Hyperbowleeeeeeeeeee t1_iwhet63 wrote on November 15, 2022 at 5:40 PM

Reply to comment by jeffbyrnes in Cambridge City Council to consider citywide ban on ‘turning on red’ by superfakesuperfake

Hey, it's your life. I'm not a two ton object that needs to be convinced. I'm sometimes on a bike but not trying to get into a pissing contest with cars, as you seem to be. I yield and let them go. Why would you want to be an obstacle? Just sounds like you're making things unsafe for yourself to prove a point. That's not going to help much if you get hurt. Please stay safe. Your bike is an ancient technology with no safety features of any kind.

jeffbyrnes t1_iwhugnf wrote on November 15, 2022 at 7:20 PM

Your entire argument was “cyclists should obey the law”.

So why do drivers get a pass?

Hyperbowleeeeeeeeeee t1_iwi2w78 wrote on November 15, 2022 at 8:13 PM

Who's giving them a pass? But if you think you're some kind of bicycle vigilante Batman who we need to enforce the law through daily conflict while straddling your 19th century contraption, I can assure you that this scenario is not something the public demands. Just give it a rest, man.

jeffbyrnes t1_iwixyb1 wrote on November 15, 2022 at 11:41 PM

I mean, you’re giving them a pass.

You’ve been hot all over this set of comments, lambasting folks sharing that they break some laws in an attempt to be safer while cycling.

Saying “ugh scofflaw cyclists” while not even once acknowledging the reality of driver behavior as far worse is disingenuous.

Also, you keep referring to a bicycle as something antiquated & unsafe, which has its own negative connotations.

I’m hardly a vigilante; I ride a step-through & wear street clothes when I bike places.

Nobody, no matter how they get around, should be punish-passed or otherwise deal with abuse for going places, and yet this regularly happens to many. Hell, I’ve been punish-passed while driving a car.

Hyperbowleeeeeeeeeee t1_iwj21vz wrote on November 16, 2022 at 12:12 AM

OK, I think you're speaking a slightly different language here with terms and accusations I don't really understand -- or I don't understand how they're pertinent. I think maybe it's gotten too unhinged to continue onward with this conversation really. Good luck with your bicycles.