I am going down a single lane, one way street that has the right of way. My Sigma BC906 says I am going at 35km/h. This is 5km/h over the posted speed limit and what most cars usually do on that particular road.
There are two women on the sidewalk ready to cross the road. They see me coming and yet they start crossing the road while I’m just 20 meters away.
Same with cars. They see me coming at them full speed yet they pull in front of me from a side road while I am just a few meters away. They wouldn’t pull that shit on another car, why do they do it for bicycles?
They do that to cars also. As do other cars. But I assume they do it more often with bicyclists because the guys who ride them are whiny little bitches.
They can ignore me at their own risk. I don’t actually own a bike, you see; instead, I’m an enthusiastic user of my city’s bike sharing service. When a big heavy guy like me on a big, heavy municipal bike comes bearing down on them at 25 km/h, they better be faster than me, because they won’t come out the crash looking that good, stupid helmet or no stupid helmet.
A person in/on a vehicle, (car, bicycle, heck, Conestoga wagon) has the responsibility to be careful of pedestrians. Of course, pedestrians should be careful, too.
It’s possible they don’t realize how fast you’re moving. Also, they may (rightly or wrongly) think you can swerve/brake to avoid hitting them more easily than a car could.
If you were driving a car you’d brake, let them cross, and then go. When you are on a bicycle you think you should never have to stop for anyone because starting again from a dead stop is difficult. If you are one of those annoying fixie riders then it’s even harder because you don’t have enough torque because in order to have a decent cruising speed you are over-geared for slow speeds.
Suck it up and don’t think the world owes you the right of way just because you aren’t driving a car.
Seems kind of hypocritical to complain about cars trying to run you down while you’re trying to run down pedestrians. It reminds me of this short guy who I used to play hockey with that’d try to fight everyone.
I don’t know what the traffic laws are like at your village, but around here if there’s no zebra lines or a traffic lights, the pedestrians have to yield to other vehicles.
So which should I do, broadside/get broadsided by a car if I swerve left (since I have perhaps a couple feet at most of the rightmost part of the lane), or hit a parked car or the curb and fall onto the sidewalk/get taken out by a pole or parking meter if I swerve right?
