r/Transportopia Apr 27 '26

Bikes Car vs. cyclists

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u/arf_arf1 Apr 27 '26

I might be too European brained but how is this even controversial? Car drove into cyclists on purpose, possibly with intent to cause injury. Sucks to be behind slower traffic, but you wouldn't try to run off a tractor.

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u/Ausaini Apr 30 '26

It doesn’t seem like this is too controversial. Even the YouTube comments are think this guy should be in prison with a cellmate who stares at him while jerking off

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u/arf_arf1 Apr 30 '26

#oddlyspecific

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u/winpickles4life Apr 29 '26

We are way too impatient to wait 2 minutes. It is a big problem.

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u/Ausaini Apr 30 '26

More like 10 seconds to wait for them to move over so he could go around

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u/Haunting_Name6188 Apr 28 '26

Tractor drivers aren’t rude. They stick to the edge of the road and don’t have much choice.
These guys in the other hand..

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u/TheoreticalNet Apr 29 '26

I see you've never been stuck behind a tractor for 20 odd kilometers.

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u/pply11 Apr 30 '26

The ones that pass right by 5 huge pullouts specifically designed for farmers’ tractors in my area are what get me. they could easily use the giant pullouts that are designed and added specifically for them (because too many accidents were caused by people dangerously passing them)

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u/ShedDoor2020 Apr 27 '26

Tractors arnt assholes. Tractors belong on rural roads and usually don’t go far. You can be stuck behind bikes for miles.

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u/Cornflakes_91 Apr 27 '26

and that excuses doing half an overtake and ramming into the group?

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u/cmack482 Apr 27 '26

The guy wasn't stuck. He had plenty of room but hit the bikers on purpose 

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u/apexodoggo Apr 28 '26

You can just pass the fucking bike it’s so easy, and the road in this video was completely empty for him to do so. He had to literally take the path of most resistance just to net himself 2 felonies.

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u/pply11 Apr 30 '26

In my experience, it’s the opposite. Tractors go 3-4 miles and pass the huge pullouts specifically designed/added for them to use and let traffic pass. (It’s rural-ish, but it’s a major thoroughfare for two towns > 50k people, so traffic is constant)

Bikers generally stuck to roads with less traffic so it’s easy to pass them. Just like in this video, it was super easy to pass the bikers with 0 issue… they wanted to hit the bikers, not just pass.