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This was a Critical Mass event, which is why the bicyclists are taking up all of the street as a way to reclaim the streets and protest the lack of safety for riders under usual conditions. It's not legal, but protests are never useful if they're fully legal now, are they.

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[–] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The unsafe thing here is the driver who insisted on dangerous driving. Motorists have an obligation to not cause harm regardless of what others are doing.

[–] RedAggroBest@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If I threw you into oncoming traffic would that be unsafe? Simple answer, yes. That's literally the only point I'm making. A protest being good doesn't make the handful of troublemakers suddenly perfectly safe. They're on the wrong side of the road.Travel direction does not change because you're on a bike. Done. That's it. Unsafe behaviors by some of the cyclists.

[–] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

And the driver was the only person making the situation unsafe.

[–] RedAggroBest@lemmy.world 0 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

If they were also on a bike would the cyclists suddenly be unsafe? No, being on the wrong side of the road is unsafe. Idk why that's hard to understand, especially in a protest that's supposed to promote safer biking conditions. People riding into oncoming traffic is exactly the justification assholes are using for ripping out bike lanes. Shit people just follow the rules of the road.

[–] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 1 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Huh, seems like youbare angry because of an effective protest and are looking to kneecap.them due to your feelings being hurt.

[–] RedAggroBest@lemmy.world 0 points 13 hours ago

Nah I just don't think blatantly unsafe behavior which reflects poorly on the rest of the cyclists should be cheered on just because the person who is filming is a moron. They clearly didn't set up this ride to shutdown the full street so everyone should be on the correct side of the road.

People misbehaving always make these types of protests look bad.