Asphalt Battles: Cars VS Bikes [GIFs]

"MojoMotors.com" (MojoMotors)
09/08/2014 at 10:25 • Filed to: None

The war between cyclists and cars rages on as the "Green Revolution" continues putting more and more bikes on the road. Big cities are used to absent-minded cyclists and delivery boys nearly taking out cross walkers and scratching the sides of cars. Bike sharing compounds the problem, giving novice pedal pushers easy access to an 3-speed so they can run red lights and ride in the opposite direction on one-way streets.

Cyclists don't deserve all the blame. What about jaywalking pedestrians and drivers that don't check their blind spot before turning? No one is innocent. The truth is, there is space on the road for everyone, but if no one wants to follow the rules of the road, paths are bound to cross. Feel free to add your own in the comments.

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This is why drivers hate cyclists

And this why cyclists hate drivers

Yet another reason why Times Square sucks

This guy totally deserved it

Wait… YES he stuck the landing!

Two for one deal

They don't even need cars around to hurt themselves

DISCUSSION (15)

SamJackson > MojoMotors.com
09/08/2014 at 10:26

Is it just me or did the guy on the motorcycle do that on purpose?

qbeezy > MojoMotors.com
09/08/2014 at 11:24

Cyclist are rare creatures in Oklahoma. Often times they ride in the road with cars and completely disregard traffic laws. Just yesterday a cyclist was riding in front of me and ran through stop signs and lights. And even cut a car off.

Malforus > MojoMotors.com
10/02/2014 at 10:39

Can we talk about salmon? I totally believe in sharing the road and slowing down to follow a cyclist on a narrow road that doesn't have adequate passing room.

However, those morons who ride the wrong way on a single lane road without helmet or regard for other traffic are assholes. I still don't know how to deal with these bicycle commuters who ride up the middle of the street the wrong way on my road.

thebigbossyboss > Malforus
10/02/2014 at 10:59

The cyclists who piss me off the most are the ones who ride on the roads beside a parallel bike lane. WHY????!?!?!?!?!?!

Malforus > thebigbossyboss
10/02/2014 at 11:19

Those people are up there with people who run on a road not against traffic next to a perfectly good sidewalk.

zerotigerds > qbeezy
10/02/2014 at 12:30

I don't live in OK so I don't know what you normally see and not familiar with the exact laws in your state. Most states allow and even require bikes to be on the road (and not on the sidewalk). They aren't allowed to run stops signs and lights, that's inexcusable. But, in my experience, cars are just as (or even more) guilty of doing this plus they are often distracted by their phones or just zoned out.

avens > MojoMotors.com
10/02/2014 at 13:39

One day there will be a mandatory cycling (driving) license for bikes. Source: I come from the future.

Enthisuast > thebigbossyboss
10/02/2014 at 15:12

Because when there is debris in the road, and cars drive past it, it makes its way to the edges of the road. There is more gravel, broken glass, nails, etc in the bike lane.

Enthisuast > qbeezy
10/02/2014 at 15:16

People who blow through stop signs or stop lights in cars or on bikes are asking to be killed. That being said, a cyclist can sit at a traffic light on a side street all day long and it will never change unless a car comes by. I ride up to the light, stop, look both ways and cross when it is safe. I'm technically running a red light, but I don't have all day to wait for a car to come.

thebigbossyboss > Enthisuast
10/02/2014 at 17:48

Oh. This one is raised though on the curb. It even has a guard rail to protect people from errant cars. It is one of the nicest bike lanes I have ever seen.

samssun > avens
10/03/2014 at 07:42

If the "progressive" control freaks have their way, one day there will be a mandatory license for *everything*. Heinlein called it:

"Do this. Don't do that. Stay back in line. Where's tax receipt? Fill out form. Let's see license. Submit six copies. Exit only. No left turn. No right turn. Queue up and pay fine. Take back and get stamped. Drop dead— but first get permit."

avens > samssun
10/03/2014 at 12:06

Doesn't sound that bad to me, in the case of bicycles. If there's no accessory road designed exclusively to be used by bikes, then they should use the street, right. That means they have to follow the same rules as other vehicles, including cars and motorcycles, but in practice lots of bikers do not and have zero common sense.

Imagine a world without driving licenses for cars or motorcycles, or without safety regulations for both. Sounds as silly as a world without tobacco or alcohol regulations.

In 50 years people will look back to the 2000s-2010s and will laugh at how there weren't bicycling licenses and at how lax regulations were.

Enthisuast > thebigbossyboss
10/03/2014 at 12:44

I love those. We have a few that are completely separate from the road and even has underpasses for crossing streets. One of my favorite diverges from the road and goes into a 'wooded' area. (I say 'wooded' because it's Phoenix and they're all Palo Verde trees and the like)

samssun > avens
10/03/2014 at 16:11

I love the "omg what if there were no regs" scenario that the world's authoritarians love to trot out when they want even more control over something, as if that's anywhere in the realm of possibility. The only choice we're offered is between a million aspects of your life being dictated, or a million and one. As if we somehow couldn't survive all of history before political royalty figured out how to rule everyone.

Couldn't care less about bikes or bikers, just sick of people being trained to accept that we need permission, fees, permits, and forms signed in triplicate otherwise we might do something unapproved by society's meddlers. Won't someone please think of the children?

TheContradiktion > samssun
10/14/2014 at 09:02

I think the more important takeaway is that we should have people be properly trained on safe operation of vehicles, including bikes. I don't think we need to add the standard bureaucratic wet dream of extensive licensing, registration, permits, and fees in order to see a world where the morons in the cars and the morons on the bikes get training to reduce the collective level of their stupidity.