is it that hard for road redditors to get the fuck out of the way?
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@bronze Get where? There is no sidewalk, the retard just could pass them. 
@phnt @niobleoum @bronze what where they doing? The car could obv overtake, it did. Driver seems to have just been pissed that there's cyclists
@snacks @niobleoum @bronze He easily could, but blocking a whole lane would piss almost anybody off. The driver should have overtaken them by going into the second lane and they should have fucked off to the side of the road like anybody sane would do. That's what I mean by acting they own the road.
@niobleoum @snacks @bronze Hard disagree, it's a straight road with good visibility. No need to make the overtake shorter when there's no traffic.
@phnt @niobleoum @bronze it's a straight, empty road with good visibility. He can just overtake no issue no matter what they do unless they start swerving into the opposing lane or some shit like that. If you demand they go off the fucking markings so he can overtake you're pretending he owns the road
@snacks @niobleoum @bronze
>If you demand they go off the fucking markings so he can overtake you're pretending he owns the road
I'm not demanding it, but it's a sensible thing almost everybody does. Except for a select few mamils that are universally hated by everyone. Other cyclists hate them, because they make everyone look bad and drivers hate them because they are arrogant.
Also yes, roads are for cars and cyclists will always be second citizens on roads. If you aren't comfortable with that, use bike roads and trails instead.
>If you demand they go off the fucking markings so he can overtake you're pretending he owns the road
I'm not demanding it, but it's a sensible thing almost everybody does. Except for a select few mamils that are universally hated by everyone. Other cyclists hate them, because they make everyone look bad and drivers hate them because they are arrogant.
Also yes, roads are for cars and cyclists will always be second citizens on roads. If you aren't comfortable with that, use bike roads and trails instead.
@phnt @niobleoum @bronze no one gets off the road to let cars overtake here and roads are public infrastructure, for the public. If you don't understand that and think maiming people for using it too slowly is a sane reaction then you shouldn't have a drivers licence
@snacks @niobleoum @bronze Who said get off the road? I said get of to the side and if you aren't comfortable with being a second class on roads, consider using roads and paths specifically designed for cycling. It's safer that way for everyone involved anyway.
Also thanks to the double line, it is illegal to overtake them by going to the second lane, so they should have gone to the side of the road no matter what to make the distance into the opposite lane as small as possible. It's the same in Europe, you technically aren't allowed to overtake cyclists on a two lane road when it is a full line. Most people do though.
Personally I don't care much about cyclists on roads as I rarely see them. I rarely drive in a city to get annoyed at them.
Also thanks to the double line, it is illegal to overtake them by going to the second lane, so they should have gone to the side of the road no matter what to make the distance into the opposite lane as small as possible. It's the same in Europe, you technically aren't allowed to overtake cyclists on a two lane road when it is a full line. Most people do though.
Personally I don't care much about cyclists on roads as I rarely see them. I rarely drive in a city to get annoyed at them.
@phnt @niobleoum @bronze only way to ivertake them here without crossing the line is if they get off the marked road. In this case it's kinda ok because there's still asphalt but usually there wouldn't be. Also, sometimes you mean getting off the road when you say to the side and sometimes you don't? I do agree that if there was an angry car honking behind me my reaction wouldn't be to stay side by side and send someone back to film tho
@snacks @niobleoum @bronze
>only way to ivertake them here without crossing the line is if they get off the marked road. In this case it's kinda ok because there's still asphalt but usually there wouldn't be
There's usually still some, but I agree being near the end of the road isn't comfortable. I certainly don't like it and that's why I avoid roads unless I cannot, besides the issue of cars going 60 km/h or more near you.
>Also, sometimes you mean getting off the road when you say to the side and sometimes you don't?
I don't think I've done that, but either way, getting off in the context of what I wanted to say means going to or near the side markings.
>only way to ivertake them here without crossing the line is if they get off the marked road. In this case it's kinda ok because there's still asphalt but usually there wouldn't be
There's usually still some, but I agree being near the end of the road isn't comfortable. I certainly don't like it and that's why I avoid roads unless I cannot, besides the issue of cars going 60 km/h or more near you.
>Also, sometimes you mean getting off the road when you say to the side and sometimes you don't?
I don't think I've done that, but either way, getting off in the context of what I wanted to say means going to or near the side markings.
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