• Codex@lemmy.world
    32·
    2 months ago

    Angry driving can make one quite blunt

    Enough to rage over a mundane stunt

    At bicyclists abreast

    a roar rose in his chest

    SINGLE FILE YOU TWO-WHEELED CUN–

    Skeleton Warriors!

  • NarrativeBear@lemmy.world
    186·
    2 months ago

    When I go for a bike ride with my SO we always ride side by side on streets that have a posted limit at or below 40kmh.

    We usually only ride side by side on residential streets. Occasionally we get someone driving too close to us when passing or shouting out their windows saying single file in the same way.

    Its like going for a walk, we would not walk in a single file, neither would we sit in a car in single file.

  • cumtownenjoyer@lemmy.world
    121·
    2 months ago

    Not a single one of you thought to consider why the hell an official letter from the police would write verbatim expletive quotes in the style of a tumblr teenager instead of simply writing that there was a verbal altercation. Complete lack of critical thinking or a total suspension of disbelief.

    • mondoman712@lemmy.mlOP
      41·
      2 months ago

      Or the fact that it doesn’t need to be real because 1. It’s still funny and 2. We all know that the incident has happened somewhere, because shit like this happens so often.

  • MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml
    71·
    2 months ago

    How are some cyclist comfortable with driving side by side? I was always anxious when that happened, can’t swifel out and nothing and if you fall because of that, the others fall too.

  • Etterra@lemmy.world
    82·
    2 months ago

    Meanwhile, Cyclists in America…

    C1: Hey did you hear about those Brits getting yelled at by drivers?

    C1: Yeah. Somebody call the whambulance, some cyclists are butthurt about being cussed out lol

    C2: lol what a bunch of pussies. Anyway, fid you remember to wear your bulletproof vest today?

    C1: Every day brother. Now let’s see how many drivers we can fuck with before one tries to run us over.

  • felykiosa@sh.itjust.works
    1425·
    2 months ago

    Love cycling but to be fair that s a little annoying when you have 2 cyclists side by side and you can’t overtake them. The driver was an asshole but i can understand his frustration.

    • mondoman712@lemmy.mlOP
      428·
      2 months ago

      If there isn’t space to overtake two cyclists side by side, there isn’t space to overtake one cyclist. If there’s another car coming towards you while you overtake, you’d be endangering the one cyclist.

      • tetris11@lemmy.ml
        41·
        2 months ago

        1.5m to overtake one cyclist brings you only partially onto the otherside of the road.

        1.5m to overtake two cyclists astride brings you fully onto the otherside of the road

            • jerkface@lemmy.caEnglish
              4·
              2 months ago

              ??? You expect the other driver to drive on the fucking shoulder because you can’t wait literally half a second to pass a cyclist??

                • jerkface@lemmy.caEnglish
                  2·
                  2 months ago

                  Okay, so walk me through this. This is what I got.

                  Guy: You have to wait just as long to pass one cyclist as two abreast.

                  You: I only take up half a lane to pass a lone cyclist.

                  Me: So you have to wait until the lane is clear.

                  You: No, I am a good driver.

                  Me: WTF?!

      • LovesTha🥧@floss.social
        11·
        2 months ago

        @mondoman712 @felykiosa it depends a little onthe road in question, there are roads with a sinple lane wide enough that a single file of cyclists are passable without crossing into oncoming traffic, but two abreast isn’t.

        But we all know this isn’t what happened here. Driver just wanted to let his priveledge show.

    • linkhidalgogato@lemmy.ml
      144·
      2 months ago

      if there isnt enough space maybe just wait a bit untill there is, is getting to the next stop light faster so u can spend more time waiting there rally that fucking important.

      • felykiosa@sh.itjust.works
        64·
        2 months ago

        I live in rural area the next stop is in 5km , just said that it is annoying when two cyclist are side by side that all.

    • ProgrammingSocks@pawb.social
      101·
      2 months ago

      Sounds like you should talk to your representatives about getting protected bicycle paths in your city so that they’re out of your way