what's the difference between a pedestrian and a pedophile?
I dunno, I was texting, didn't listen past the first syllable. oof, fucking potholes here, amirite?
-every driver
this post was submitted on 19 Aug 2024
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I'm so fucking glad I got out of that hellhole of a city.
I would really like to live in a town/city that does not have this issue. North America really needs to reassess its roadways and infrastructure.
The path to safe infrastructure is usually not just "remove all barriers" but instead "control the flow of traffic".
There's something about being in a metal cage, seeing the world only through glass, that changes people.
Most drivers act as if they are interacting with the world through the internet. Basically, being in a car turns them into assholes.
Same thing happens when you put on spandex apparently
assuming you're being snarky and talking about road cyclists, i have yet to encounter a single such person being even slightly annoying, and i presume it's effectively just made up honestly.
Come to Toronto lol
I love to cycle both on and off road but there is a very specific type of rider who likes to ride 3 wide on a 2 lane road in an 80 zone. Just why?
The difference is that assholes in spandex aren't piloting 5 ton weapons.
You're very unlikely to die if some tour de france wannabe hits you.
A driver on the other hand....
Indeed. For reference, compare how many people have cut in front of you in line in person versus in a vehicle.
Excellent example! Very rarely do you see a individual just shoot out from behind you in a line and by pass a whole queue of people.
Where as in a car you see people mounting a curb/sidewalk to make a right turn to squeeze past the individual in front of them. Or driving into oncoming traffic to get to the left hand turn lane a few seconds sooner. Or my favourite, seeing people stuck in highway traffic choose to off road to leave the highway, as opposed to waiting for the offramp. Meanwhile a crowed of individuals follows causing a unsafe situation for everyone.
Video for context regarding the last point.
https://www.tiktok.com/@oxtailpapi/video/7222122580495453445
It's because the fucking pigs don't do shit. I've stood there and watched almost every one of your examples happen right in front of cop (sometimes more than one) and they did absolutely nothing. If people are not punished for breaking the law, they're going to keep doing whatever the fuck they want.
Driving is the leading cause of mental illness
No, no. That's religion you're thinking of.
One of many reasons to want to live in walkable cities.
Another thing I noticed, is that drivers had zero patience when you are in a bike stopping traffic because you need to turn on an intersection, while other cars stop the transit in the same way a lot more and they just wait. If you don't want me to stop the transit using space, vote for the major that wants to build bike lanes.
Cars block public transit where you are? Where I am, public transit always gets the right of way.
Sorry, English isn't my first language. I didn't mean blocking transit, but traffic. But yeah, they block the transit too lmao.
Human beings are fucking trash. I hope every last person that honked gets hit by a car.
Two humans in this story helped! Most people are good.
[People honking] > 2 = your numbers don't add up. If it weren't for the threat of laws and/or the fear of imaginary bullshit (religion), people wouldn't be good hardly at all.
And/or a Canada goose. Those things are evil
Come on now, those geese can't help but honk. Or did you mean the people that honked should get hit by a Canada goose? I'm cool with that.
Yeah, the second one! Those fuckers need to come face to face with a couple of those geese. See how they like honking at people after that
Canada geese are aggressive. They don't just honk at you.
Peace was never an option