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[–] AdamEatsAss@lemmy.world 54 points 2 months ago

Lol. I'm pretty sure my local police have their inbox set to auto delete all driving complaints.

[–] CodexArcanum@lemmy.world 33 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Angry driving can make one quite blunt

Enough to rage over a mundane stunt

At bicyclists abreast

a roar rose in his chest

SINGLE FILE YOU TWO-WHEELED CUN--

Skeleton Warriors!

[–] model_tar_gz@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

This is a masterpiece. You should publish.

[–] ohwhatfollyisman@lemmy.world 26 points 2 months ago (1 children)

so did you "bare" this in mind, then?

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)
[–] NarrativeBear@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago (3 children)

When I go for a bike ride with my SO we always ride side by side on streets that have a posted limit at or below 40kmh.

We usually only ride side by side on residential streets. Occasionally we get someone driving too close to us when passing or shouting out their windows saying single file in the same way.

Its like going for a walk, we would not walk in a single file, neither would we sit in a car in single file.

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

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[–] PsychedSy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 months ago

That's technically illegal here, but I mostly only see cops violating it. I think the larger cycling groups go for rural roads.

[–] cumtownenjoyer@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Not a single one of you thought to consider why the hell an official letter from the police would write verbatim expletive quotes in the style of a tumblr teenager instead of simply writing that there was a verbal altercation. Complete lack of critical thinking or a total suspension of disbelief.

[–] mondoman712@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago

Or the fact that it doesn't need to be real because 1. It's still funny and 2. We all know that the incident has happened somewhere, because shit like this happens so often.

[–] Cypher@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago (2 children)

taking up more road by riding two abreast may appear to take up more road space

These coppas are genuises, and yes I paraphrased it rather than quoting the stupidity.

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You're not coming off as clever as you imagine.

[–] Cypher@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Okay jerkface

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

How are some cyclist comfortable with driving side by side? I was always anxious when that happened, can't swifel out and nothing and if you fall because of that, the others fall too.

[–] DrFuggles@feddit.org 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I mean, they're probably not touching handlebars when riding side by side.

[–] Slovene@feddit.nl 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Yeah, cauase touching handlebars would be gay.

[–] MigratingtoLemmy@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago
[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Meanwhile, Cyclists in America...

C1: Hey did you hear about those Brits getting yelled at by drivers?

C1: Yeah. Somebody call the whambulance, some cyclists are butthurt about being cussed out lol

C2: lol what a bunch of pussies. Anyway, fid you remember to wear your bulletproof vest today?

C1: Every day brother. Now let's see how many drivers we can fuck with before one tries to run us over.

[–] Flax_vert 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Jeremy Vine is in Nottinghamshire?

[–] Isoprenoid@programming.dev 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

OOTL:

Jeremy Vine

On August 2016, a car driver threatened and was abusive to Vine while he was cycling along Hornton Street in Kensington, London. Vine captured the encounter on his helmet camera, later broadcasting it on YouTube where it was viewed several million times. Vine also reported it to the police. On 18 April 2017, the car driver was jailed for nine months for threatening behaviour. At the time of the incident, she was subject to a suspended sentence for various other offences.

Here's the video, it contains road rage so don't watch it if you have high blood pressure.

[–] Flax_vert 3 points 2 months ago

I think something happened as well with a lorry driver and losing his job. Petrolheads hate vine lol