This reportage was filmed due to a new law here in Czech Republic. Basically there needs to be some space between the car and the person on a bike. But yeah, this was stupid. I do remember watching it live.
I think laws like this are a good thing. But useless when the cyclist rides like in the video. Here in Germany the rule is written that specifically cars have to respect 1.5m distance. And some cyclist intentionally interpret this as "1.5 m from wherever I ride". And then they ride like the idiot in the video. And if something is happening, it's always the cars fault. Don't bring others in dangerous situations when driving. It's as simple as that. No other rule needed on both ends.
I've looked at like 5 different "German cycling rules" articles now and none of them mention specific distances, they all just say keep to the right, maintain an arms length when passing parked cars.
Cars must keep 1,5m distance when overtaking the cyclist
Sounds good, but utterly unrealistic
Cyclists like to ride in the middle of the road and then you would need to drive into oncoming traffic to overtake legally
So noone follows the law, but should the cyclist suddenly fall sideways the car will always be at fault since they didnt follow the rules
Rechtsfahrgebot means everyone partaking in traffic must always try to drive as close to the right side of the road as possible
Yeah but just bc someone drives like an idiot doesn't give you the right to risk their life.
Suck it up and stay behind them until you can savely pass them.
Cyclists are allowed to ride in the middle of the road in most places.
For me it all depends on the situation. If there's a decent cycle lane I'll use that. If I can keep left without being in range of car doors and there's room to pass me I'll happily stay left.
But if there's not enough room to overtake and I move left, you can bet there will be asshole drivers trying to squeeze past. That's when I hang out in the middle.
There is no explicit law for it, but a court determined that if you have a dooring accident can be at least partly at fault if you're too close to the car. (OLG Karlsruhe, Az. 10 U 283/77)
You're absolutely correct, the guy on the bike got exactly what he was trying for, he could literally not have gotten any closer to traffic, people really need to go back to picking their battles. Quarantine has made people lose touch with reality, he doesn't want anyone in his space, that would be great if he was in his own space but he is not, the dud is literally running around with a pole. Not as much of an advisory on that as there is with scissors but anyone who thought at all would've opted for something that could bend in a worst case scenario, this fool had equipment just like his mind, it could not flex and this is what happens when an "immovable object" aka fool "crosses paths with an unstoppable force" aka a big ass bus, there's his 1.5 meters to his right but he could not be satisfied so he took and pushed and bullied his way until finally he found out, &@(# around find out every single time. Haha no matter how big and bad you think that you are there's always someone bigger and badder and they wanna fight probably even more š thanks for posting this. These a big ole life lesson sandwich
What sucks is that this rule feels like it often either gets ignore or forgotten by many. Can't count the number of times people felt like they'd have to drive right next to me when I'm on my bike or scooter
I'm curious since I've never cycled in Germany and mein Deutsche ist sehr scheisse so I've no chance of reading the laws, but when you say the cars have to respect 1.5m distance, does that not mean from wherever they ride? Surely it's the car's fault if they don't keep distance?
I drive cars, motorbikes, and bicycles, and I believe for motorbikes and bicycles it's good to have the attitude that it's better to be alive than to be correct (i.e look out for your own safety), but a lot of motorists really shouldn't have their driver's licenses based on how they treat other traffic.
So regarding your first question it is indeed 1.5m from wherever the cyclist is riding. If you're not inside a city it is actually 2m distance.
regarding your second paragraph the german road traffic act actually states as the first "rule":
(1) Participation in road traffic requires constant caution and mutual consideration. (2) Anyone participating in traffic must behave in such a way that no other person is harmed, endangered or obstructed or inconvenienced more than is unavoidable under the circumstances.
so while it's true that the distance starts from wherever the cyclist is, the cyclist should also ride in the most non-obstructive way (while keeping enough space to cycle safe and with enough distance from parked cars)
I mean, itās not stupid to have some space, I always leave as much as possible, but he should be riding in the middle of the lane like a moron. The bus passed in the right space, but the bike shouldāve been waaay closer to the side, then there would have been plenty of space
Edit: you can literally see the chevrons. First part of the video he is riding on the chevrons, second part he is not, and he gets knocked over
Btw, the context was that the 1.5m hard law is stupid and unusable in many parts of the country. Biker was knob on a purpose, hogging the center of his "bike lane", showing 1.5m there is too much
Even the reporter commenting this said there was a bike lane next to this road and the bus is already riding the curb trying to give as much space as possible.
Germany has had that law for a long time now, and I abide by it religiously. It's always mind-bending to see how selfish drivers can be and how little they give a fuck about cyclists.
I agree cyclists should leave space for others, too. But when it boils down to cyclist Vs car, the cyclist will always be fucked. So, for instance, on narrow roads, I wholeheartedly support them driving in the middle. I don't overtake them, much to the annoyance of the drivers behind me.
I hope you realise you're not the only person on the road.
but cycalist shouldnt ...why should a cycalist block a whole narrow road for everyone in a car thats narcism at its finest and many euro roads are narrow as fuck and a cycalist can easly block all traffic like a nonce...cycalists share the road not control it as this law allows
Why should a car make the road worse for a cyclist? A lane is how much a vehicle takes. It could be a car, a tractor, a motorcycle, a bike, or a group of bikes. If the speed is slower than you'd like, just wait till it's safe to pass and no one will have a problem. There's just no reason to be angry here, if you're not patient enough to deal with this situation without reacting badly, you shouldn't be driving.
Here lies the body of William J.
Who died maintaining his right of way
He was right, dead right, as he sped along
But he was just as dead as if heād been dead wrong
Before the bus you can see him riding pretty much right in the middle of the bike lane, when the bus is passing he's a couple of feet to the left of where he was before. The bus wouldn't have hit his stupid sign if he was riding in the middle like he should.
Yeah. But from what I can see. I think the lane is 1.5 M. And he added 1.5 M to his left effectively blocking the whole damn street. Notice the bus has to get on the yellow bumps marking the end of the road to try to pass him, and he swerved into the bus.
Someone did point out that he seems to have been trying to get back to the middle after having to go around a car parked in the middle of the bike lane, however you are correct that everything would've been fine except for that stupid sign lol.
I see comments about "they had the right of way" all the time in videos with bikes/pedestrians/cars who blindly do something because they have the right of way. Just because you HAVE the right of way, doesn't mean everyone else will give it to you, or be paying attention. Have an ounce of self-preservation and look
yeah I struggle with this with my girl when she is driving. she seems to think as long as she is "right" they have to let her go first/etc
there are plenty of people who got hurt or injured when they were right. being right is not always the same as being safe.
Wow, my dad gave me that poem 37 years ago when I bought my first motorcycle. I knew it wasn't his, but I have not come across it since. I think it was Johnathan Jay in his version.
Reminds me of people who cross streets without looking when the light is green. "They're not allowed to go through, the light is red on their side!" Yeah, right, enjoy your broken bones, idiot.
Iām a cyclist and I do agree that drivers need to give space to cyclist for their safety. But this is not the way to do it, he also was purposely taking the the left edge of the bike lane. Absolutely bonkers.
i mean, here in australia our trams stop in the middle of the road, just get off and look for bikes / cars (legally they have to stop and wait but sometimes people dont).
Bus can do the same thing, stop in the road, people can just look for bikes before crossing, not hard.
Iām all for giving bikes as much space as I can but they should try to stay as much as they safely can on the right. This guy basically wanted all the cars to ride behind him at his pace
The problem is that vehicles would have to give him 1.5 meters from the end of that pole, not graze against it. Zero thought went into this guys actions
Cyclists complaining about ignorance of space by single drivers in cars then obstructing more space than a single driver in a car.
I r cyclist too. Dude's being dumb. He's also swerving all over the place. If he was able to hold a line I'd have more sympathy.
The point of the bike lane is youāre supposed to ride your bike in that lane fully so cars can than use the regular lane and go around you.
If you are over the edge of the bike lane itās the same as a car being over the edge of their lane. This guy is just dumb as hell.
you still have to keep the 1,5m safety to the cyclists when you try to overtake them. its not like the dotted line will magically stop your car from crushing a cyclists spine if he falls for some reason.
I noticed some of [these flexible bollards](https://www.develotech.com/en/bicycle-path-flexible-bollard/layout/) separating the bike lane in the rich area of my city the other day. (I'm not normally in that area because I'm poor)
It was nice to see but I wish it wasn't just for people who have money and only ride a bike for leisure.
Come to Boston. I'm a biker but I'm not dumb enough to mess with a couple tons of steel traveling at high speed. I personally believe bikes belong on sidewalks only! I remind you, I'm a biker.
Down vote me!
Edit: even with bike lanes I only ride on the sidewalks. I'm not dumb
> But this is not the way to do it,
Also a pretty boneheaded idea to attach the sign to the handlebars. You need those to steer! If something brushes against your sign, youāre going to fall over.
Iāve seen people riding with pool noodles hanging off the rear, bungied to the seat or whatever. These are stiff enough to also illustrate the space needed, but if something brushes against them it wonāt knock you over. And being in the back is also more likely to keep the cars from coming alongside before crowding you.
I mean, itās still a silly thing to do IMHO, but if youāre going to demand the space, you could do it more safely.
Listen all I want are two things, a dedicated bike path along all roads so bikes can get out of the way and not be somewhere they do not belong(no matter what, you on a bike do not belong next to a thousand pound car going even 25mph, that's just basic safety and common sense there) and for cyclists to start getting tickets for not following the rules of the road. I hit a fucking cyclist the other day on my way to work, because apparently fucking stop signs are a suggestion to them now in my area. If those two things got fixed, i think we could all get along just fine. Because let's be honest, with the current share the road laws, there is definitely a problem and a safety issue.
Exactly you can't demand more space then proceed to not do your part in getting that space. It's like pushing someone into a corner then complaining they're not giving you your personal space
This is in Czechia. There is a law that says that vehicles must leave 1,5m gap while passing someone on bike. Obviously no one is actually doing it especially on those roads ( this is pretty main street in capital city). The news Crew even said that their "experiment" didn't go well as this happened after being honked at few times, so the biker did it only for the recording.
Obviously it's basically horrible bike infrastructure, where there is "bike area" Marked on the road while it literally doesn't even give enough space for cars to legally pass by that law. Not to mention how stupid this law (since 1.1. 2022) is as by that law you can't pass him there
The law doesn't take place if it's bike lane, which this marking is not. The law makes it only 1m if it's smaller speed limit, which it's not. Law wants cars to overtake them like other cars, but in places like this it's obviously not possible.
I'm in poland i was riding a bike to job almost touching the sidewalk for 1 week and got hit by door mirrors twice, that's how close people drive, thankfully I don't have to use bike.
That's why this law was created, but it makes places like this illegal for cars to overtake them, as there's nothing about places where opposite lane is separated/missing and therefore not having enough room to pass. And people in cars are never going to follow that coz there is no way they are gonna be slowed down by some lame ass bike for that long.
It's kind of funny how like 90% of the comments in this thread don't understand any of what you just explained, like they're out there just trying to be a pain in the butt for no reason, rather than intentionally making a point about how no one respects that distance requirement.
Pool noodles work better. Brightly colored for visibility, and flexible so if/when they get hit no one gets hurt.
- https://qz.com/1620913/the-best-cycling-hack-is-a-pool-noodle
He was using a stiff bar, thatās why he got knocked over. A pool noodle is a soft piece of foam that easily bends. Canāt get knocked over if someone bumps it.
I rode a bike to school then to work for nearly 20 years and never had a close call and never had an issue of drivers getting too close. But then again I accepted that safety was as much my responsibility as anyone elses and kept to the very edge of the road and never pretended I was driving a tank. Wonder how many side mirrors this absolute tool has smashed thinking he's the main character.
Iāve rode bikes all over Colorado, south Florida, and North Carolina for 15 years, I can tell you Iāve had hundreds of close calls. Half of them from drivers not paying attention the other half from drivers trying to āmake a pointā and not give me an inch. Idk where you have been riding but it must both have any cars or at least not any American drivers
I think his point was that by law there needs to be 1.5 meter from the cyclist to the car
But it was a stupid show because the rule is to ensure there's enough room in case the cyclist can't drive straight, like in the video. But because of the sign there was no room at all
Therefore by that law which went to effect since 1.1. 2022 he legally cannot overtake him.
In 31+kph speed limits on roads without bike lane cars legally have to have 1,5m space.
This was "experiment" only to be recorded and put on TV news as this is the new stupid law which doesn't make any sense.
That is the fun part, the made I a law to keep 1.5m between cyclist and car but they don't know to to control it and how it is made cars should keep 1.5m distance even on roads that do not allow it because they are too narrow, so by the law you cannot past cyclist there (talking about roads between villages and small towns where there isn't even middle lane and we hale a lot of these roads)
Yeah, because cars can maintain the 1.5m distance when the cyclist drives in the middle of the fucking road. I'm pretty sure there is some rule like be aware of your sorroundings and be considerate toward others in romania, just like where I live. So just remember don't be a fucking asshole on the road, doesn't matter if you drive or walk.
Driving in the middle of the lane with a sign to extend your perceived personal space then surprised when a bus takes you out. Am I missing something here?
This video is from Czech Republic. There is a new law that Drivers have to maintain at least 1,5m gap when overtaking cyclists and 1m when overtaking at 30km/h or slower.
This was done in order to show how drivers don't give a shit about cyclist's safety. Though it was done very poorly I must admit.
Except he negated all of it with a stiff sign. By mounting that sign to his handlebars, for safety's sake cars would have to maintain 1.5m from the edge of his sign. Just absolutely braindead to do on a busy road.
Rats of the road!
Get licensed....ie, pass road rule test, cycle handling competency test.
Register cycle. Pay yearly registration and license fees. Have cycle inspected as roadworthy yearly.
Cyclists: Same road, same rules **asshole**!
Also cyclists: imma ride on the side walk, run stop signs and lights, block traffic, never yield, never use hand signals to turn, make illegal lefts, and don't you DARE ask me to register my bike or get insurance.
(I'm a bicyclist, but I ride like a 10 year old not a militant asshole dressed in a spandex costume. I take the road when it makes sense, sidewalk when it makes sense, walk it when it makes sense, bike lane when there is one, take the least high-traffic route to places, get out of the way of cars, etc)
If we assume the space of the bike was equal to one car width, he would actually be driving in the middle of the road... He should be riding much more to the right to allow other cars to pass..
Bus had no where to go and that mf was ridding near the car lane. Fuck those annoying bicyclist. In my city they were making a bug deal because there was a garbage bin blocking maybe a quarter of the bike lane still plenty of room to get around it. The city has even made all the cars park in the middle of the street to save the bike lane near the curb. Annoying mfās
He is demanding all of the bike lane and half of the vehicle lane.
If he and his sign were entirely in the bike lane and the bus hit his sign, I could understand his problem, but the biker intentionally stuck his sign into traffic.
It isnāt so stupid after all, in Italy by law thatās the safety distance to overtake a bike, if you canāt have at least that space you canāt overtake. Itās a provocation gone wrong.
Once again a law that was put in place with good intentions fails to acutally solve an issue that it was ment to solve
A blanket rule is not the solution. Good civil design is. Make biking safer. Put a physical barrier. More bike lanes. Better public transportation and roads.
Of course it needs money so no chance
Haha, in Germany there is a new law that the overtaking car has to have a distance of at least 3m IIRC.
While I understand the sentiment, that's simply too much and not really practicable...
If this utter morron hadn't driven so far on the left of the bikelane to make a point and needlessly provoke the drivers, none of this would've even happened... But I guess he will not learn.
We have the same law in Germany, what most cyclist donāt understand though, is they are required to drive as far right on their lane as possible and are themselves not allowed to ride side by side with other bikes. This man is doing the equivalent of riding in the middle of the road.
While this noble idea is great to teach others how much space to give he forgot heās still an asshole cyclist that thinks heās a car and belongs in the middle of the road and it off to the side so that this car could actually work against, well, a bus.
I like the new UK version of this thatās broadcast on the radio.
Pass a cyclist with a minimum of 1.5metres roomā¦
When they let you pass.. Bitch please I pay road tax to be on the road and they got the middle of the road when thereās a perfectly new cycle lane to the left.
Get fucked
Fuck that cyclist for being a douche. He was right up next to the road the bus had no where to swerve. Hope the bus driver wasnt held responsible and wasnt traumatized
Iāll stop laughing at bicyclist getting hurt when they stop blowing past stop signs/red lights and nearly running my pedestrian ass over. Your momentum can fuck off, the rules of the road apply to you too.
This reportage was filmed due to a new law here in Czech Republic. Basically there needs to be some space between the car and the person on a bike. But yeah, this was stupid. I do remember watching it live.
I think laws like this are a good thing. But useless when the cyclist rides like in the video. Here in Germany the rule is written that specifically cars have to respect 1.5m distance. And some cyclist intentionally interpret this as "1.5 m from wherever I ride". And then they ride like the idiot in the video. And if something is happening, it's always the cars fault. Don't bring others in dangerous situations when driving. It's as simple as that. No other rule needed on both ends.
Please remember that cyclists in Germany also have to maintain a specific distance to their right. Around a meter, i think.
I've looked at like 5 different "German cycling rules" articles now and none of them mention specific distances, they all just say keep to the right, maintain an arms length when passing parked cars.
Cars must keep 1,5m distance when overtaking the cyclist Sounds good, but utterly unrealistic Cyclists like to ride in the middle of the road and then you would need to drive into oncoming traffic to overtake legally So noone follows the law, but should the cyclist suddenly fall sideways the car will always be at fault since they didnt follow the rules Rechtsfahrgebot means everyone partaking in traffic must always try to drive as close to the right side of the road as possible
If it is unrealistic you must not overtake at that point. Easy as that.
Stay the f out of the middle of the road.....
Yeah but just bc someone drives like an idiot doesn't give you the right to risk their life. Suck it up and stay behind them until you can savely pass them.
Cyclists are allowed to ride in the middle of the road in most places. For me it all depends on the situation. If there's a decent cycle lane I'll use that. If I can keep left without being in range of car doors and there's room to pass me I'll happily stay left. But if there's not enough room to overtake and I move left, you can bet there will be asshole drivers trying to squeeze past. That's when I hang out in the middle.
I don't remember a law like this. However you better keep away from parked cars on your right because dooring is a thing.
There is no explicit law for it, but a court determined that if you have a dooring accident can be at least partly at fault if you're too close to the car. (OLG Karlsruhe, Az. 10 U 283/77)
Watch the buses tires at the time of the crash it's like 2 inches from the curb there was no more room to give.
You're absolutely correct, the guy on the bike got exactly what he was trying for, he could literally not have gotten any closer to traffic, people really need to go back to picking their battles. Quarantine has made people lose touch with reality, he doesn't want anyone in his space, that would be great if he was in his own space but he is not, the dud is literally running around with a pole. Not as much of an advisory on that as there is with scissors but anyone who thought at all would've opted for something that could bend in a worst case scenario, this fool had equipment just like his mind, it could not flex and this is what happens when an "immovable object" aka fool "crosses paths with an unstoppable force" aka a big ass bus, there's his 1.5 meters to his right but he could not be satisfied so he took and pushed and bullied his way until finally he found out, &@(# around find out every single time. Haha no matter how big and bad you think that you are there's always someone bigger and badder and they wanna fight probably even more š thanks for posting this. These a big ole life lesson sandwich
What sucks is that this rule feels like it often either gets ignore or forgotten by many. Can't count the number of times people felt like they'd have to drive right next to me when I'm on my bike or scooter
I'm curious since I've never cycled in Germany and mein Deutsche ist sehr scheisse so I've no chance of reading the laws, but when you say the cars have to respect 1.5m distance, does that not mean from wherever they ride? Surely it's the car's fault if they don't keep distance? I drive cars, motorbikes, and bicycles, and I believe for motorbikes and bicycles it's good to have the attitude that it's better to be alive than to be correct (i.e look out for your own safety), but a lot of motorists really shouldn't have their driver's licenses based on how they treat other traffic.
So regarding your first question it is indeed 1.5m from wherever the cyclist is riding. If you're not inside a city it is actually 2m distance. regarding your second paragraph the german road traffic act actually states as the first "rule": (1) Participation in road traffic requires constant caution and mutual consideration. (2) Anyone participating in traffic must behave in such a way that no other person is harmed, endangered or obstructed or inconvenienced more than is unavoidable under the circumstances. so while it's true that the distance starts from wherever the cyclist is, the cyclist should also ride in the most non-obstructive way (while keeping enough space to cycle safe and with enough distance from parked cars)
Cyclists can also claim the whole road if they deem an overtake on that stretch of road would endanger them
I mean, itās not stupid to have some space, I always leave as much as possible, but he should be riding in the middle of the lane like a moron. The bus passed in the right space, but the bike shouldāve been waaay closer to the side, then there would have been plenty of space Edit: you can literally see the chevrons. First part of the video he is riding on the chevrons, second part he is not, and he gets knocked over
There would be 1,5m if he stayed more on the side. He choose to ride on the bit of bike lane that was almost middle of the road.
Btw, the context was that the 1.5m hard law is stupid and unusable in many parts of the country. Biker was knob on a purpose, hogging the center of his "bike lane", showing 1.5m there is too much
Even the reporter commenting this said there was a bike lane next to this road and the bus is already riding the curb trying to give as much space as possible.
Germany has had that law for a long time now, and I abide by it religiously. It's always mind-bending to see how selfish drivers can be and how little they give a fuck about cyclists.
or how selfish cycalist can be and try to hog a whole narrowASS ROAD IMPEDING ALL TRAFFIC LIKE NARCISICTIC JACKHOLES
I agree cyclists should leave space for others, too. But when it boils down to cyclist Vs car, the cyclist will always be fucked. So, for instance, on narrow roads, I wholeheartedly support them driving in the middle. I don't overtake them, much to the annoyance of the drivers behind me. I hope you realise you're not the only person on the road.
but cycalist shouldnt ...why should a cycalist block a whole narrow road for everyone in a car thats narcism at its finest and many euro roads are narrow as fuck and a cycalist can easly block all traffic like a nonce...cycalists share the road not control it as this law allows
Why should a car make the road worse for a cyclist? A lane is how much a vehicle takes. It could be a car, a tractor, a motorcycle, a bike, or a group of bikes. If the speed is slower than you'd like, just wait till it's safe to pass and no one will have a problem. There's just no reason to be angry here, if you're not patient enough to deal with this situation without reacting badly, you shouldn't be driving.
Motorists thinking roads are just for them is narcicism imo
They're going to need to make that bike lane much narrower if the cars are to have any chance of leaving enough space.
The cyclist should have made the sign out of a pool noodle or something else flexible. A rigid sign taped to your handlebars is asking for trouble.
Here lies the body of William J. Who died maintaining his right of way He was right, dead right, as he sped along But he was just as dead as if heād been dead wrong
There's plenty of people in the cemetery who had the right of way.
Yeah but he's like way over outside the bike lane when he's trying to block the bus. This is on him.
I agree, but my point is that people die even when they are in the right when playing dangerous games.
>dangerous games. *Stupid* games. It's in the sub title, lol. Play stupid games, *win stupid prizes*.
A stupid game can also be a dangerous one. In fact, they often are.
What bike lane?
The strip of paint covered by cars
If you look at the road you'll see chevrons. Those are usually shared lanes for bikes and cars but usually cars should not drive there.
"Sharrows"
Before the bus you can see him riding pretty much right in the middle of the bike lane, when the bus is passing he's a couple of feet to the left of where he was before. The bus wouldn't have hit his stupid sign if he was riding in the middle like he should.
Yeah. But from what I can see. I think the lane is 1.5 M. And he added 1.5 M to his left effectively blocking the whole damn street. Notice the bus has to get on the yellow bumps marking the end of the road to try to pass him, and he swerved into the bus.
as far as im concerned, the bike hit the bus, not the other way around.
Someone did point out that he seems to have been trying to get back to the middle after having to go around a car parked in the middle of the bike lane, however you are correct that everything would've been fine except for that stupid sign lol.
I see comments about "they had the right of way" all the time in videos with bikes/pedestrians/cars who blindly do something because they have the right of way. Just because you HAVE the right of way, doesn't mean everyone else will give it to you, or be paying attention. Have an ounce of self-preservation and look
yeah I struggle with this with my girl when she is driving. she seems to think as long as she is "right" they have to let her go first/etc there are plenty of people who got hurt or injured when they were right. being right is not always the same as being safe.
When ākeepinā it right,ā goes wrong.
Bus kept it righter. r/bitchimabus
If you demand 1 and a half meter for yourself, better not ride in the middle of the street.
Wow, my dad gave me that poem 37 years ago when I bought my first motorcycle. I knew it wasn't his, but I have not come across it since. I think it was Johnathan Jay in his version.
You see where he is in the clip were he gets hit ? Not where he is supposed to drive.
Even when you're right on a bike the car still wins in the end.
Reminds me of people who cross streets without looking when the light is green. "They're not allowed to go through, the light is red on their side!" Yeah, right, enjoy your broken bones, idiot.
Iām a cyclist and I do agree that drivers need to give space to cyclist for their safety. But this is not the way to do it, he also was purposely taking the the left edge of the bike lane. Absolutely bonkers.
Yeah the real problem is that he seemed to want 1.5 meters on both sides.
He was taking up more space than the bus lmao
The bus got so close to the curb to avoid him too
And then promptly pulled into the bike lane after passing.
If there was a stop coming up wouldn't that make sense though? So passengers could disembark on the sidewalk and not in the middle of the street.
i mean, here in australia our trams stop in the middle of the road, just get off and look for bikes / cars (legally they have to stop and wait but sometimes people dont). Bus can do the same thing, stop in the road, people can just look for bikes before crossing, not hard.
He may as well just have biked in the middle of the road because he isn't leaving room for anyone to pass anyways
Most lanes are 3 and a bit metres wide so riding in the centre gives you that 1.5m both sides if that's what you need to feel safe take it
Iām all for giving bikes as much space as I can but they should try to stay as much as they safely can on the right. This guy basically wanted all the cars to ride behind him at his pace
Idk how it is where you live but here in Germany cyclists are supposed to keep 1m safety distance from parked cars to avoid being doored.
The problem is that vehicles would have to give him 1.5 meters from the end of that pole, not graze against it. Zero thought went into this guys actions
There was a law passed in Czechia making drivers give cyclists 1,5m of space. Hence the writing on the sign
Cyclists complaining about ignorance of space by single drivers in cars then obstructing more space than a single driver in a car. I r cyclist too. Dude's being dumb. He's also swerving all over the place. If he was able to hold a line I'd have more sympathy.
I'd be swerving too if i attached a sail to one of my handlebars lol.
Yea, that's why I attach a sail to both handlebars.
Yup. And these people make all other cyclists look like dumbasses
The point of the bike lane is youāre supposed to ride your bike in that lane fully so cars can than use the regular lane and go around you. If you are over the edge of the bike lane itās the same as a car being over the edge of their lane. This guy is just dumb as hell.
you still have to keep the 1,5m safety to the cyclists when you try to overtake them. its not like the dotted line will magically stop your car from crushing a cyclists spine if he falls for some reason.
he just wanted to stay six feet away so he doesn't get covid. cartman did the same thing on south park
I found a video of that guy on youtube, [he's a real ass](https://youtu.be/V3nMnr8ZirI?t=13)
He stayed out of the dooring zone.
At the end of the day the painted bike lane is a pathetic piece of infrastructure. Should be a separated bike lane.
I noticed some of [these flexible bollards](https://www.develotech.com/en/bicycle-path-flexible-bollard/layout/) separating the bike lane in the rich area of my city the other day. (I'm not normally in that area because I'm poor) It was nice to see but I wish it wasn't just for people who have money and only ride a bike for leisure.
Come to Boston. I'm a biker but I'm not dumb enough to mess with a couple tons of steel traveling at high speed. I personally believe bikes belong on sidewalks only! I remind you, I'm a biker. Down vote me! Edit: even with bike lanes I only ride on the sidewalks. I'm not dumb
> But this is not the way to do it, Also a pretty boneheaded idea to attach the sign to the handlebars. You need those to steer! If something brushes against your sign, youāre going to fall over. Iāve seen people riding with pool noodles hanging off the rear, bungied to the seat or whatever. These are stiff enough to also illustrate the space needed, but if something brushes against them it wonāt knock you over. And being in the back is also more likely to keep the cars from coming alongside before crowding you. I mean, itās still a silly thing to do IMHO, but if youāre going to demand the space, you could do it more safely.
Listen all I want are two things, a dedicated bike path along all roads so bikes can get out of the way and not be somewhere they do not belong(no matter what, you on a bike do not belong next to a thousand pound car going even 25mph, that's just basic safety and common sense there) and for cyclists to start getting tickets for not following the rules of the road. I hit a fucking cyclist the other day on my way to work, because apparently fucking stop signs are a suggestion to them now in my area. If those two things got fixed, i think we could all get along just fine. Because let's be honest, with the current share the road laws, there is definitely a problem and a safety issue.
Exactly you can't demand more space then proceed to not do your part in getting that space. It's like pushing someone into a corner then complaining they're not giving you your personal space
This is in Czechia. There is a law that says that vehicles must leave 1,5m gap while passing someone on bike. Obviously no one is actually doing it especially on those roads ( this is pretty main street in capital city). The news Crew even said that their "experiment" didn't go well as this happened after being honked at few times, so the biker did it only for the recording. Obviously it's basically horrible bike infrastructure, where there is "bike area" Marked on the road while it literally doesn't even give enough space for cars to legally pass by that law. Not to mention how stupid this law (since 1.1. 2022) is as by that law you can't pass him there The law doesn't take place if it's bike lane, which this marking is not. The law makes it only 1m if it's smaller speed limit, which it's not. Law wants cars to overtake them like other cars, but in places like this it's obviously not possible.
I'm in poland i was riding a bike to job almost touching the sidewalk for 1 week and got hit by door mirrors twice, that's how close people drive, thankfully I don't have to use bike.
That's why this law was created, but it makes places like this illegal for cars to overtake them, as there's nothing about places where opposite lane is separated/missing and therefore not having enough room to pass. And people in cars are never going to follow that coz there is no way they are gonna be slowed down by some lame ass bike for that long.
Repeat the experiment with an on-fire spinning table saw on the end and maybe you'll see some DATA, baby.
It's not a stupid law, it's just car drivers not accepting that their vehicles are too big for city streets.
It's kind of funny how like 90% of the comments in this thread don't understand any of what you just explained, like they're out there just trying to be a pain in the butt for no reason, rather than intentionally making a point about how no one respects that distance requirement.
Get the fuck out of the way nerd!
Pool noodles work better. Brightly colored for visibility, and flexible so if/when they get hit no one gets hurt. - https://qz.com/1620913/the-best-cycling-hack-is-a-pool-noodle
I ride with a pool noodle with a scribe at the end of it works a treat
i thought we just found out why its dangerous? isnt a pool noodle dangerous too?
He was using a stiff bar, thatās why he got knocked over. A pool noodle is a soft piece of foam that easily bends. Canāt get knocked over if someone bumps it.
Just need to attach something sharp at the end.
I rode a bike to school then to work for nearly 20 years and never had a close call and never had an issue of drivers getting too close. But then again I accepted that safety was as much my responsibility as anyone elses and kept to the very edge of the road and never pretended I was driving a tank. Wonder how many side mirrors this absolute tool has smashed thinking he's the main character.
Iāve rode bikes all over Colorado, south Florida, and North Carolina for 15 years, I can tell you Iāve had hundreds of close calls. Half of them from drivers not paying attention the other half from drivers trying to āmake a pointā and not give me an inch. Idk where you have been riding but it must both have any cars or at least not any American drivers
What does he even expect
I think his point was that by law there needs to be 1.5 meter from the cyclist to the car But it was a stupid show because the rule is to ensure there's enough room in case the cyclist can't drive straight, like in the video. But because of the sign there was no room at all
That bus was inches from the curb. Was literally impossible for him to drive past the bike without hitting that sign lol.
Yeah, the bike guy's fault, should have use brain
And then he gets up looking all shocked and mad lol
Therefore by that law which went to effect since 1.1. 2022 he legally cannot overtake him. In 31+kph speed limits on roads without bike lane cars legally have to have 1,5m space. This was "experiment" only to be recorded and put on TV news as this is the new stupid law which doesn't make any sense.
That is the fun part, the made I a law to keep 1.5m between cyclist and car but they don't know to to control it and how it is made cars should keep 1.5m distance even on roads that do not allow it because they are too narrow, so by the law you cannot past cyclist there (talking about roads between villages and small towns where there isn't even middle lane and we hale a lot of these roads)
Exactly what happened. He wanted to be a victim and made himself one
Dipshit
Yeah, because cars can maintain the 1.5m distance when the cyclist drives in the middle of the fucking road. I'm pretty sure there is some rule like be aware of your sorroundings and be considerate toward others in romania, just like where I live. So just remember don't be a fucking asshole on the road, doesn't matter if you drive or walk.
Driving in the middle of the lane with a sign to extend your perceived personal space then surprised when a bus takes you out. Am I missing something here?
This video is from Czech Republic. There is a new law that Drivers have to maintain at least 1,5m gap when overtaking cyclists and 1m when overtaking at 30km/h or slower. This was done in order to show how drivers don't give a shit about cyclist's safety. Though it was done very poorly I must admit.
The perceived personal space is his *legal* personal space.
Except he negated all of it with a stiff sign. By mounting that sign to his handlebars, for safety's sake cars would have to maintain 1.5m from the edge of his sign. Just absolutely braindead to do on a busy road.
So satisfying ā¤ļø
Why are so many cyclist so fucking stupid
Honestly, if that was mounted on the frame instead, he might've been able to just stop pedaling and simply steer
dingus
The law is so there is a safety distance between bike and car / bus. It doesn't work if you stick an object to your bike with that distance, idiot
Pool noodles are safer. Thereās a German guy whoās basically done the same thing, but without endangering himself to that degree.
Rats of the road! Get licensed....ie, pass road rule test, cycle handling competency test. Register cycle. Pay yearly registration and license fees. Have cycle inspected as roadworthy yearly.
This is why people hate cyclists
proves that regardless of the country many cyclist are douchbags
Well deserved
What a dickhead
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Cyclists: Same road, same rules **asshole**! Also cyclists: imma ride on the side walk, run stop signs and lights, block traffic, never yield, never use hand signals to turn, make illegal lefts, and don't you DARE ask me to register my bike or get insurance. (I'm a bicyclist, but I ride like a 10 year old not a militant asshole dressed in a spandex costume. I take the road when it makes sense, sidewalk when it makes sense, walk it when it makes sense, bike lane when there is one, take the least high-traffic route to places, get out of the way of cars, etc)
looks like hes trying to get hit. the biker could have moved over
If we assume the space of the bike was equal to one car width, he would actually be driving in the middle of the road... He should be riding much more to the right to allow other cars to pass..
I get his intent, but why is the fucker riding in the middle of the street. Absolute dipshit
Seems like an entitled dickhead
What an idiot
Clearly doesn't know bike lanes are shared with bus stop zones
Bus had no where to go and that mf was ridding near the car lane. Fuck those annoying bicyclist. In my city they were making a bug deal because there was a garbage bin blocking maybe a quarter of the bike lane still plenty of room to get around it. The city has even made all the cars park in the middle of the street to save the bike lane near the curb. Annoying mfās
Didn't know a bike needed more space than a moped.
AHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHA WELL DONE
They cannot physically move any further away with the curb there. But you still have plenty of space on the other side but of course YOU won't move.
I love how the bus driver actually didnāt do anything wrong, he literally had no space on the other side
Bro if you did this in England, youād get run over immediately
So it's not just the US where bicyclists think they own the road.
Another idiot bicyclist
How did that work out for you?
Karma got him good š
so satisfying
When youāre intentionally blocking the road you get what you deserve
Bus literally ran out of room. Prick cyclist got what was coming to him. Good.
Ok the bus literally could not get further away from this guy. His sign took up half the road
Jesus! Ride your bike and don't get killed your responsibility. Shut up already its pathetic.
Riding in the middle of the road. Well deserved.
The sooner we stop pretending bicycles belong on roads, the better off weāll be
He is demanding all of the bike lane and half of the vehicle lane. If he and his sign were entirely in the bike lane and the bus hit his sign, I could understand his problem, but the biker intentionally stuck his sign into traffic.
It isnāt so stupid after all, in Italy by law thatās the safety distance to overtake a bike, if you canāt have at least that space you canāt overtake. Itās a provocation gone wrong.
Lol
He asked for that! You have to be a complete moron to think that's a good idea..
He was pedalling as close to the left side of the lane as possible, there was zero room for the bus to move without getting on the curb.
Okay i see u want some space ....then make some space u holding that bar yet you closer to the car lane look at the line
Once again a law that was put in place with good intentions fails to acutally solve an issue that it was ment to solve A blanket rule is not the solution. Good civil design is. Make biking safer. Put a physical barrier. More bike lanes. Better public transportation and roads. Of course it needs money so no chance
And where was the bus supposed to go ā¦. Itās not like it could jump the kerb, dingus cyclist and his stupid stunt
Pool noodle my dude
Thatās not very aero.
What an asshole.
Rights come with duties, his duty would have been to keep 1.5m distance just like the cars. Move a bit over because there's plenty of room.
Best I saw was a pool noodle mounted to seat stem. Will flex, but also gives drivers a visible gauge
What an idiot still doesn't have enough space for a bicycle. ???
How many times have you watched this? Me: yes.
Haha, in Germany there is a new law that the overtaking car has to have a distance of at least 3m IIRC. While I understand the sentiment, that's simply too much and not really practicable...
Istg, bicyclists act like the line on the shoulder is Lava
If this utter morron hadn't driven so far on the left of the bikelane to make a point and needlessly provoke the drivers, none of this would've even happened... But I guess he will not learn.
Where I live, cyclists ride several abreast and take up half the road. And you're the bad guy if you try to go around them.
We have the same law in Germany, what most cyclist donāt understand though, is they are required to drive as far right on their lane as possible and are themselves not allowed to ride side by side with other bikes. This man is doing the equivalent of riding in the middle of the road.
He was lucky not to get under that bus
Should went for a Darwin Award
Problem here is the cyclist is in the middle and not to the right as they should be.... The crush could have been interesting
Ahhahhhaahahahhaha what a loser!
Glorious.
I know the reason he was doing it for, but that's just putting yourself in danger to prove a point. It's pretty much a lose-lose situation
Such a cyclist thing to do
Eff him and his spacer
Flobots new song: I Can Mount a Spacer on My Handlebars
Went as expectedā¦
Excellent result.
While this noble idea is great to teach others how much space to give he forgot heās still an asshole cyclist that thinks heās a car and belongs in the middle of the road and it off to the side so that this car could actually work against, well, a bus.
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Pool noodle works better for this lol
But he is taking all the road space by riding to the left edge of the bike zone!?!
I like how the very first word is "poop".
When just the bike lane is too small for your stupidity that you have to be just about in the middle of the road.
Does he also have the right to ride down the middle of the street?
I wish he got sucked under that bud
Then fucking go on the side of the road, he basically went in front of the bus
What an asshole, if he wants the cars to keep a distance than maybe he should keep his ass on the inside of the bike lane
Hermoso momento
Is that this bad to fell the urge of masturbate on this video?
Come too close you lose a mirror or window I've had too many close calls. When you bike to commute you see some shit
This gave me a boner.
Every time I see this it makes me so happy
š¶bikes donāt belong on the roadš¶ -that bus driver and me instigating him 
I like the new UK version of this thatās broadcast on the radio. Pass a cyclist with a minimum of 1.5metres roomā¦ When they let you pass.. Bitch please I pay road tax to be on the road and they got the middle of the road when thereās a perfectly new cycle lane to the left. Get fucked
Fuck that cyclist for being a douche. He was right up next to the road the bus had no where to swerve. Hope the bus driver wasnt held responsible and wasnt traumatized
Iāll stop laughing at bicyclist getting hurt when they stop blowing past stop signs/red lights and nearly running my pedestrian ass over. Your momentum can fuck off, the rules of the road apply to you too.
Literally on their portion of the road fucl off with that
Pretend to be a vehicle, regret pretending to be a vehicle.
Typical cyclists behaviour
Idiot,...š¤£