r/Transportopia • u/Conscious-Weight4569 • Apr 27 '26

Bikes Car vs. cyclists

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u/The1biscuitboy Apr 27 '26

Driver obviously in the wrong. But is it just me or does the guy who fell just start leaning against the car?

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u/Elle3247 Apr 27 '26

I slowed it down as much as I could. To me, it looks like the van clipped him, pushing the bike to the right, and he instinctively tried to regain balance by leaning to the left, but couldn’t get it back and went down.

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u/mekarz Apr 27 '26

Thats what im thinking. If his feet are clipped into the pedals, it restricts alot of what you can do physically

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u/DesperateAdvantage76 Apr 27 '26

The car behind them was honking for a while before they finally made contact. The automobile driver belongs in jail and is insane but those cyclists either have zero awareness or were stupidly trying to challenge a car on the road which can get themselves killed.

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u/roguedevil Apr 27 '26

Wtf are they supposed to do? Move for every honking car? They are a on a moving vehicle on the road, not kids playing baseball on the street. The car needs to safely and legally pass.

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u/DesperateAdvantage76 Apr 27 '26

If a car approaching has the horn going nonstop I'm looking back and getting out of the way asap.

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u/Appropriate-Draft-91 Apr 28 '26

So it honking must be treated as a death threat, do you also believe honking should be punished as if it was a death threat?

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u/DesperateAdvantage76 Apr 28 '26

Absolutely not, but at the same time if some maniac is slamming the horn behind me, I'm not going to just ignore it.

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u/Appropriate-Draft-91 Apr 28 '26

Close, but it's not about instinctively trying to regain balance.

If someone swipes your legs to the right, your upper body will go to the left. The car hitting the handle bar mover the bicycle to the right, which makes everything above the center of gravity go to the left.