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Fuck your existing lanes and fuck your 1.5-tonne beasts. Make some space, it won't fucking kill you.
this post was submitted on 25 May 2025
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IIUC, in Ontario cyclists are legally allowed to take up a whole lane on most roads.
Legally allowed doesn’t mean a whole lot when it’s 100kg vs 2000kg.
I don’t mean that it’s not a fair point, but is it worth a life?
We take the lane for safety, actually. There are many situations where it is much safer to take the lane.
I suppose carrying a few cameras would help to insure safety.
When using a crosswalk on foot, I always make sure a car is stopped in it's lane before proceeding to the next lane. Full eye contact. It doesn't matter that I'm in a crosswalk. I might have been in the right, but that won't matter if I die.
It's the same with cycling. Cameras will only help after the fact, and maybe a bit if it's very visible. But the best thing you can do is not trust any car, and avoid travelling where you have to trust cars.
That just means the footage would go on cyclists/protestors getting owned compilations.
The real answer is to have your own vehicles blocking other traffic while the cyclists do their protest… and to be armed.
I don't think many judges watch owned compilations.
"But your honour, I can't pay the awards, I can't even begin to pay it!"
"You can start with the revenue you make from those 'owned' videos you posted on YouTube."
"But YouTube pays me shit!"
"That's not the court's problem. You injured the cyclist and destroyed his bike: you pay for it."
Gotta survive to get your day in court.
You better survive if the defendant knows what's good for wt:thon.
Thon might be facing a number of charges.
Someone being charged doesn’t help the dead, and sentences for car drivers that kill people are shockingly light.
The idea of much of the criminal justice system is to deter. If the law fails, vigilantes appear. Folks like Luigi Mangione can get quite popular and have supporters.
Why do you think I said go armed?
good idea.
i agree, if you replace the cameras with guns
In most coastal US cities, if bike-specific facilities are unavailable or blocked then it's legal to take a full motor lane. At your own peril of course, most drivers and many cops are indifferent to this information. Vehicular cycling is sadly not the answer to getting everyone out on a bike.
Organized protests should not be too difficult (probably ditto many unorganized ones. 😁🙂).
I think you left out an "n't".
corrected and thank you for the correction. 😁🙂
I loved this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDboYpYvT2o
I kinda like it too. 😁
Thanks for posting it!
Let the motorists know your disapproval. There might be many ways to express such. 😁
And these statistics (I would appreciate OOP's sources if they're available) would be good ammunition in the lawsuit filed against the Ontario government for their bill that is spuriously trying to remove bike lanes in Toronto.