# Cycling + Stupidity + Traffic = Potential Darwin Award Nomination

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cycling-stupidity-traffic-potential-darwin-award-nomination/361942>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [June 24, 2006, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cycling-stupidity-traffic-potential-darwin-award-nomination/361942 "2006-06-24T01:41:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![anamnesis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb8c5e/32.png) [@anamnesis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anamnesis)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2006, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cycling-stupidity-traffic-potential-darwin-award-nomination/361942/81 "2006-06-30T04:11:55Z")

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Lions and tigers and bears, oh my! (oh yeah, circus midgets too)

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**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2006, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cycling-stupidity-traffic-potential-darwin-award-nomination/361942/82 "2006-06-30T05:09:01Z")

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[QUOTE=anamnesis]  
Lions and tigers and bears, oh my! (oh yeah, circus midgets too)  
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Now you are just being an asshole.

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**Author:** ![anamnesis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb8c5e/32.png) [@anamnesis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anamnesis)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2006, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cycling-stupidity-traffic-potential-darwin-award-nomination/361942/83 "2006-06-30T05:12:58Z")

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And to think, I was only an idiot before!

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**Author:** ![threemae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f9b8f/32.png) [@threemae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threemae)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2006, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cycling-stupidity-traffic-potential-darwin-award-nomination/361942/84 "2006-06-30T05:48:54Z")

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Given the added information regading the gravel shoulder, I retract my condemnation of their behavior. A gravel shoulder is not a roadway.

They may still have been dicks, but I’m not convinced by the OP.

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