Goddamn, nothing makes you feel more alive than almost getting killed.
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Goddamn, nothing makes you feel more alive than almost getting killed.
Just now, I almost got hit by not one, but TWO drivers at the same time!
Tried to make a drawing to make it more clear.
The van driver, which had to yield to me, didn't see me (I thought he had), so I was already cycling in front of him when I had to suddenly brake and swerve out of his way.
Then, the freaking BUS DRIVER didn't see me either!! So I almost got hit by the front of the bus as well.
Super high adrenaline now and SO ANGRY. This spot is SO incredibly dangerous, this whole area in Utrecht I live in (Zuilen) is freaking ATROCIOUS for cycling.
Also: too many drivers SUCK. I didn't do anything wrong here, yet that could almost have been put as a quote on my tombstone.
@maaikees Glad to hear you're okay!
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@gdinwiddie @maaikees
we need to fight back and inconvenience aggressors, like #CyclingMikey.not just »did you wear a bulletproof vest?« when our friend has been shot at; or »did you remember to put a lid on your drink?« if they've been drugged.
on an episode of #TheWarOnCars they suggested having a bottle with red paint to splash at aggressive drivers, marking them for others to see.
@pelle @maaikees
I didn't reach this age by being aggressive toward those much bigger than me.I once had a pickup truck pass me so close that his radio antenna hit my shoulder. Scared the shit out of me, and I ended up on the shoulder of the road. (It was a rural road.) That was over 50 years ago, and while I can't cycle anymore, I'm still stumbling along.
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@maaikees Mocht die bus daar wel in?
@DanielleVossebeld Goeie vraag. Volgens OpenStreetMap ging die bus tegen de richting in. Ontheffing?
Wijlen mijn schoenmoeder zei altijd "je moet ervan uitgaan dat er allemaal idioten op de weg zitten". Ik probeer oogcontact met bestuurders te maken. Lukt vaak niet. Ze kijken weg.
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Goddamn, nothing makes you feel more alive than almost getting killed.
Just now, I almost got hit by not one, but TWO drivers at the same time!
Tried to make a drawing to make it more clear.
The van driver, which had to yield to me, didn't see me (I thought he had), so I was already cycling in front of him when I had to suddenly brake and swerve out of his way.
Then, the freaking BUS DRIVER didn't see me either!! So I almost got hit by the front of the bus as well.
Super high adrenaline now and SO ANGRY. This spot is SO incredibly dangerous, this whole area in Utrecht I live in (Zuilen) is freaking ATROCIOUS for cycling.
Also: too many drivers SUCK. I didn't do anything wrong here, yet that could almost have been put as a quote on my tombstone.
@maaikees I'm so tired of this, I had so many close calls over the years because a driver didnt see me or saw me and purposefully ignored me. The 2nd was happening very often when I was still living in my eastern European country where a lot of people think that having a car gives them priority over pedestrians and cyclists... Good that you managed to survive
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@DanielleVossebeld Goeie vraag. Volgens OpenStreetMap ging die bus tegen de richting in. Ontheffing?
Wijlen mijn schoenmoeder zei altijd "je moet ervan uitgaan dat er allemaal idioten op de weg zitten". Ik probeer oogcontact met bestuurders te maken. Lukt vaak niet. Ze kijken weg.
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@DanielleVossebeld Ja, zeker. Het oogcontact is meer een check op "heb je mij gezien?" Indien niet, handel alsof een moordwapen je pad kruist.
(Hoewel er ook veel fietsvriendelijke automobilisten zijn. )
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@DanielleVossebeld Ja, zeker. Het oogcontact is meer een check op "heb je mij gezien?" Indien niet, handel alsof een moordwapen je pad kruist.
(Hoewel er ook veel fietsvriendelijke automobilisten zijn. )
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@maaikees Mocht die bus daar wel in?
@DanielleVossebeld nee idd ik keek te snel. C. smeenkstraat!
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@pelle @maaikees
I didn't reach this age by being aggressive toward those much bigger than me.I once had a pickup truck pass me so close that his radio antenna hit my shoulder. Scared the shit out of me, and I ended up on the shoulder of the road. (It was a rural road.) That was over 50 years ago, and while I can't cycle anymore, I'm still stumbling along.
@gdinwiddie
did i get this right: you are not cycling now, but you drive a car (?), and when a cyclist is almost killed by reckless car drivers, you tell the cyclist to be more careful, but not do anything that could offend car drivers? -
@DanielleVossebeld nee idd ik keek te snel. C. smeenkstraat!
@maaikees Adrenaline ondertussen al gezakt?
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@maaikees Adrenaline ondertussen al gezakt?
@DanielleVossebeld jawel! En lekker kunnen slapen. Nog steeds boos, maar meer over hoe permanent onveilig de situatie voor fietsers in zuilen is.
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@DanielleVossebeld jawel! En lekker kunnen slapen. Nog steeds boos, maar meer over hoe permanent onveilig de situatie voor fietsers in zuilen is.
@maaikees @DanielleVossebeld hallo @fietsersbond , deze situatie al op jullie radar?
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@DanielleVossebeld jawel! En lekker kunnen slapen. Nog steeds boos, maar meer over hoe permanent onveilig de situatie voor fietsers in zuilen is.
@maaikees Ja, van die rotplekken waar je adrenaline ondertussen al stijgt op basis van eerdere ervaringen nog voor er iets gebeurt.
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@maaikees @DanielleVossebeld hallo @fietsersbond , deze situatie al op jullie radar?
@steltenpower @maaikees @DanielleVossebeld @fietsersbond in dat kader even @fietsria van de Fietsersbond afdeling #utrecht hier aanhaken.
Alsmede @herbert_tiemens van de gemeente.
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@gdinwiddie
did i get this right: you are not cycling now, but you drive a car (?), and when a cyclist is almost killed by reckless car drivers, you tell the cyclist to be more careful, but not do anything that could offend car drivers?@pelle No, you didn’t get that right.
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@pelle @maaikees
I didn't reach this age by being aggressive toward those much bigger than me.I once had a pickup truck pass me so close that his radio antenna hit my shoulder. Scared the shit out of me, and I ended up on the shoulder of the road. (It was a rural road.) That was over 50 years ago, and while I can't cycle anymore, I'm still stumbling along.
The Netherlands didn't achieve their world famous cycling situation by telling cyclists to yield to cars.
They got it by means of very loud, very angry protests. Many decades ago. With police beating people, water cannons and all that jazz.
I hope that if the next wave of protests happen soon enough, they may not need to get that bad. If thy don't happen soon, things may well just slowly get worse.
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Goddamn, nothing makes you feel more alive than almost getting killed.
Just now, I almost got hit by not one, but TWO drivers at the same time!
Tried to make a drawing to make it more clear.
The van driver, which had to yield to me, didn't see me (I thought he had), so I was already cycling in front of him when I had to suddenly brake and swerve out of his way.
Then, the freaking BUS DRIVER didn't see me either!! So I almost got hit by the front of the bus as well.
Super high adrenaline now and SO ANGRY. This spot is SO incredibly dangerous, this whole area in Utrecht I live in (Zuilen) is freaking ATROCIOUS for cycling.
Also: too many drivers SUCK. I didn't do anything wrong here, yet that could almost have been put as a quote on my tombstone.
@maaikees 🫂 &
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@gdinwiddie
did i get this right: you are not cycling now, but you drive a car (?), and when a cyclist is almost killed by reckless car drivers, you tell the cyclist to be more careful, but not do anything that could offend car drivers? -
@blechterror @maaikees
it's top asshole behaviour.
his pinned toot is against #racist #victimblaming, but then he jumps right in and does #motorist #victimblaming at some one who's just survived an attack.
https://mastodon.social/@gdinwiddie/113450169908864118
