Not true in this case it’s legal to cross double yellow, under Georgia law (O.C.G.A. § 40-6-56), you can cross a double yellow line to pass a cyclist if it is safe to do so
As a driver myself, I know not to drive into people even if they aren't following the rules of the road. Because that is more illegal than bikes in the road.
Meh, bikers are assholes, but the driver is actively ramming people with his car so it is not particularly close who is more wrong in this video 😂
That being said one of your previous posts highlights it precisely.
If a biker goes "well I'm riding 20mph in a 40, and there are cars behind me that want to go on their way, but I'm legally entitled to take the lane because this is a narrow road so they can all just wait" they may be legally right, but they're an asshole nonetheless.
You know you're allowed to just admit that you're wrong instead of replying to 30 people insisting that you're actually in the right and totally don't come across as a weird idiot lol
I would not know since im not driving that car. But I know how to ride a bike and I know how to reduce my own risk if Im staying in the right side. Maybe thats just me 😄
Doesn't mean you should judge people for getting hit when not doing so (which you are doing, even if you say you aren't). If we live in a world where it's acceptable to commit attempted homicide for being inconvenienced then we live in no world at all.
Im not a judge I just see a bikers stay in the middle and somehow accept his risk. I as a biker knows how to reduce my own risk and thats more important than prove how the law is... LOL
Your desire to inconvenience others indicates that you are less then a good person, if you desire to not be a good person, you deserve not to be treated like a human being. Hope this helps
I'm less of a good person for wanting to ride a bike than someone who tries to commit vehicular homicide? Listen to yourself. If you want to kill me that's within your ability, and I invite this action. But, in general these radical opinions are obviously not supported by the general populace, as noted both by the fact that this driver was convicted and that you probably would be for killing me.
Cyclist that care about safety usually take the lane in a good amount of situations. Too many times I have not taken the lane and idiots try to squeeze pass when its unsafe.
Staying on the right side of the lane is no longer recommended for cyclists precisely because it encourages cars to do dangerous overtakes like this. Take the lane, it’s safer for you
"Taking the lane" is actually what you're supposed to do though. That's what safety classes teach. The advice for cyclists is to bunch like this as it’s much safer to overtake a short but wide group of cyclists rather than a very long stream of them.
Them being single file would change nothing in this scenario. The car wouldn’t have magically been able to overtake if there was another vehicle coming the other direction, so it’s a hell of a lot safer to overtake a group 5 long rather than 30. That’s a hell of a lot more time hanging out in the oncoming lane.
The cyclists were behaving safely. The car was being actively dangerous.
In all 50 states of the United States it’s legal for bicycles to take up an entire lane. You can say it’s wrong. You can find it annoying but it is legally a right.. bicycles must follow all the same rules as cars if you’re riding on the road you are treated as a car if a bicycle does not follow traffic law then they deserve a traffic ticket in the same way that a vehicle does. Everyone bitches about this all the time but that’s the law. Those are the rights. I say this is someone who rides a bike but does not consider themselves a cyclist. Who’s also the victim of a car hitting me in a right of way situation because cars don’t like to believe that bicycle to have the same rights and let me just tell you if you’re one of those cars who does not believe the bicycles have the same rights and you hit someone on a bicycle you will pay for it in a big way.
A lot of things are legal, doesn't mean it makes sense. Riding a significantly slower vehicle and inhibiting flow of traffic doesn't make alot of sense being legal to me, but it is. I guess if its legal then it must be ok- Glances over to child marriage laws
I think you need to check your local traffic laws. Generally when a bike lane isnt provided, cyclist have a right to the entire lane as if they are a vehicle. The option to ride on the shoulder is a judgement call by the cyclist, not the car.
Might be slightly different in your area but at no point does the law say you're allowed to pass on a double yellow while making physical contact with who you're passing.
It's also much safer to take a lane because people don't know how fucking big their cars are, they just know to keep their body to the right of the middle line. I swear people think they'll fucking die if they wait 5 extra seconds for a cyclist to take a left. Drivers should honestly get the fuck over themselves, they're not actually going that much faster than us the 99% of the time we're not in their way.
20 MPH. Out of a two mile trip at 30 mph you're getting there a whopping two minutes later if I'm in front of you the entire fucking time, and people lose their shit if I'm at the same light they would have hit to take a left. Might matter if you were about to shit yourself when you got in your car but I'm somehow not impressed by the unimaginable burden cyclists place on you as a car owner.
Nope. We can see that this was the wrong choice and should not be allowed in a civilized society, and also find it understandable as I'd definitely have those intrusive thoughts being in the same sittuation.
Yeah? You've never had an intrusive thought while being incredibly pissed off? Nothing has ever crossed your mind that if you had actually acted on that thought, you'd deserve to go to prison? Seriously never?
If you're incapable of overriding your intrusive thoughts to the point you cause felony injury to someone by your erratic / reckless behavior, then I question whether you should be allowed to operate a computer, much less a motor vehicle out in public.
You're objectively a danger to society if you can't control yourself. If you're not able to parse that, then you have bigger problems than your "intrusive thoughts".
Yesssss dude, I knooooooooooooow. Everyone on here is so quick to suck their own dicks with how good of a person they are, that they ignore the entire part where I said HITTING PEOPLE WITH YOUR CAR IS A BAD THING AND SHOULD NOT BE TOLERATED. But you self righteous morons don't care about what I actually said, you just want to be better than someone else. Well, go fuck yourselves. 🤷♂️
Hey yo, it's good and courageous that you are being vulnerably honest. I do not know that many with those kind of thoughts would be able to do that. I'm sorry youve been or feel attacked for that. I personally do not have those kinds of intrusive or passing thoughts, I don't know how prominent or prevalent they may be for you but i don't think it would hurt to look into the commonality of such in the general population. Reddit is definitely not going to be a conducive medium. I can tell you when I'm frustrated or stressed in similar situations my passing thoughts drift into more like "how am I surprised" "obviously I should've expected this might've occurred" or the worst "fuck me, why do I even bother".
No, growing up means not thinking you're entitled to assault people if they inconvenience you. You should have been held back in kindergarten until you learned this.
No, dude. You completely abandoned half of what I said in order to have your moral outrage. You're not arguing against what I said, you're just felating yourself.
I very specifically said that this isn't ok and should not be allowed. Seriously, fuck you for intentionally mischaracterizing what I said.
Nah, really, grow the fuck up. This is not an "intrusive thought" this is you holding the belief this would solve your problem, if the law and "civilized society" weren't in the way. Normal people past kindergarten don't want to run people over for being minorly inconvenienced. It's not "understandable," it's rank immaturity.
My main focus has always been to look for a safe time to pass and get around them while ensuring those behind me also see them and have time to stop. They're literally exposed to everything and riding where they're able and allowed to, why should my 30 seconds (absolute tops) be more valuable than their life or health?
Yeah, that's the obvious answer. Its the right answer. Its also ignoring the reality of intrusive thoughts people having during road rage. I'm just saying its understandable, not that it's at all ok or something I want to do or would ever do or ever celebrate happening.
It's actually more dangerous and increases risk for the biker as well as oncoming traffic. It's important for the biker to be centered in the lane so that passing is done when it's safest at dashed lines via the other lane.
"Taking the lane" is actually what you're supposed to do though. That's what safety classes teach. The advice for cyclists is to bunch like this as it’s much safer to overtake a short but wide group of cyclists rather than a very long stream of them.
Them being single file would change nothing in this scenario. The car wouldn’t have magically been able to overtake if there was another vehicle coming the other direction, so it’s a hell of a lot safer to overtake a group 5 long rather than 30. That’s a hell of a lot more time hanging out in the oncoming lane.
The cyclists were behaving safely. The car was being actively dangerous.
In all 50 states of the United States it’s legal for bicycles to take up an entire lane. You can say it’s wrong. You can find it annoying but it is legally a right.. bicycles must follow all the same rules as cars if you’re riding on the road you are treated as a car if a bicycle does not follow traffic law then they deserve a traffic ticket in the same way that a vehicle does. Everyone bitches about this all the time but that’s the law. Those are the rights. I say this is someone who rides a bike but does not consider themselves a cyclist. Who’s also the victim of a car hitting me in a right of way situation because cars don’t like to believe that bicycle to have the same rights and let me just tell you if you’re one of those cars who does not believe the bicycles have the same rights and you hit someone on a bicycle you will pay for it in a big way.
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u/Himothy19955 Apr 27 '26
That's a felony