da ground. BURR!

dxt posted:

Assuming you mean Blaine, MN, I'm not surprised. Absolute poo poo hole suburb. I wouldn't bike on the streets (or apparently even next to them) in the twin cities burbs besides maybe some first ring ones.

You better believe it. Biking in that area loving sucked. Hell, I once got stopped by a cop for walking, in the day, on a sidewalk. During a snowstorm! Just being an rear end in a top hat while I’m making my way to an appointment!

The fight that’s beginning to take place over Summit Ave in St. Paul. The people with opinions usually have no loving idea what it’s like to bike on that street.

actionjackson
Jan 12, 2003

check out some of those recent builds if you want to die lol

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actionjackson
Jan 12, 2003

nuke this planet from earth, it's the only way to be sure

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lobster shirt
Jun 14, 2021

trucks too big imo

SKULL.GIF
Jan 20, 2017


lil poopendorfer posted:

Funny how this kinda stuff happens to you repeatedly, meanwhile nobody else ever encounters it

Bro...

Pepe Silvia Browne
Jan 1, 2007

actionjackson posted:

check out some of those recent builds if you want to die lol



I need this much ground clearance to haul groceries from target to my house

Zerg Mans
Oct 19, 2006

Pepe Silvia Browne posted:

I need this much ground clearance to haul groceries from target to my house
shopping is actually much easier if you can just back into the loading dock

Cup Runneth Over
Aug 8, 2009

She said life's
Too short to worry
Life's too long to wait
It's too short
Not to love everybody
Life's too long to hate


lil poopendorfer posted:

Funny how this kinda stuff happens to you repeatedly, meanwhile nobody else ever encounters it

oh no buddy, bad news

Cup Runneth Over
Aug 8, 2009

She said life's
Too short to worry
Life's too long to wait
It's too short
Not to love everybody
Life's too long to hate


Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:

Something like that happened here, truck driver nearly hit two cyclists and got out of his car to fight and they hit him with a bike lock. The cyclist got 7.5-15 years for it.

https://bikepgh.org/message-board/topic/cyclist-sentanced-to-15-year-in-road-rage-incident/

That's because they used a bike lock which is a known antifa weapon thus he was charged for terrorism. A real red-blooded American would have just shot him. Judges know the difference

Mameluke
Aug 2, 2013

by Fluffdaddy

Harik posted:

learn the one trick prosecutors hate to avoid any charges: use a car.

burgulary? do it drive-thrugh!

drunken transportation? you better not be walking or taking a bike, only car!

political assassination? 4 wheels good, one barrel bad!

See the case of Ontario's Liberal attorney general Michael Bryant who murdered a cyclist with his car and then wrote a weepy, media-beloved memoir about How Scared He Was

Sphyre
Jun 14, 2001

went for a bike ride today. it was good

Suplex Liberace
Jan 18, 2012



Sphyre posted:

went for a bike ride today. it was good

Hell yah, I'll be doing that for fun tomorrow. Today it's just my commute :(

Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud
Apr 7, 2003


https://www.post-gazette.com/news/t...es/202207120084

quote:

Across the world, countries are reducing pedestrian deaths and saw them decline substantially during the pandemic when more people stayed home.

The opposite has happened in the United States, according to a 53-page study released Tuesday by Smart Growth America. Here, pedestrian deaths have risen dramatically in the past 12 years, including spiking during the pandemic, the study found.

The number of pedestrians killed in this country has increased 62% since 2009; an estimated 7,265 died last year. That’s a 4.7% increase last year and pushes the average number of pedestrian deaths to 18 every day.

“We faced the same [pandemic limitations] the world did, but while our driving went down, our deaths went up,” Beth Osborne, Smart Growth’s vice president of transportation and thriving communities, said at a media briefing about the study. “Nearly everywhere is getting worse. Overall, the trend is consistent.”

In 2017, the highest pedestrian death rate per 100,000 people was 3.28. Just four years later, in 2021, nine metro areas exceeded that rate, with Daytona Beach, Fla., the worst at 4.25.

The numbers also show higher pedestrian deaths among minorities and among people with low income.

Motor vehicle deaths from traffic accidents also have had record increases through the pandemic, but not as high as pedestrians. The belief is that those Americans who were driving during the height of the pandemic took advantage of wide open roads to drive much faster than normal, leading to more accidents with more serious injuries due to the higher speeds.

Whoops

leftist heap
Feb 28, 2013

Fun Shoe
it would be gentrification to put pedestrian or cycling infra in poor neighborhoods though

Wolfy
Jul 13, 2009

https://news.trimet.org/2022/07/video-green-lights-ahead-for-trimets-division-transit-project-with-new-advances-to-speed-up-buses/

This is pretty neat. TSP has been a thing for awhile, but they're trying to do some fancier poo poo with this implementation. That means it will be awesome or hilariously broken.

cowboy beepboop
Feb 24, 2001

leftist heap posted:

it would be gentrification to put pedestrian or cycling infra in poor neighborhoods though

Xaris posted:

ya'll🤞 it's 2022 👏 folx we need to have a serious discusion about everyone showing their asses with spect to the disabled and infirm loved ones. lets get it out now and face it, bikes and pedestrianism is ableism. cars ain't all that bad ya'll and its time you did some growing up ✔. it's vital for the lived experiences of disabled people to drive an suv and park it infront of every store at any time they need to. bike lanes hurt disabled people because they take away their important street parking. don't marginalize the disabled 🙏. it's not my job to educate you 👏👏

Electro-Boogie Jack
Nov 22, 2006
bagger mcguirk sent me.

leftist heap posted:

it would be gentrification to put pedestrian or cycling infra in poor neighborhoods though

ah poo poo, didn't know trayon white posts in this thread

distortion park
Apr 25, 2011


um
https://twitter.com/HealthNYGov/status/1547631006726770690?t=y149_47lz_QQ-TTr2J8a8g&s=19

mystes
May 31, 2006

Weird, I don't see "person who doesn't own a car" on that list

Fitzy Fitz
May 14, 2005





https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxIyjS8mP6E

ikanreed
Sep 25, 2009

I honestly I have no idea who cannibal[SIC] is and I do not know why I should know.

syq dude, just syq!
The latest not just bikes has a good line.

"Whereever you see bollards, you see bikes"

actionjackson
Jan 12, 2003


this is definitely giving me flashbacks to sick days when I was a kid in the late 80s and 90s. Were these places actually legit at all?

Scuffy_1989
Jul 3, 2022

"Just like a car."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYBL3npDaAQ

Rauros
Aug 25, 2004

wanna go grub thumping?

lol, i was running with my dog across a 4 lane crosswalk, and when i cleared the first lane a car making a right lurched behind me, and i turned around in surprise and he stopped and gave me a death glare. i then gestured at the crosswalk sign in disbelief. driving is hard.

withak
Jan 15, 2003


Fun Shoe
Probably best to not invite drivers to murder you.

Pepe Silvia Browne
Jan 1, 2007
gently caress drivers, i will never not yell at drivers

heated game moment
Oct 30, 2003

Lipstick Apathy
https://twitter.com/CMPD/status/1542563555018416135?s=20&t=Hb8W11qrf3B3BEDnNrlvcw

Everyone's driving around enraged and heavily armed

SMILLENNIALSMILLEN
Jun 26, 2009




inadvertent admission that cars and guns are toys

Horace
Apr 17, 2007

Gone Skiin'

the video is worth watching. very informative

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Fitzy Fitz
May 14, 2005




If I had a gun for every gun that's been stolen out of a car in their community this year, I'd have over 500 guns.

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