Average "bike lane" experience in Los Angeles
Average "bike lane" experience in Los Angeles
It's a cultural thing
66Many Americans are physically unable to do this
25TIL, thanks!
6As a Dutch person. We don't do this. We just look in the mirror.
Question to the Americans. If you crash into that door is that a liability case? I would thing litigation wise the car driver is liable, am I right?
4Maybe relevant: As I was driving my car into a parking space, the guy in the next car over suddenly opened the driver's side door. It happened so quickly no human could have stopped in time. At first his insurance tried to blame me, but my insurance pointed out that he was at fault because he opened his door into traffic. He paid for damages.
8Question to the Americans. If you crash into that door is that a liability case?
it is, except both people willl sue each other.
4When I was in school, a guy in a car hit me riding my bike in a parking lot. He tried seeing me (my parents more correctly). He ended up paying for my first year of college. It wasn't that much money, this was a long time ago.
2Yeah but back passenger seats have no mirror. As a Dutch person I have taught my kids to do the reach.
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Thank you for sharing this! I took my test years ago and never learned this.
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I would really like there to be automatic door opening systems with door locking when an object enters a defined approach space.
In truth, I would really like there to be no more cars at all...
26Half as Interesting made a video about the logistics (and exceptions) in a town without cars
9You still going to need fast response vehicles and something for people with disabilities. Also in a lot of places public transport alternatoves are really really suicide worthy... But I do agree with general sentiment though, fuck cars!
4really really suicide worthy
more than owning a car?
3Watch the video. They handle that.
3I think you didn't get it
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Cool to see Loops in action.
23503 for me
7Same, but it had been working earlier.
Give it some grace, it's new and has had an impressive start.
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If you are on a bike share bike, just brake slow enough to hit door. Bike will be fine, door will be fucked, and it will be their fault.
22I usually knock on the door gently with one of my knuckles for asshats really obstructing the bike lane.
From the inside it sounds like I hit them, but realistically there's no harm.
I've had one or two people get out of their cars, but most people just get the idea that they shouldn't be parking there and move on.
2I couldn't even. Watching this shoet video convinced me to carry a bat if I ever rode a bike in the city. Just smash any vehicle in my way.
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Wow, that rider is way too polite. I'd yell at them.
17There's advantages to being passive aggressive, like making the other person feel like an asshole. Only works if the other person has the capability to feel shame, though.
30yelling makes you feel more angry, which will probably make you feel worse
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Car 1 sucks and car 2 super sucks. Truck is just doing his job and often there is no good place for them to load/unload. Last car there is no way they could have known a bike was coming due to truck.
15that's why it's not okay for trucks to do that
23Sure, there's no place for trucks to unload, but take that space from cars, not bikes. Cars can circle the block or wait for 10 mins while they unload, but bikes passing by need to use the space for 5 seconds.
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Why is everyone opening their doors in the road in the first place? I've never been to a big city so I don't know how it is
14Car dependent infrastructure often leaves no good spaces to just pull over and park in. You gotta account for those spaces and pay for them or keep the road liminal, making things like this common in the states when civilians are trained to hate cycling.
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LA needs to get with the program, Seattle is installing concrete barriers to separate cars from bike lanes because as the video shows, car drivers don’t give a fuck
12I had a bike commute in LA where the same truck passed me every morning and swerved into me. Lots of undiagnosed mentally ill people on the roads.
8I was waiting for it to do a seamless loop
6The parking lane is too small for the truck, so the truck is in the bike lane.
Should the truck drive up on the curb to avoid the bike lane or should the truck have enough room to exist fully away from the bike lane?
Urban planning intensifies
5Or should we just ban big trucks in cities?
1How do we move stuff? Toss your washer and dryer on top of your Tesla? Contractors load up big trucks daily, filled to the brim with siding, garage doors, electric supplies, you name it. It is a standard. The only people not following it are the city. Those trucks are as wide as they've been for 30 years. Those bike lanes have only been there for two or three if the paint is anything to go by. What's the hold up? I guess nobody at City Hall has a proper tape measure.
Cool, double standards are ok if it's someone else's problem. You sure you're so far removed from a conservative?
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Same same here in much of Australia, painted lines are not bike lanes :(
5I'm actually surprised by how many loops videos I've been seeing and I love it
5Hypothetically, if you were intending to break a wing mirror to save someone's life... Punch down, pops right off. Hypothetically, armoured gloves would be best for this, which would protect you're hands in the event of a crash.
3I am more terrified of doors than moving cars when I am biking through some areas.
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I got this unintentionally hilarious screen.
2Ha yeah, looks like the hosting service for Loops is having issues:
https://mastodon.social/@dansup/113563603953944426
EDIT: Looks like it's back up now, at least for me
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I just see a button that says "watch on loops"
And when I click it, nothing happens
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