Clearly, you didn’t understand my original comment or read anything else in the thread, here’s another comment I wrote earlier:
You’re putting your own life in danger when you do crap like that, all it’ll take is one aggressive driver having a particularly bad day to run you over. Sure, they’ll probably get arrested and face consequences for that, but it won’t really matter all that much to you when you’re dead.
It’s like debating with the “fuck seatbelts” people stg.
With that attitude, you’ll likely end up as a statistic. You’re just as bad as the entitled “car brains”, except things go badly in Car vs Bike scenarios for the biker.
You obviously have no idea what you are talking about or how to ride defensively when you are a cyclist on the road.
“Almost ironically, the way to make yourself safer while cycling on the road is by being in the way. ‘Defensive cycling’ helps you do that by preventing other road users from taking advantage of your relatively small size and slow speed.”
Many cyclists try to be courteous to motor vehicles by sticking as close to the side of the road as possible. Even though that does give drivers more room to pass, it also makes you harder to spot. Try to be at least three or four feet (one metre) away from the edge of the road. If you’re not blending in with the curb or the sidewalk, it will be easier for turning motor vehicles to spot you."
I one of your responses you say they should just hop up on to the curb, no, never! The footpath is for pedestrians, people walking, not for riding bikes on. Then you are putting pedestrians at risk.
And constantly saying you should “take down their VRM and report them to someone” as if that will do any good at all, the police couldn’t care less about that kind of stuff and achieves absolutely nothing. Jog on mate.
I’m talking about after someone has clearly started on a path of aggression and road rage as described by OOP. People have been shot or run over or run into (if in a car, I’m not even talking about just bikers) over slights like cutting someone off.
Once someone has demonstrated severe aggression like described, it’s time to get out of the way, not amplify it
Clearly, you didn’t understand my original comment or read anything else in the thread, here’s another comment I wrote earlier:
With that attitude, you’ll likely end up as a statistic. You’re just as bad as the entitled “car brains”, except things go badly in Car vs Bike scenarios for the biker.
You obviously have no idea what you are talking about or how to ride defensively when you are a cyclist on the road.
“Almost ironically, the way to make yourself safer while cycling on the road is by being in the way. ‘Defensive cycling’ helps you do that by preventing other road users from taking advantage of your relatively small size and slow speed.”
https://www.edinburghbicycle.com/blog/what-is-defensive-cycling
Many cyclists try to be courteous to motor vehicles by sticking as close to the side of the road as possible. Even though that does give drivers more room to pass, it also makes you harder to spot. Try to be at least three or four feet (one metre) away from the edge of the road. If you’re not blending in with the curb or the sidewalk, it will be easier for turning motor vehicles to spot you."
https://pedalstreet.com/defensive-cycling/#Do_not_hug_the_curb
"Don’t ride near the curbs.
Give yourself 2-3 feet of space to bail out in case a vehicle comes too close."
https://www.thegeekycyclist.com/tips/bicycle-safety-tips/
I one of your responses you say they should just hop up on to the curb, no, never! The footpath is for pedestrians, people walking, not for riding bikes on. Then you are putting pedestrians at risk.
And constantly saying you should “take down their VRM and report them to someone” as if that will do any good at all, the police couldn’t care less about that kind of stuff and achieves absolutely nothing. Jog on mate.
That’s all for normal traffic/day to day
I’m talking about after someone has clearly started on a path of aggression and road rage as described by OOP. People have been shot or run over or run into (if in a car, I’m not even talking about just bikers) over slights like cutting someone off.
Once someone has demonstrated severe aggression like described, it’s time to get out of the way, not amplify it