Goddamn, nothing makes you feel more alive than almost getting killed.
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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
