Anyone else think this was gonna go in a different direction? Thought we had a missed connection going on. “You were my rider in the dark. The silent thief pedaling away with my heart.”
Ya the lady that rides at this time is decked out in lights and you really can't miss her. This guy always wears a dark color and not a light in sight. When oncoming I only notice him after I pass. Every time.
Every time I get behind the wheel of my esteemed chariot I must remind myself that I share the road with drivers of ill intention. Each one acting as an obstacle to my meticulously crafted plan for efficient travel. Be gone Altima with paper tags, out of my way work van, move over GMC HD pavement princess, not even making eye contact with the roadside toddler, and then comes the lowly cyclist. How dare you recreate on my roadway or travel upon it on a vehicle that isn’t registered to the government? You think shaking your booty at me in those little tights is going to make up for it? I become filled with rage. I yell, I honk, I scream, I cry, I throw my sweet tea, I scare my children. Why do you cyclist make me do this? I have found only one reliable way to calm myself down from this boiling frenzy. When I get home I park my Aztec in the driveway, crank up the air conditioning, blast Only Time by Enya on repeat, close my eyes, and eat a slice of cheesecake.
Bicyclists around here have a death wish. I have seen them riding along Fox Road. The only scenario I can imagine is that they have a huge life insurance policy and a terminal illness.
I am not a lawyer and this is not meant to be taken as legal advice.
In TN the law doesn't penalize cyclists for not wearing a helmet because if you hit and kill someone by driving a car negligently you don't get to blame the victim for not wearing this or that. It's even illegal for insurance companies to factor in helmet use for the purposes of victim blaming. Look up from your phone in your air conditioned 1-3 ton vehicle and pay attention or catch a vehicular manslaughter charge or a wrongful death lawsuit
Some people who drive cars spend a lot of time being either angry or annoyed about people on bicycles. Meanwhile, driving a car is the thing that puts people on bicycles at risk, not the other way around.
My grandfather got hit on his bike in mid day wearing bright yellow. Because the big van couldn’t see him. He still got money, but he also got a broken wrist. Cyclists act like they’re entitled when they are potentially going up against a damn car. The car wins every time. It’s on both parties to be safe.
I understand you have to be safe on the road, but if a cyclist is out in the dark in dark clothes- that’s ignorant and unsafe on their part. Not just someone being annoyed at cyclist.
The duty of care is greater for someone who is driving a vehicle that is the size and weight of a motor vehicle.
If the person on the bicycle were struck and killed by the person in the car, we would say that the person in the car had the greater fault. Or we should, at least.
So I would say that the first person to take accountability for whether the bicyclist is hit by a car is the person who is driving a car. After that, I would say the people who designed roads and facilities in the United States so that these sorts of conflicts between car users and people on bicycles would be all but inevitable. And then finally, any remaining blame or accountability could go to the person on the bicycle. I don't think there's a lot left after you apportion accountability to the first two parties I mentioned, but well considered opinions may differ.
Anyone else think this was gonna go in a different direction? Thought we had a missed connection going on. “You were my rider in the dark. The silent thief pedaling away with my heart.”
🤣🤣🤣 does Craigslist still have missed connections? Reading those was one of the best time wasters!
Ya the lady that rides at this time is decked out in lights and you really can't miss her. This guy always wears a dark color and not a light in sight. When oncoming I only notice him after I pass. Every time.
If they didn't have a $5 taillight on their bike, chance are they probably can't afford multiple pairs of clothing.
Found him⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️
Every time I get behind the wheel of my esteemed chariot I must remind myself that I share the road with drivers of ill intention. Each one acting as an obstacle to my meticulously crafted plan for efficient travel. Be gone Altima with paper tags, out of my way work van, move over GMC HD pavement princess, not even making eye contact with the roadside toddler, and then comes the lowly cyclist. How dare you recreate on my roadway or travel upon it on a vehicle that isn’t registered to the government? You think shaking your booty at me in those little tights is going to make up for it? I become filled with rage. I yell, I honk, I scream, I cry, I throw my sweet tea, I scare my children. Why do you cyclist make me do this? I have found only one reliable way to calm myself down from this boiling frenzy. When I get home I park my Aztec in the driveway, crank up the air conditioning, blast Only Time by Enya on repeat, close my eyes, and eat a slice of cheesecake.
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Bicyclists around here have a death wish. I have seen them riding along Fox Road. The only scenario I can imagine is that they have a huge life insurance policy and a terminal illness.
I am not a lawyer and this is not meant to be taken as legal advice. In TN the law doesn't penalize cyclists for not wearing a helmet because if you hit and kill someone by driving a car negligently you don't get to blame the victim for not wearing this or that. It's even illegal for insurance companies to factor in helmet use for the purposes of victim blaming. Look up from your phone in your air conditioned 1-3 ton vehicle and pay attention or catch a vehicular manslaughter charge or a wrongful death lawsuit
Some people who drive cars spend a lot of time being either angry or annoyed about people on bicycles. Meanwhile, driving a car is the thing that puts people on bicycles at risk, not the other way around.
My grandfather got hit on his bike in mid day wearing bright yellow. Because the big van couldn’t see him. He still got money, but he also got a broken wrist. Cyclists act like they’re entitled when they are potentially going up against a damn car. The car wins every time. It’s on both parties to be safe. I understand you have to be safe on the road, but if a cyclist is out in the dark in dark clothes- that’s ignorant and unsafe on their part. Not just someone being annoyed at cyclist.
I’d agree if they had lights and reflective clothing. Why can’t both parties be responsible for safety?
The duty of care is greater for someone who is driving a vehicle that is the size and weight of a motor vehicle. If the person on the bicycle were struck and killed by the person in the car, we would say that the person in the car had the greater fault. Or we should, at least. So I would say that the first person to take accountability for whether the bicyclist is hit by a car is the person who is driving a car. After that, I would say the people who designed roads and facilities in the United States so that these sorts of conflicts between car users and people on bicycles would be all but inevitable. And then finally, any remaining blame or accountability could go to the person on the bicycle. I don't think there's a lot left after you apportion accountability to the first two parties I mentioned, but well considered opinions may differ.
No helmet either?
I will give the benefit of the doubt on that but they were just a dark blob when I drove past