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Atticus_1354 posted:Are you sure about that? Because you led with blowing through stoplights, so I'm thinking you may be overestimating your knowledge level It might seem counterintuitive, but with a lot of intersections it's safer to go through a red light than wait for a green. You're still slowing/stopping at the red to make sure it's clear. If you wait for the green, now you're trying to go through an intersection at the same time as drivers are trying to turn through you. They judge the timing poorly, they don't see you, they race around you and slam on the brakes in front of you, etc. etc. Waiting for a green is for chumps in their boxes that can't see anything.
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ilmucche posted:Let's do cyclists v motorists on Christmas day, hell yeah! I see you have the same accident reports in your city as I do Mauser posted:It might seem counterintuitive, but with a lot of intersections it's safer to go through a red light than wait for a green. You're still slowing/stopping at the red to make sure it's clear. If you wait for the green, now you're trying to go through an intersection at the same time as drivers are trying to turn through you. They judge the timing poorly, they don't see you, they race around you and slam on the brakes in front of you, etc. etc.
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# ? Dec 26, 2023 00:03 |
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FreudianSlippers posted:What kind of car would Jesus drive? His father drove Adam and Eve out of the garden in his Fury.
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Mauser posted:It might seem counterintuitive, but with a lot of intersections it's safer to go through a red light than wait for a green. You're still slowing/stopping at the red to make sure it's clear. If you wait for the green, now you're trying to go through an intersection at the same time as drivers are trying to turn through you. They judge the timing poorly, they don't see you, they race around you and slam on the brakes in front of you, etc. etc. What? Just stop at red lights if you're on a bike ffs There has to be some agreed codes of behaviour
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# ? Dec 26, 2023 00:28 |
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EoinCannon posted:What? There's whole rear end movements to repeal bicycle helmet laws because it dis-incentivises making laws and infrastructure more bike centered.
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# ? Dec 26, 2023 00:33 |
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Mauser posted:All the times I've been hit or nearly hit by a car while riding my bike I've had the right of way Mauser posted:It might seem counterintuitive, but with a lot of intersections it's safer to go through a red light than wait for a green. How many times were you hit or almost hit at a light?
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# ? Dec 26, 2023 00:34 |
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Dodge Caravans are also mentioned a lot in the Bible. Good choice if you need to transport 12 apostles.
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# ? Dec 26, 2023 01:09 |
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"All the times I was hit at a light were entirely not my fault! Please ignore all the evidence to the contrary"
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Atticus_1354 posted:How many times were you hit or almost hit at a light? Dunno about him but for me, several loving times when idiot car drivers decides that my right of way does not exist and they can just drive right into me when they are making a right turn across the bike lane. edit: But according to you I guess I deserve to die for having the temerity to ride a bike to work?
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# ? Dec 26, 2023 01:22 |
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lol
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# ? Dec 26, 2023 01:26 |
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Noir89 posted:edit: But according to you I guess I deserve to die for having the temerity to ride a bike to work? Why would I think that? Being in the bike lane or even on the road depending on where you are is exactly what you're supposed to do. Running red lights isn't if you're in a car, motorcycle, bicycle, or on foot. That seems pretty clear to everyone that isn't the guy claiming it's all the drivers faults while talking about how much he breaks traffic laws.
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# ? Dec 26, 2023 01:33 |
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:gbs: instead imo
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# ? Dec 26, 2023 01:35 |
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im on a bike, the rules of intertia take precedence because of how its powered. just accept it, I'm doing a Portland stop through this and all lights, stop signs and sidewalk crossings. dont worry tho ill ill ring the bell as a courtesy
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# ? Dec 26, 2023 01:37 |
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Paper Tiger posted:The Bible says a Honda; see John 12:49, "For I did not speak of my own accord" Nice. Thanks for the Christmas laugh.
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# ? Dec 26, 2023 01:44 |
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Israel is allowed to treat all Red Cross logos as green lights.
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# ? Dec 26, 2023 01:54 |
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EoinCannon posted:What? It's this. Don't behave in an unpredictable manner - that makes things less safe for everyone. Follow the goddamn rules. If you can't stop at a red light then you're going too fast.
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# ? Dec 26, 2023 01:57 |
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Hyperlynx posted:It's this. Don't behave in an unpredictable manner - that makes things less safe for everyone. Follow the goddamn rules. According to drivers all cyclists blow all red lights so he is acting in the most predictable way hth
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It is utterly bewildering how USanians turn into europeans when certain minority groups are mentioned, as soon as bikes become a topic. "You don't understand, they're not even people" "They're all arrogant assholes, they deserve to get run of the road" "A biker cut me off once and I've made it a point to destroy every bike I've seen since then" In my country bikes count as full, equal members of street traffic and going on the sidewalk as a non-child is forbidden. Anything else is utterly insane, and even the posting on SA about this is so strangely aggressive considering how it's usually pretty reasonable.
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# ? Dec 26, 2023 02:21 |
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please do not blow intersections without their consent
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# ? Dec 26, 2023 02:23 |
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Why don't these PEOPLE on the Internet behave RATIONALLY?!!
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# ? Dec 26, 2023 02:23 |
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Neddy Seagoon posted:Actually, yeah good point. Whoever wrote that law understands exactly how lootboxes, battlepasses, the whole thing works. And cut the whole thing off at the knees clean with no wiggle room. I thought battlepasses were just like season tickets to play on official servers. Never thought to look further. Which is probably why they were named that.
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# ? Dec 26, 2023 02:32 |
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Shut up about bicycles.
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# ? Dec 26, 2023 02:36 |
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What about unicycles?
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# ? Dec 26, 2023 02:37 |
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jesus built my hotrod
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# ? Dec 26, 2023 02:38 |
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FreudianSlippers posted:What about unicycles? sorry, I hosed that up. It's "eat a dick, unicycle boy".
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TEMPLE GRANDIN OS posted:jesus built my hotrod https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkph_Nin8lw 2 Kings 9:20 posted:And the watchman told, saying, He came even unto them, and cometh not again: and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi; for he driveth furiously
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# ? Dec 26, 2023 02:55 |
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It’s beautiful.
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# ? Dec 26, 2023 02:57 |
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user PKMN Trainer Red made it for me!
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Son of Rodney posted:USanians what a colossally stupid word.
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Trabant posted:what a colossally stupid word. That's just called being descriptive and transparent.
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Trabant posted:what a colossally stupid word. Seppos is way better, agreed.
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FreudianSlippers posted:That's just called being descriptive and transparent. "Estadounidenses" is right there, man.
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don Jaime posted:"Estadounidenses" is right there, man. I was refering to it being colossally stupid and thus fitting as a description of USians.
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# ? Dec 26, 2023 03:22 |
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Are you usanian in the membranian?!
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# ? Dec 26, 2023 03:23 |
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Platystemon posted:
HelloIAmYourHeart posted:user PKMN Trainer Red made it for me! Stupid Mewbie was right there.
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# ? Dec 26, 2023 04:05 |
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My bike schad is one time I came up on a red light and I checked right, checked left, saw a really hot girl and whipped my head back right so strongly that I ate poo poo on my bike doing like 1mph Joke's on you auto drivers, I don't even need you to injure myself on a bike
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# ? Dec 26, 2023 04:45 |
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Hippocrass posted:Stupid Mewbie was right there. And it had been right there all year.
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# ? Dec 26, 2023 04:51 |
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is seppo short for something don't worry about offending me I am canadian
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TEMPLE GRANDIN OS posted:is seppo short for something don't worry about offending me I am canadian Australian rhyming slang for Americans, short for "septic tank", which rhymes with yank very accurate tbh
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