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[-] li10@feddit.uk 166 points 1 year ago

As a cyclist, two people cycling side by side while other vehicles are waiting to pass is a bit of a dick move tbh.

Not illegal, and nothing compared to the shit that drivers do to cyclists, but still a bit of a dick move.

[-] SonnyVabitch@lemmy.world 79 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Cycling two abreast is better for the driver, since they can overtake much quicker.

[-] li10@feddit.uk 41 points 1 year ago

That image is quite a niche scenario and doesn’t represent the situation in the original image.

Obviously it’s different with a group of eight compared to just two people…

[-] SonnyVabitch@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

How is it different though? In the original picture you can safely overtake the two of them in about half the time and half the available opening in traffic compared to them riding single file.

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[-] AgileLizard@lemmy.ml 26 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I disagree since overtaking a cyclist in the same lane is unsafe anyway. In the city I always cycle in the middle of the lane because it prevents unsafe takeovers and dooring.

[-] yA3xAKQMbq@lemm.ee 13 points 1 year ago

Where do you see another vehicle "waiting to pass"? There's absolutely nothing in this picture telling you how much traffic there is, how wide the road is, etc. Nothing.

What can be seen in the picture, however, is a car that, no matter the speed, is tailgating way too close. Which is a misdemeanor in some countries.

[-] onion@feddit.de 13 points 1 year ago

Yes illegal, depending on the country.

[-] Player2@sopuli.xyz 11 points 1 year ago

If cyclists can use the whole lane (common situation in the United States for example), it is (almost always) illegal for a driver to leave their drivable portion of the road to pass someone, bicyclist or otherwise. That includes crossing any lines, going to the opposite side of the road, being on the shoulder or sidewalk, etc.

Without a separate bicycle lane, it is not permitted to pass a bicyclist.

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[-] mriormro@lemmy.world 43 points 1 year ago

I wish the diagram would have put little fart clouds labeled 'Methane' behind the bicyclists.

What I'm trying to say is that I crop dust a lot when I bike.

[-] HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Fun fact, humans actually produce only trace amounts on methane in our farts because we're not ruminants. Most of our farts are nitrogen swallowed from the air and CO2 produced by gut bacteria. The bad smelling chemicals are in even lower concentrations and barely make up a rounding error by volume, we simply evolved to be really sensitive to them because it's beneficial to our survival to avoid poop.

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[-] caesaravgvstvs@feddit.de 32 points 1 year ago

So people saying the bikes side by side are a dick move are implying that you have more right to the road because you're driving a car?

Generally speaking, to do an overtake, a car needs to leave the lane completely, so it doesn't matter whether it's one or two bikes.

[-] lorty@lemmy.ml 22 points 1 year ago

You are assuming drivers respect the safety distance from a lone biker...

[-] SpaceScotsman@startrek.website 13 points 1 year ago

It does matter. It's safer for everyone if cyclists travel side by side in one lane because then the car driver has to spend less time in the oncoming lane to complete the overtake. A long string of bikes takes more time to safely pass.

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[-] Subverb@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago

Why state a car's length in millimeters? Why state any length over a meter in millimeters?

Why doesn't the world use the decimeter? I don't think I've ever seen it used anywhere.

[-] cron@feddit.de 48 points 1 year ago

Using millimeters is pretty common in engineering.

[-] slackassassin@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 year ago

So is using meters.

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[-] Rakonat@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago

How I wish I lived in a part lf the world built and designed for bycicles or proper public transit.

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[-] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

It also works fine with just one person in the car.

[-] taiyang@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

Yeah, that's the most unrealistic part of that. Almost every car here has only one person in it.

[-] Dkarma@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This sub is pointless until it can provide a solution to having to get somewhere 30 miles from here when it's 10 below outside for most of the winter.

Dont give me that it's not always 10 below excuse. It is often 10 below or lower for long stretches in the north. Biking is simply not viable or practical.

Look at this example. Looks like it's 80 and sunny with the top down on a convertible and everyone in summer clothes.

Everyone doesn't live in Arizona, kar Karen.

[-] theplanlessman@feddit.uk 16 points 1 year ago

Public transport? Or cars. Some people on here may be militant about getting rid of all cars, but most of us aren't that extreme. We simply want to have the option to not use cars, which is currently not the case in many regions of the world.

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[-] SrTobi@feddit.de 14 points 1 year ago

Chill. We are working on the temperature. It just takes time, but I think we got one or two degrees already

[-] GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 year ago

Dont give me that it's not always 10 below excuse. It is often 10 below or lower for long stretches in the north. Biking is simply not viable or practical.

"It's sometimes cold, therefore you can never bike"

Solid take there.

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[-] disconnectikacio@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

As a usual biker, i say bikers riding like this why others want to overtake them (even other bikers), are jerks. Same for pedestrians, and everyone...

[-] ThatFembyWho 14 points 1 year ago

Oh gosh, metric that is too confusing. Can you convert it into units we can all understand like yards, feet, inches

/s

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[-] Guajojo@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago
[-] JoYo@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 year ago

exactly.

both groups abuse their power to deny pedestrians their domain over the roads.

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