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its was clearly intentional from the idiot on the bike...
Many bicycle riders think they own the road—an obnoxious group of people.
This is pure narcissism what we see. (control mania)
Generalization is just as stupid. It is not the bike that makes one behave somehow. It is the person who drives it. And that person will behave the same when using any type of vehicle, let it be bike / bus / car / just walking.
I'd argue that it's the bike that the egotist chooses in order to justify thei behaviour.
Right? How dare those cyclists get in the way of your texting and swerving. If there's anyone who thinks they own the road, it's American drivers.
Bella,
Fat American diabetics hate thin, fit cyclists, so they invent a bunch of reasons to justify their hatred. As a former Pro cyclist, I follow the rules of the road. And for my own amusement, I'll ride faster than the cars behind me. Why? Because I can. Oooooo.....they HATE that.
#39 early ejection seat testing.
#19 what could possibly go wrong
#9 does this purse make me look thinner?
On the other hand, no one hates bad or irresponsible riders more than I do, because they create this hatred for responsible riders like me.
Looking at the video, I'm wondering what happened in the moments leading up to what we see. Normally, bus drivers are among the best at working with road problems because they want to keep their jobs. In most places, a bus driver would lose his or her job, and even face legal consequences, doing what we see here. The bike looks like he's either oblivious, or is baiting the driver. However, we have no way of knowing if the driver did anything to make the cyclist behave this way. Decades of riding experience tells me we don't know what was going on. The driver could have stopped and avoided hitting the bike, but chose to drive into it. In a court of law, that puts the driver at fault. If it was the rider who started something before the video, I'd be the first to testify against him in court. Bottom line: don't blame the bike-vehicle war on one side; neither is innocent. And don't judge a situation with a few seconds of phone video. We don't know what happened before the video started, so it could have been either one of them.
Finally, all you bad@$$ teenagers and 20-something drivers: enjoy your motor vehicle now, because by the time you're 40, you'll be pre-diabetic and impotent, and you will be a slave to your car.