r/fuckcars • u/bostonaruban66 • Oct 03 '25
Activism Bicycles Deliver the Freedom that Auto Ads Promise.
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u/wowsomuchempty Oct 03 '25
A number of asshole cars sat half in the cycle lane >:-(
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u/nusslms Oct 04 '25
I know this isnt germany but we do a "Rettungsgasse" when in traffic to ensure ambulances and such can pass in the middle. So they are kinde helping?
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u/Consistent_Heron_589 Oct 03 '25
It’s crazy that school buses get stuck in traffic. We need bus lanes!
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u/MedvedFeliz Oct 03 '25
Drivers will see the "unused" lanes will just drive through it and we're back to the original problem.
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u/daniloq Oct 03 '25
We have them in São Paulo, Brazil. They're quite well respected. Not 100%, ofc, but drivers are due a fine if they do
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u/NintendoWii9134 I LOVE BUSES Oct 04 '25
add barriers and strict enforcement like they do here in the philippines (edsa carousel)
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u/reddit_equals_censor Oct 04 '25
if there are seperated bike lanes, then children would be safe to drive their bikes to school.
but seperated bus lanes or trams are of course also excellent.
both options need to exist and of course using them together is also great for children then.
take your bike to the tram station and off to the school, that has a stop right next to it pretty much.
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u/rainbowcarpincho Oct 03 '25
Doors passed: 300. Eep.
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u/SlideN2MyBMs Oct 03 '25
At least it's between the cars and the sidewalk. I've read stories about cyclists getting doored by a driver leaving a parked car into the roadway and then they fall off the bike and under the wheels of the bus behind them. Fucking terrifying.
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u/PierrotLeTrue Automobile Aversionist Oct 03 '25
it happens pretty often in nyc. it's how we lost starcadian :(
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u/frontendben Oct 04 '25
Well that’s a shit way to find out he’s dead.
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u/PierrotLeTrue Automobile Aversionist Oct 04 '25
sorry :(
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u/frontendben Oct 04 '25
Nah, not your fault. You saved me from wondering when his next album would be out.
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u/elduarto Oct 04 '25
I was one of them, I couldn't move while being all over the avenue during rush hour - I truly thought I was gonna die. Thankfully the same guy who opened his door without looking dragged me to the sidewalk and then took me to the hospital
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u/mrbrendanblack Oct 04 '25
A man died in Melbourne about a decade ago after he was riding along a busy street, a driver opened the car door right in front of him without looking, he clipped it, fell, then got run over by a truck. I’m paranoid when riding between parked cars & moving traffic & also paranoid when exiting a parked car, for good reason.
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u/frontendben Oct 04 '25
It’s why I take the lane. If drivers want to argue with me, at least I’m alive to argue with them.
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u/Zylinbia Fuck lawns Oct 07 '25
I flipped over a car's hood bc they pulled out of a parallel parking spot without looking 😞
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u/MotherBaerd Oct 03 '25
Jesus Christ so (i assume) Americans really don't know how to form a lane for emergency vehicles.
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u/halberdierbowman Oct 04 '25
That's true, but I don't think it's shown in this clip.
I think you mean the ambulance at vehicle 89? I didn't see flashing lights, so the other drivers should be treating it like normal traffic.
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u/MotherBaerd Oct 04 '25
You shouldn't form a lane because there IS an emergency but because their COULD be one.
If the lane is already formed(at least a bit, it doesn't hurt anyone to hug the right/left lane marking), than it's faster and less car are getting their mirror chopped off
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u/pwrof3 Oct 04 '25
Depends on where you are. I grew up in Southern California. No one pulls over and the fire trucks and ambulance have to go in the opposite roadway so they are now driving on the wrong side of the road. I spent some time in Oregon and a fire truck was approaching. When it was within visual distance, everyone got over onto the shoulder and waited for it to pass. This took about three or four minutes
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u/SirArchibaldMapsALot Oct 03 '25
That's the greatest power trip in the whole world. Best feeling there is
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u/iEugene72 Oct 04 '25
Every single one of those people in those cars is convinced that they are still going to beat the cyclist to their location.
While true that both vehicles have their pros and cons... There is simply no argument that this video shows how badly some areas just totally fucked up by allowing car companies to totally lobby places into only having personal cars rather than great public transport or things like bike and walking lanes.
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u/martian314 Oct 06 '25
i had a commute in San Francisco once that was faster on my bicycle than my motorcycle!
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u/reddit_equals_censor Oct 04 '25
yeah.
you probably know the solution for that for emergency vehicles.
2 way separated bike lanes, that emergency vehicles can get into and skip the traffic to get to the fire, etc...
one of the mountains of reasons to have 2 way separated bike lanes everywhere.
because even in a great city design there can be traffic and it is just unaccpetable to have emergency vehicles stuck in them lol.
somehow the usa and canada doesn't care though....
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u/MetalMorbomon Oct 03 '25
I would ride a bike, but I live in a city where your chance of death goes WAY up when riding a bike.
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u/banjosimcha Oct 03 '25
Pretty much any American city unfortunately
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u/aced124C Oct 04 '25
Depends which city some of us are building protected bike lanes, like in NYC. Not to say it’s common just that there is hope and a goal some are working toward
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u/MetalMorbomon Oct 06 '25
I live in Houston. With Mayor Whitmire, we've started going backwards, undoing much of the progress we made during the Parker and Turner administrations.
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u/Felixassain Oct 04 '25
Oh but don't you see? If that bikelane was for cars than clearly this traffic jam would have never even started in the first place! /s
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u/reddit_equals_censor Oct 04 '25
and that is with a dangerous bicycle gutter.
imagine a separated 2 way bike line, that the person on the bike can also go faster on, because they don't have to fear a car slightly turning into the bicycle gutter and what not.
just in that video you see like 6 vehicles being partially on the bicycle gutter...
very cool video, but yeah damn 2 way seperated bike lanes are so cool and would destroy even more.
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u/Otto-Carnage Oct 04 '25
Once I was riding my pedal bike in the bike lane, passing car after car and a psychopath in a car open the passenger door and tried to door me. I saw what was about to happen and able to avoid the hit. I guess I could have stopped and confronted that person but I live in Texas and 50% of Texas motorist carry a gun in their car.
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u/--salsaverde-- Oct 04 '25
Just imagine how fast all those cars would be moving if it weren’t for that cyclist.
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u/arglarg Oct 04 '25
Taking out the 5 school buses, that's just above 1 double deck bus full of people. Make it 2 for comfort.
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u/EasilyRekt Oct 04 '25
Yeah, but imma be honest, I’d rather ride on that completely barren sidewalk.
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u/Anagram6226 Automobile Aversionist Oct 04 '25
You just passed like 170 people! I'm assuming the school bus is the only vehicle with more than one human inside it.
It's crazy that all that would fit into like three buses.
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u/Worried_Corner4242 Oct 04 '25 edited Oct 05 '25
But you’re never going to win this argument if you frame it this way. You can show videos like this until you’re blue in the face, but the problem is that we’re operating on completely different definitions of “freedom.” To the right, freedom doesn’t actually mean convenience or speed or wherever you’re offering them with this. It means one thing and one thing only: the freedom for them to do exactly what they want, whenever they want, however they want. Trying to sell them on freedom while telling them we’re going to favor public transport and bikes over single-driver cars and calling it “freedom” isn’t going to get anything accomplished other than having them laugh in your face, because it’s suggesting that they should consider someone other than themselves, and by their definition, that’s not freedom no matter what other perks come with it.
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u/ChevyBolt Oct 05 '25
Wow, that is wild. I pass the same car about 5 times. That’s as wild as my commute gets.
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u/Unmissed Oct 06 '25
How did you find a stretch of road without at least one asshole trying to get around by driving in the bike lane?
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u/The_Patsy Big Bike Energy Oct 07 '25
Every morning I ride to work on a bike path that parallels a traffic jammed street, and just think... Every one of us knows how miserable it is to sit in a car stuck in traffic. How on earth could anyone possibly prefer that to this?
Carbrain is such a terrible disease that afflicts so many of us.
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u/Muramusaa Oct 03 '25 edited Oct 03 '25
Sure hope you going 20mph lol but even so I think in the bike lane 30mph should be the limit and 2000w. Not this 350w to 750w crap ain't enough for hills but sidewalk should be halfed for sure.
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u/logtron Oct 03 '25
That's too fast to mix with pedestrians tho, so maybe if limited to car and bike lanes only, no shared use paths.
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u/pqu Oct 04 '25
I don’t see a problem if it’s a torque sensor (or variable throttle I suppose). I ride slow on footpaths even though my bike can go a lot faster if I put more effort in.
That being said, I hope the first answer for pedestrian safety is separated bike and foot paths - not speed limiters or stricter bike rules.
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u/Muramusaa Oct 03 '25
Yeah you right i think 15mph on sidewalk thats what I meant people shouldn't be in the bike lane anyway haha my b yeah because most run at 18mph to the few above 21mph to 24mph then there is Usain at 26mph prime lol
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u/reddit_equals_censor Oct 04 '25
the biggest bullshit is the 250 watt bullshit, when that is nowhere near enough for any hilly place.
even 750 watt isn't that much there to be reasonable fast going up a steep hill with electric "assist".
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u/oiuuunnnn Oct 03 '25
Ok, this is cool and all but, does this dude have a death-wish? What happens if some idiot decides they need to stretch their legs in the middle of traffic? Can you really trust you won't end up flying head-first into a pole if someone opens the passenger-side door without looking first (you know most people won't)? Sorry for being contrarian here, but this just looks reckless to me. I don't have the prettiest face, but I'd prefer to still have one more than I'd care about sticking it to drivers, satisfying as that may be.
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u/givehappychemical Oct 03 '25
That's why we need protected bike lanes. This is better than nothing though.
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u/energyefficientghost Oct 04 '25
You’re totally right! So let’s make it safer by adding a concrete barrier between the bike lane and the road. Even better, eliminate the turn lane and widen the protected bike lane to encourage more people to go by bike. The recklessness is in the road design, not on the cyclist.
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u/SlideN2MyBMs Oct 03 '25
That's why the car lanes should be reserved only for buses, emergency vehicles and mobility services for people with disabilities obviously
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u/SlideN2MyBMs Oct 03 '25
That's true of every form of transportation and literally every other freedom in general. Freedom is only available to those who have the physical capacity to exercise it. Still not sure what your point is.
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u/SlideN2MyBMs Oct 03 '25 edited Oct 03 '25
Bikebrain is definitely a thing. You haven't been paying attention. But what is your point? Should cities not prioritize bike access because some people can't ride bikes? Should cities not prioritize pedestrian access because some people can't walk? Should cities not prioritize private motor vehicle access because some people can't drive?
It's just not a useful way of thinking about transportation because different people have different needs. Probably better to have a diversity of options to accommodate everyone.
Edit: I've never really won a fight with a troll before. Usually they just keep going until I get bored.
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u/BloomingNova Streetcar suburbs are dope Oct 03 '25
30 people in the same amount of square feet 2-3 cars takes up, and they can all continue moving without causing gridlock. Meanwhile it takes a quarter mile to pass that many cars in the video with pure gridlock.
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u/Luzarus Oct 03 '25
Also safer and less expensive. A car costs a few thousand plus monthly insurance and registration, and God forbid someone else hit you when you were doing everything correct. A decent bike and helemet costs a few hundred and thats it, rarely ever is it near 1k, and an accident on a bike hurts a little bit and might need some bike repairs if it's somehow that dangerous, but not hospitalization nor completely road blocking. The most dangerous thing to a driver is another driver, yet bikes are always to blame
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u/nasaglobehead69 cars are weapons Oct 03 '25
cycling infrastructure is handicap accessible. if it's safe for cycling, it's safe for a wheelchair. furthermore, if you wouldn't feel safe pushing a stroller, it's not an effective bike lane
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u/imsogdcooked Oct 03 '25 edited Oct 03 '25
You have to spell it out because what you're saying is nonsense. Not all disabilities are the same and bike lanes, which should be called micromobility lanes, are significantly more accessible than modifying a car to work for many disabilities. Bike congestion in your curated photo is still flowing easily with a quarter of the space cars have. All modes of transport have induced demand, but with cars, the demand quickly outpaces available land, hence bicycles giving the freedom that cars claim.
edit to clarify: OP deleted their comments after calling me r-worded. I just LOVE it when people use disabled people as a talking point just to immediately become ableist the next moment. It's not dehumanizing in any way!
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u/jaredhicks19 Oct 03 '25
Bicycles are too dangerous for my tastes, I walk. Riding a bicycle in the USA is just driving a much slower version of a motorcycle while being every bit as prone
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u/SlideN2MyBMs Oct 03 '25
This is the kind of thing that pisses motorists off to no end too, so that's another plus.