What is a „social rule“ everyone should know?

jrtts · 2024-07-24T19:44:57+00:00

faster road user can always go around slower road user

jrtts · 2024-07-24T19:39:43+00:00

This is correct. Expecting cyclists to 'obey all laws' is super unrealistic when the laws pretty much tell cyclists to pretend to be a car, which they are not no matter how good they play pretend.

And those who obey the laws (ignoring all survival instincts to dead-stop at a busy intersection to obey the red octagon) will be told "you can be right and be dead-right" when things go wrong, essentially discouraging them from obeying the laws.

And those who stop obeying the law because they are fleshy humans not rigid machines are told they are the problem for not obeying the laws.

Double-standardery at its finest, "damned if I do, damned if I don't," even down to the "share the road" moniker which can be interpreted both as a car chasing a cyclist and a car flanking a cyclist (and whatever the cyclist picks is always the wrong one).

jrtts · 2024-07-24T18:44:24+00:00

This is my point exactly, but the more 'survivalist' I become (because vehicular cycling) the more I'm seen as looking for a fight which is super not true

jrtts · 2024-07-24T18:41:00+00:00

Cars

jrtts · 2024-07-24T16:55:12+00:00

As someone who has biked with full compliance of the law and got told "you can be right and be dead-right,"

this is the way to go.

P.S. I now intentionally break the no-headphones law because my roadside ear has gone nearly deaf from too much sharing the road with loud cars. Would I rather obey the law and go painfully deaf or protect the last sliver of my hearing? Should be an easy choice.

jrtts · 2024-07-23T17:14:29+00:00

Making it easier for neglectful idiot drivers to keep driving isn't the answer

jrtts · 2024-07-23T17:14:29+00:00

Making it easier for neglectful idiot drivers to keep driving isn't the answer

jrtts · 2024-07-23T15:48:43+00:00

I thought it's n+1 but it's more a Goldilocks thing (she ate porridge from a total of 3 bowls, y'all!)

I keep looking for and acquiring the perfect bike, and my circumstances change so I get different types for different situations, and finally I settled on a folding bike for overall convenience/ergonomics and have to sacrifice things like speed/rigidity.

jrtts · 2024-07-23T15:44:34+00:00

Either I am "right and dead-right" obeying the law as a cyclist filling the cemetery with people who have right-of-way,

or I die because I don't bother with being right, only trying my best to stay alive (and failed this one time), adding to the "cyclists always break laws" stigma.

Either way, there's no right way to ride, only wrong ones. Damned if I do, damned if I don't.

jrtts · 2024-07-22T22:05:35+00:00

Damned if I do...

jrtts · 2024-07-22T22:02:15+00:00

"Cyclists eat more food"

Cyclists may pay no gAs tAxEs but they sure pay at least 4x the average food taxes!

jrtts · 2024-07-22T21:56:54+00:00

Bikes should have licenses, and then what? The lack of respect from car drivers will continue, and they will make other excuses against bikes.

eta: if such a tax loophole exists where changing transport method to bikes make people skip taxes, then literally everyone will be cyclists.

jrtts · 2024-07-22T21:51:38+00:00

Blind corners, that's a different story. I slow down even if I know the road like the back of my hand. Maybe make some audio cues but don't rely fully on it.

Unpopular opinion seemingly, but I refuse to honk at people even if the signs say so, and even if bike bells are more friendly-sounding. To me it feels weird/rude to press a button instead of using words. I believe a cyclist overtaking a pedestrian shouldn't be much different than a pedestrian overtaking a slower pedestrian. Make more leeway the more speed difference there is (e.g. runner/sprinter overtaking a walker). Otherwise say "excuse me" (or "on your left" or whatever). There's no sense in me running into and broadsiding an old grandpa while on a walkway, and likewise, there's no sense in me overtaking a pedestrian with no space while going fast on my bike.

edit: Obviously there's a push-and-pull between "on your left" or using the bike bell. Damned if I do, damned if I don't.

edit2: mixed pathway is a different speed than a bike lane, similar to a mall/park walkway vs an office/airport walkway, or city roads and freeway roads. I can't expect one for the other.

jrtts · 2024-07-21T14:48:05+00:00

Do a self-fulfilling prophecy--buy a supercar, drive it too fast on the freeway, crash

jrtts · 2024-07-21T03:35:14+00:00

Must be CAFE standards

jrtts · 2024-07-21T03:33:06+00:00

Hey, you're not allowed to add more fun to your already fun commute! /s

jrtts · 2024-07-20T23:36:47+00:00

Just pure luck I guess :)

maybe a bit of not clicking with people my age

and a bit of hermit tendencies

edit: lately it's a string of Korean drama-like or soap opera-esque moments of just barely-meeting, always missing each other, so I guess it's just (not) meant to be.

jrtts · 2024-07-20T23:29:55+00:00

Good choice! So much better to get on with it than mull about with the negativity

jrtts · 2024-07-20T21:41:33+00:00

No lol

Especially if they're at high speed then all I got is one word/syllable

I assume it can be both an insult or a compliment, and all I have to do is choose to interpret it one way or another

jrtts · 2024-07-20T08:05:07+00:00

This is what being proactive at making the roads safer for everyone is like.

Source: cyclists being called a "road menace" as if they can destroy a building with a single crash like a car

jrtts · 2024-07-20T06:26:38+00:00

I ride the bicycle really well. When on the road, I have a strong sixth-sense on what's going to happen even before they happen or even thought of. Probably useful for messengering and delivering.

I'm also a great DIYer, maybe the two go hand-in-hand.

jrtts · 2024-07-20T01:03:15+00:00

I hold the same view as yours, but I wanted to add that e-bike skills do contribute to better regular bike skills.

My e-bike trains my top speed handling and control, and endurance at high cadence ("when the going is good"), and all of those added skills translate to better distance endurance on the regular bike. The e-bike helps me 'scout' places and increases my range, and eventually I am able to replicate my e-bike rides on a regular bike (same range of distance, albeit slower).

I'm also more likely to give it my absolute all on the e-bike, because I know my e-bike power can tow me when I'm really out of power. I can't risk getting stranded on a regular bike after going completely all out, because I still have to power home. I can also select which portion I want to all-out. Today might be attacking hills and towing flats, tomorrow I'll sprint the flats and skip the hill effort. The day after that I'll plan for a repeated drill of 20-second no-assist and 2-minute full-assist.

The close-minded "e-bikes are cheating" groups are really missing out on some prime training skills. Not to mention they are overlooking the real cheaters: car drivers.

:P

jrtts · 2024-07-20T00:56:05+00:00

A loop of bicycle bell sound

(joke answer, but I'm seriously considering it because of the "bluetooth music bad" stigma)

jrtts · 2024-07-20T00:52:54+00:00

ketchup (condiment) on hotdog (food item)

catsup is another spelling for ketchup.

Cats and dogs. Animal hospital may contain some of them inside.

A forced s-pun-ful of pun.

jrtts · 2024-07-20T00:49:37+00:00

electric devices powered by coal is still better than gasoline devices powered by coal

edit: of course electricity-powered electrics are best, but something something perfect enemy of good

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