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This was a Critical Mass event, which is why the bicyclists are taking up all of the street as a way to reclaim the streets and protest the lack of safety for riders under usual conditions. It's not legal, but protests are never useful if they're fully legal now, are they.

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[–] stevedice@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 days ago

For all of the unequivocally civic commenters on this thread, ask yourself this: would you be defending someone driving through a protest if the protesters weren't on bikes?

[–] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 167 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (20 children)

This is how cyclists feel when they are surrounded by cars on busy roads because the cycling infrastructure is shit.

Except, cyclists can't kill people in cars with their bike.

So, lady, imagine our frustration.

Edit: spelling 🤦‍♂️

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[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 143 points 1 week ago (9 children)

Car brains are incapable of realizing that they're the deadly threat.

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[–] AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip 86 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Idk about the usa but here in europe its EXPLICITLY written into the drivers code that even if someone is driving illegaly if its in your power to stop an accident you have to. So if a person steps in front of you randomly and you have half a second to react thats usually not your fault BUT if you for example saw that there was a school bus dropping kids off and then you hit a child running across the road theres a large chance that theyre gonna charge you. Of course in europe you have to put like 30 hours into theory and then a lot of driving lessons to get a license while in the usa you basically get a drivers license instantly and nobody gives a fuck so thats why people dont know the rules...

[–] Kickforce@lemmy.wtf 46 points 1 week ago (1 children)

To add, in the Netherlands, known for it's stellar bike infrastructure it's exactly with actions like this that they reclaimed their cities from being purely car oriented.

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[–] django@discuss.tchncs.de 76 points 1 week ago (1 children)

"Everyone except me is crazy."

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[–] danielquinn@lemmy.ca 73 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Whenever I've been on a Critical Mass ride, we've always had designated "corkers", people whose job it was to block traffic with blockading/dancing/whatever while the others continued onward. Without people doing that, you run the risk of this sort of carbrained nonsense.

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[–] BigBenis@lemmy.world 63 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

"Dangerous to drivers"

Because you're going to give yourself an aneurysm over a minor inconvenience? You're in a giant suit of armor. You could hit every single one of those cyclists without sustaining even a scratch.

If the cyclists were actually dangerous to drivers, do you think the diver would be accelerating aggressively towards them?

[–] BossDj@lemm.ee 59 points 1 week ago (9 children)

Confused Portlander here. Why are these bikers fully clothed?

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[–] blackn1ght@feddit.uk 44 points 1 week ago (52 children)

She definitely should have either stopped or gone a different route, but it is incredibly dangerous to cycle head onto incoming motor traffic. Not really a great look for the cyclists.

Better off staying in the correct lane but hogging it so vehicles had no choice but to stay behind.

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[–] glitchdx@lemmy.world 43 points 1 week ago

lots of people in this thread that don't understand how protests work.

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