This is from a regularly scheduled Everglades Bike Club weekend ride in Key Biscayne, USA, on a 10km stretch of road, and all the drivers know to expect it will be there in the mornings.

  • girsaysdoom@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    72·
    3 days ago

    Going offload to get around a road obstruction in a controlled manner is fine by me. The video that OP uploaded was not this though. They were trying to get around a large group of people legally using the road by running through several pedestrian crossings, using the median to pass, and honking as they did (turn on the audio in the video).

    This is just straight up road rage.

    • alcoholicorn@lemmy.mlEnglish
      23·
      3 days ago

      This is a divided highway with a speed limit of 45mph, those aren’t pedestrian crossings.

      The beeping was “hey I’m here” beeping, not sustained “fuck you” honking.

      I have learned to give a quick “hey I’m over here” beep when passing in the countryside after a motorbike pulled to the right and slowed down to let me pass, then suddenly swerved across the entire road, no indicator, directly in front of my bike.

      • girsaysdoom@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        71·
        3 days ago

        There’s definitely pedestrian crossings involved here.

        Regardless, this driver is obviously breaking dozens of traffic laws just to pass a group of people that are maybe going below the speed limit. If you don’t see the issue with that then I don’t think we really need to continue this conversation.

        • alcoholicorn@lemmy.mlEnglish
          24·
          3 days ago

          I break a dozen traffic laws every time I get on my bike, lets not pretend law is some arbitror of morality to avoid confronting the fact that what he did was harmless.

          • UnequalExchange@lemmy.worldEnglish
            21·
            2 days ago

            …If what they did was ‘harmless’ I want to see you cross that pedestrian crossing with your loved ones during the driver’s rampage.

            ALSO breaking traffic laws in a laughably weak bicycle is NOTHING compared to the damage that a person could do when breaking traffic laws in a over 2 tonne metal death machine. Bruh a persom could easily kill like 40 people in 20 minutes if they broke every traffic law while driving inside it… OK now lets see how many people thst same person would kill if they broke every traffic law while riding on a bicycle … 🍿🤭