Why are cyclists like this

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Cyclists: “We have vehicles and demand the right to drive in the street like a car!”
Cars: “Okay but this is a stop sign.”
Cyclist: “whyyyy should I stop at the stop sign I’m basically a pedestrian anyway and it would cause me to have to dismount from my 12 lb bicycle for three seconds.”

Why are they like this?

If they start paying extra taxes for their bikes, bike liability insurance, extra taxes on food, etc., and they can keep up with traffic speeds, that's fine and dandy. But they better not doddle or get in the way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cyclists: “We have vehicles and demand the right to drive in the street like a car!”
Cars: “Okay but this is a stop sign.”
Cyclist: “whyyyy should I stop at the stop sign I’m basically a pedestrian anyway and it would cause me to have to dismount from my 12 lb bicycle for three seconds.”

Why are they like this?

If they start paying extra taxes for their bikes, bike liability insurance, extra taxes on food, etc., and they can keep up with traffic speeds, that's fine and dandy. But they better not doddle or get in the way.

“Doddle?” 😳

[Anonymous]

If you coast through a stop sign, you're going slow enough that you can see and going 1 mph is basically like being stopped, you could stop if you need to. You don't need as much stopping distance as a car, so you keep going to keep up momentum. If you stop, you have to exert more energy to get going again. If you stop suddenly, you might crash. That's probably the thought process. It's also faster to bike on the road like you're a car because the road doesn't have pedestrians on it or sidewalks that might not be smooth.

If you are a driver, just give the biker room and don't pass if they are in the road unless there is room to do it safely.

[Anonymous]

Cyclists are the most self-centered, loathsome creatures of all time. Glad I’m not the only one who feels this way.

[Anonymous]

I saw a bicycle whiz down a street, full speed, and SCREAM bloody murder at a car who was turning the corner in front of him. He went ape sh*t on the driver.

[Anonymous]

FwIW my cyclist Dad would make me walk my bike home if I didn't signal or obey traffic signs/lights. But my Dad was also a doctor who had treated cyclist v car injuries.

I've personally almost been hit a few times by cars running stop signs, both as a pedestrian/cyclist and while driving. There's a 4 way stop by my house that's particularly bad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:cyclist are stupid, we have cars and modern ways of transport. they should be banned

Bikes don't need gaz, don't waste space and don't destroy the earth. Cardriver are stupid and selfish.

[Anonymous]

Cyclists disregard the rights of pedestrians. They are awful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:cyclist are stupid, we have cars and modern ways of transport. they should be banned

Bikes don't need gaz, don't waste space and don't destroy the earth. Cardriver are stupid and selfish.

Cyclists are the most entitled jerks as a whole of any group using the road way. Bar none.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Cyclists: “We have vehicles and demand the right to drive in the street like a car!”
Cars: “Okay but this is a stop sign.”
Cyclist: “whyyyy should I stop at the stop sign I’m basically a pedestrian anyway and it would cause me to have to dismount from my 12 lb bicycle for three seconds.”

Why are they like this?

Bicycles are different from cars. Sorry you are to stupid to understand that

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cyclists: “We have vehicles and demand the right to drive in the street like a car!”
Cars: “Okay but this is a stop sign.”
Cyclist: “whyyyy should I stop at the stop sign I’m basically a pedestrian anyway and it would cause me to have to dismount from my 12 lb bicycle for three seconds.”

Why are they like this?

Bicycles are different from cars. Sorry you are to stupid to understand that

So bikes are different - but you want to be treated the same as cars when it comes to using the road. Despite being different.


Is that about right?

[Anonymous]

This morning I was driving down a hill going the speed limit and a cyclist (middle aged man in lycra, naturally) decided he needed to squeeze past me on the right even though there was not bike lane. He blew through the stop signs and would have caused an accident had I been turning right. It was really unsafe. These are the types of maneuvers that make us all dislike cyclists.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cyclists: “We have vehicles and demand the right to drive in the street like a car!”
Cars: “Okay but this is a stop sign.”
Cyclist: “whyyyy should I stop at the stop sign I’m basically a pedestrian anyway and it would cause me to have to dismount from my 12 lb bicycle for three seconds.”

Why are they like this?

Bicycles are different from cars. Sorry you are to stupid to understand that

So bikes are different - but you want to be treated the same as cars when it comes to using the road. Despite being different.


Is that about right?

There is a group of people that genuinely think that cycling is a divine form of transportation and should not be impeded by anyone on foot or any other type of vehicle. It's a type of religion for them, even though they wouldn't use words like divine or religion to describe it.

This article was posted on the local Arlington news site yesterday: https://www.arlnow.com/2025/11/12/members-of-arlington-bicycle-panel-remain-angry-over-reduced-responsibilities/. Apparently the bike people are full of rage because the county doesn't want their input on specific development projects. There are feedback mechanisms available to the public at large, but the bike people want to have their very special feedback considered separately. They are even threatening to quit the bike committee - but they won't.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cyclists: “We have vehicles and demand the right to drive in the street like a car!”
Cars: “Okay but this is a stop sign.”
Cyclist: “whyyyy should I stop at the stop sign I’m basically a pedestrian anyway and it would cause me to have to dismount from my 12 lb bicycle for three seconds.”

Why are they like this?

Bicycles are different from cars. Sorry you are to stupid to understand that

Oh irony, thy name is cyclist!

[Anonymous]

Every bike needs a non-removable tracker that transmits license and rider data to an app everyone can have. Cars don't get to ride around being anonymous. Bikes shouldn't either. And since they don't tend to stop, the transmission seems like a good compromise.