Bicycles Verse Cars

People on bikes annoy me so much. Not the bikers who use the sidewalks, but the idiots who believe this hippy nonsense about sharing the road. Sorry, sir, but when you are up against cars, you get out of the way! That's what sidewalks are for! But no, bikes always get in my way and decide to take forever.

But today I saw possibly the dumbest biker moment in my life. I was doing a 5K run which means they had to stop traffic so that we wouldn't get run over. And all these cars were stopped on one side of the road. And imbetween all these cars was a man. On a bike. Sitting there. Between the cars. Just waiting.

What the freedom? Why is this biker not going on ahead? He has a bike! He doesn't need to stop with the cars. He can get on one of the sidewalks on both sides of the roads and pedal away! But no! He is sitting there. Waiting for us to go by and the cars to go again. But he doesn't have to! Because he is a biker! Does anyone get the logic I am saying here?

So, what do you think? Should cars have to share the road, or should bikers quit pretending to be cars to make us all happier?

I think down here it's illegal to ride your bike down the sidewalk?? I know it was in Cincinnati.

Now, I am all for sidewalk biking myself, and would have struck down many a road biker if it wasn't for that whole manslaughter thing, but I follow you. Bicycles need to not be in the middle of the road unless the speed limit is 10mph.

Just run 'em down and claim it was an accident.

I think that bikers should stick to the sidewalks, if they can help it. They'll almost definitely get run over at some point in their life. I think that it's a good cause to bike, it helps with the pollution and oil crisis problems, but the bikers need to realize that sidewalks are what they should be biking on.

Unless it's illegal in the city, and then I don't know what to tell you.

PeinQAkatsuki wrote:I think that bikers should stick to the sidewalks, if they can help it. They'll almost definitely get run over at some point in their life. I think that it's a good cause to bike, it helps with the pollution and oil crisis problems, but the bikers need to realize that sidewalks are what they should be biking on.

Unless it's illegal in the city, and then I don't know what to tell you.

Then pedestrians will have to beware of bikers, and there could be loads of bike related injuries on the sidewalks.

CLAIRVOYANTdisease wrote:

PeinQAkatsuki wrote:I think that bikers should stick to the sidewalks, if they can help it. They'll almost definitely get run over at some point in their life. I think that it's a good cause to bike, it helps with the pollution and oil crisis problems, but the bikers need to realize that sidewalks are what they should be biking on.

Unless it's illegal in the city, and then I don't know what to tell you.

Then pedestrians will have to beware of bikers, and there could be loads of bike related injuries on the sidewalks.

I disagree. Most people walking down a sidewalk can see a biker.

Plus, a biker can always say "get out of the way"

But in comparison to a biker taking on a car. Yelling won't help. And most cars don't pay attention. And the injury is a lot worse.

quater wrote:

CLAIRVOYANTdisease wrote:

PeinQAkatsuki wrote:I think that bikers should stick to the sidewalks, if they can help it. They'll almost definitely get run over at some point in their life. I think that it's a good cause to bike, it helps with the pollution and oil crisis problems, but the bikers need to realize that sidewalks are what they should be biking on.

Unless it's illegal in the city, and then I don't know what to tell you.

Then pedestrians will have to beware of bikers, and there could be loads of bike related injuries on the sidewalks.

I disagree. Most people walking down a sidewalk can see a biker.

Plus, a biker can always say "get out of the way"

But in comparison to a biker taking on a car. Yelling won't help. And most cars don't pay attention. And the injury is a lot worse.

Sidewalks aren't always big enough for bikers AND pedestrians at the same time though, plus a lot of people aren't quick enough to move if they see a bike coming, or some don't even notice if they come from behind.

True, but I hate the bikers who blame the cars when most of them don't pay attention to the road anyway, like they go through red lights when pedestrians are crossing the road when its a green man, and they wander why they cycle straight into a dangerous situation.

...I laughed at this. I have never seen a biker...

lol i agree with Q on this bikers have feet and are not big so they can easily just go on the sidewalk or a dirt road and ride their bikes or like the rest of us get a car lol

CLAIRVOYANTdisease wrote:

quater wrote:

CLAIRVOYANTdisease wrote:

PeinQAkatsuki wrote:I think that bikers should stick to the sidewalks, if they can help it. They'll almost definitely get run over at some point in their life. I think that it's a good cause to bike, it helps with the pollution and oil crisis problems, but the bikers need to realize that sidewalks are what they should be biking on.

Unless it's illegal in the city, and then I don't know what to tell you.

Then pedestrians will have to beware of bikers, and there could be loads of bike related injuries on the sidewalks.

I disagree. Most people walking down a sidewalk can see a biker.

Plus, a biker can always say "get out of the way"

But in comparison to a biker taking on a car. Yelling won't help. And most cars don't pay attention. And the injury is a lot worse.

Sidewalks aren't always big enough for bikers AND pedestrians at the same time though, plus a lot of people aren't quick enough to move if they see a bike coming, or some don't even notice if they come from behind.

True, but I hate the bikers who blame the cars when most of them don't pay attention to the road anyway, like they go through red lights when pedestrians are crossing the road when its a green man, and they wander why they cycle straight into a dangerous situation.

But the brakes on a bike are a lot more reliable than the ones on car. Plus, you don't need to speed bike, perhaps?

I know what you mean. I almost hit this little girl yesterday because the girl saw me coming but thought she could cross the street anyway. I was like "Idiot"

Glad you agree, King of Blades! ^_^

James: Yeah I know that feeling.

There's this levy thing down by the river that most people/bikers bike/walk on to places. Plus there's about ten bike paths throughout my dinky city. They're put to good use, normally.

I would love to see cities implement Bike roads, Madison Wisconsin has a lot of bikes, and I am sure it would be annoying. As a driver myself I dislike it when bikers use road space instead of off the road (where there is plenty of room)

Righto! Someone should get a petition going around the big cities to build bike paths so that way the bikers and pedestrians don't get hurt (and no one gets run over by anything).

but there is a problem. Not enough room, we should make them ride underground.


also I don't live in or particularly close (like 15 minutes, so unpractical for me, especially with a developing community close)

or have the other towns start using them as well

I don't live close to my town either (surprisingly, I live in a rich people suburbia o.o only I'm on the ghetto-like side jk i'm on the more middle class side of it), so it takes about 15 minutes in a car to even GET anywhere interesting (besides the roller skate rink). It would take me an hour on a bike to even dream of getting to the bookstore. then on the way back with books, not fun.

amaterasu wrote:I would love to see cities implement Bike roads, Madison Wisconsin has a lot of bikes, and I am sure it would be annoying. As a driver myself I dislike it when bikers use road space instead of off the road (where there is plenty of room)

Lots of cities have done that.
Austria is mainly bikes, in Vienna you won't go anywhere without seeing more bikes than cars.

Don't more people in Japan and China use bikes due to population density?

PeinQAkatsuki wrote:Don't more people in Japan and China use bikes due to population density?

In China I think there are more bikes because people can't afford cars...or at least the majority can't.
Dunno though ^_^

CLAIRVOYANTdisease wrote:

amaterasu wrote:I would love to see cities implement Bike roads, Madison Wisconsin has a lot of bikes, and I am sure it would be annoying. As a driver myself I dislike it when bikers use road space instead of off the road (where there is plenty of room)

Lots of cities have done that.
Austria is mainly bikes, in Vienna you won't go anywhere without seeing more bikes than cars.

yeah here in New-brunswick, we're not that lucky

CLAIRVOYANTdisease wrote:

PeinQAkatsuki wrote:Don't more people in Japan and China use bikes due to population density?

In China I think there are more bikes because people can't afford cars...or at least the majority can't.
Dunno though ^_^

Yeah maybe that's why... all I know is that there's more bikes there than cars :P

true mostly everybody in england rides bikes or cars or some like me which i dont live in england no more wel i did for a yr i would i usually rode the bus or trolley whatever you call them bloody things

King_Of_Blades wrote:true mostly everybody in england rides bikes or cars or some like me which i dont live in england no more wel i did for a yr i would i usually rode the bus or trolley whatever you call them bloody things

You're kidding, right? There are way more cars than bikes in England.

Some places have a lane in the road specifically for bicycles.

CLAIRVOYANTdisease wrote:

PeinQAkatsuki wrote:Don't more people in Japan and China use bikes due to population density?

In China I think there are more bikes because people can't afford cars...or at least the majority can't.
Dunno though ^_^

Which is interesting considering you'd think the Communists could just buy them cars since Communism works so well.

Oh wait.

SickSelfishSycho wrote:Some places have a lane in the road specifically for bicycles.

Yeah like my city has MILLIONS of bike paths/roads. Plus no one wants to walk, so the sidwalks are all for the bikers practically. No one wants cars either. It's kinda bogus.

Q: Nice.