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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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[–] blackn1ght@feddit.uk 43 points 3 days ago (39 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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[–] philthi@lemmy.world 20 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I agree that more bike lanes are needed and also cyclists need to be treated with the respect any life demands.

But flipping off a driver or generally blaming people who drive is fighting the wrong fight. I drive a car, I also cycle, being in a car doesn't make me anti-bike.

Fight the government - flip off the government - that is refusing to put in safe infrastructure for the bikes (with protests like this, of course. But don't flip off the driver, at best it does nothing, at worst it widens the gap between both groups and makes it easier to dehumanize and villianize the cyclists).

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[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 28 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (16 children)

While she is clearly a dumbass for not just parking and waiting, why is the bike ride taking up all of the lanes in both directions? Was the street blocked off and this lady ignored it?

Why was there an oncoming car in her lane?

This really needs context.

[–] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 46 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The OP has some context but Lemmy is bad about showing the text included with a media post so it's easy to miss. The OP states it's a "critical mass" protest where large numbers of cyclists reclaim the street to demand better bicycle infrastructure

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[–] regdog@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The context is if the lane ahead of you is blocked you do NOT drive directly into it.

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[–] Monstrosity@lemm.ee 22 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (6 children)

ITT: confounded folks who live in areas where Critical Mass events don't take place.

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[–] OpenPassageways@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago (16 children)

Protesting the lack of safety for riders by being unsafe riders? I don't think the best way to convince the public that cyclists can be safely integrated into traffic is to purposefully create dangerous situations.

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