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This wasn't even a one off. This guys video channel was just him waiting for this to happen and it happened very frequently. I do remember seeing several where the police weren't really that supportive (probably as, though it made a point it was basically planned confrontation for video views).
Good.
See, that's the point where my sympathy evaporates. As soon as you set out to trap the desperate, you're nothing more than a predator.
Edit: Ooh, kicked the nest! Sorry folks, but if this were a pedestrian stopping cyclists from illegally mounting the pavement I suspect there'd be a different tune (I am a pedestrian who routinely has to deal with shitty cyclists mounting the pavement to skip traffic, or lights, when I'm on my way to work).
A "predator" who keeps drivers from driving in the bike lanes forcing them to... hit people with cars and threaten them with their fists instead of simply turning around and following the law.
A cyclist would leave that part of the pavement and continue biking. I'm guessing that they also wouldn't try hitting people with their bike which also doesn't pay 2 tons.
Oh cut the bullshit. He took his car on a non-car pathway.
There's no "trapping" here, all people have to do to not show up on his chan is follow basic fuckin' road laws. This is the same sort of whinge that claims speed cameras are traps.
A yes the poor desperate Mercedes drivers trying to vehicular manslaughter someone for being stubborn (but right)
The desperate lol, you mean people intentionally breaking the law in their car?
Same as the desperate cyclist trying to get to work, or the desperate thief stealing food.
Same as the guy desperately trying to garner clout (check out cycling laws in the UK some time - offensive driving is illegal, and deliberately blocking another vehicle definitely constitutes this).
Well I'm pretty sure a bike cannot be illegally impeding a driver in the bike lane where they have no legal right to be.
Blocking a vehicle from going the wrong way and potentially hurting someone is not the same as blocking someone for no reason.
The guy in a Mercedes who is breaking the law because he's an angry asshole just needs to be stopped.
You think the Mercedes driver would die if they couldn't break the law to endanger others in traffic? You really equate that to stealing bread to stave off starvation?
Go suck rich bitch boots if you want but keep that kind of bullshit to yourself, cunt
Haha "the desperate" is what you call entitled shitasses who can't drive properly?
* The impatient
Me when I put on the striped thigh highs and Amazon skirt
Disagree with the first bit. They have a chance to make a little bit of positive change, and they do. Good on them.
Super feel you on the last bit though. Happens at least once a day to me. I even have some low level chronic pain from a cyclist hitting me a few years back. I really wish the anti car community was ready to address this problem.
Conclusion: like, both are bad. Just because the latter is bad and there's many apologists for the latter doesn't mean it's not right to call out car drivers for this egoistical behavior. Even those who don't realise that both are bad (there's many of them, I know) are your allies in this. How'd you feel if a pedestrian managed to get a cyclist prosecuted for this behavior? Would you see them as a predator?
Both are bad? Cyclist is stopping a crime, the driver is committing one. I bet you defend pedophiles in your free time, scumfuck
Both things they mentioned: cars using the bike lane and cycles using the sidewalk to skip traffic illegally
Honestly, it's the only reason I don't sit outside one morning and challenge the lot of them. There's a solid difference between challenging someone for creating a dangerous situation, and seeing an improper action and manufacturing a dangerous situation from it to get someone charged. As soon as that cyclist improperly entered the road to actively block a vehicle, they ceased to be in the right.
UK highway code, Rule 68
"You MUST NOT ride in a dangerous, careless or inconsiderate manner"
Yo, not what I'm saying. The person in the video didn't manufactor a dangerous situation, the driver created it and the filmer called it out and shames the driver publicly. It's the only way some people learn, so, good on the filmer. Next time you get endangered by a cyclist on the sidewalk, feel free to do the same.