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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
There are a lot of cyclist who think that the rules don't apply to them, that come down between traffic in blind spots to get ahead of vehicles. Ride bikes through pedestrians crossing in cross walks etc. Jump up on sidewalks.
There's a temptation when your walking on the sidewalk and some ###### bag cyclists comes screaming down to stick an arm out.
Its easy to dislike them when they put their lives in dangerous.
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I think this is the biggest reason for the hate towards cyclists, and when you call them out on it, they give you the finger or countinue their d-baggery.
I had a situation with one a few weeks ago heading EB on 17 Ave SW, approaching Richmond Rd. I was heading to the old children's hospital for a CT so I was about to turn right and this cyclist was taking this time getting to the intersection. I waited a bit, giving him plenty of room and he ended up stopping with at least two car lengths in front of him and the intersection. I decided to go around him (proper signaling and all) and got up to the intersection with my signal on showing I was going to turn right. So the light turns green and he decides to zoom around me on the right before I turn. Lucky for him I see him making this moronic move and let him go by and before I even honk at him, he turns and gives me the finger. What I did to deserve the finger I don't know, but this type of attitude, the one where cyclists feel they have more of a right to the road than a car, is why I hate cyclists (and this doesn't even tell you what I have seen as a transit operator).