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Musings of an entitled (to live) L.A. cyclist commuting #bikela 🚴‍♂️(Tom M.) featured in LA Times and NYT. Wannabe-screenwriter

Burbank, CA
Joined August 2018
Don't wanna be here? Send us removal request.
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@EntitledCycling
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I'm bringing this back! It'll be 1/365th harder this time with the leap year. In 2022 not a day went by without me personally seeing a blocked bikeway or sidewalk. Will 2024 be different? Not so far. Day 1.
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@EntitledCycling
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2 years
The challenge is simple: How many days into the year until I DON'T see a motor vehicle parked in a bike lane or on a sidewalk. Entries from day 1+2.
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5 months
Incredible. Cops crash into bar, bar owner feels the building shake and comes downstairs to check it out. Cops demand his ID, he refuses, and he's arrested.
@IncarcerNation
IncarcerNation.com
5 months
St. Louis cops crashed their cruiser into an LGBTQ bar last weekend. Then they arrested the bar owner.
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@EntitledCycling
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10 months
Parody is now reality
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@EntitledCycling
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2 years
The gas crisis is so bad these innocent kids were forced to WALK to school.
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@EntitledCycling
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2 years
Happy Earth Day to those who celebrate
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@EntitledCycling
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4 months
Put the phone down, you're supposed to be driving.
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@EntitledCycling
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2 years
I just want to go out for a bike ride without having to make 45 calculations ahead of time about which routes give me the best odds of survival.
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@EntitledCycling
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2 years
One of these motorized vehicles leaves the factory with a built-in speed limiter for safety reasons. You'll NEVER guess which one!
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@EntitledCycling
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1 year
We can't regulate trucks because I need this to bring my kids to the zoo.
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@EntitledCycling
Entitled Cyclist🚲
4 months
45k Americans killed every year on the roads and we do nothing, no one is injured when a plane door blows out and we turn the industry upside-down.
@LAmag
Los Angeles Magazine
4 months
A harrowing mid-air blowout leads Alaska Airlines to cancel 170 flights, impacting 25K travelers. 1/5
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@EntitledCycling
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2 years
Remember, as a cyclist it's important to make eye-contact with drivers.
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@EntitledCycling
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2 years
Just an "accident."
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@EntitledCycling
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5 months
Yep, nothing more annoying than two people using the road legally and safely! Perfectly reasonable to take your phone out while driving and take a picture of it.
@Megultra
mkennedyw
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@stillgray They drive me crazy!
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@EntitledCycling
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2 years
Remember, road safety is a shared responsibility.
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@EntitledCycling
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3 months
Concrete barriers vs. painted barriers.
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@carsNbikelane
Cars In Bike lanes
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Entitled drivers
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@EntitledCycling
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What an inspirational force. Hope his last days are peaceful.
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@EntitledCycling
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1 year
It was the "speeding Mercedes" that struck and killed two children, not this poor woman who's now "fighting for her life." Embarrassing PR work from LA Mag.
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@EntitledCycling
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I don't understand why cyclists won't use the protected bike lanes we gave them.
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@EntitledCycling
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2 years
Oh good, a sharrow
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@EntitledCycling
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2 years
I think I found the worst bike lane in California.
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@EntitledCycling
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In Cincinnati I tried to use a scooter at midnight and a taxi driver told me they turn them off at 10pm because of all the drunks. "Why don't they turn cars off then?" If we spent 1% of the time scrutinizing drivers that we spend on non-drivers...
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@EntitledCycling
Entitled Cyclist🚲
2 years
Remember, as a cyclist, it's your responsibility to share the road.
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@EntitledCycling
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2 years
One might call this a felonious hit-and-run, but police call it "inexperience." "Officers said the teenage driver wasn't reckless, but inexperienced. He wasn't cited because a vehicle-code infraction wasn't committed in an officer's presence, authorities said. "
@KTVU
KTVU
2 years
CLOSE CALL: A teenage driver nearly hit a young girl riding her scooter across a San Mateo street.
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@EntitledCycling
Entitled Cyclist🚲
3 years
I had to pull over and capture this off my 360 GoPro as a way to stop shaking and calm down.
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@EntitledCycling
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2 months
*Was killed because a city employee illegally parked their vehicle in the bike lane.
@CBS8
CBS 8 San Diego
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San Diego to pay $2.95 million to family of cyclist who died after hitting a city truck that was parked in the bike lane
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@EntitledCycling
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2 years
It's not enough to just have a sign that says "bike lane.". You have to mean it.
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@EntitledCycling
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2 years
This is a bike lane.
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@EntitledCycling
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2 years
Why won't cyclists use bike lanes, which we GAVE you?
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@Reiner_Jake Agreed. Unacceptable that you as a single person in one vehicle expect to have priority over several people in the roadway.
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@EntitledCycling
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2 years
Looking forward to the day my wife has to explain to our child that the reason I'm not coming home is because of a "genuine error" involving a blind spot and a cyclist/motorist.
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4 months
Sucks we live in a world where benches at bus stops have to be placed by guerrilla activists.
@DavidZipper
David Zipper
4 months
Guerrilla street activism gets results: "After a transit activist’s guerrilla installation of a bench at a Berkeley bus stop spurred the city to action, more benches are popping up at stops around the East Bay."
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@EntitledCycling
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2 years
Other than just endangering humans, what's the intended purpose of this device?
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2 years
Uh, that's a golf course, Googlemaps... not a "Trail" for cyclists.
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@EntitledCycling
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My hopes for this Venice bike lane are not very high.
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@EntitledCycling
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2 years
Entitled cyclists taking up a whole lane...
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@EntitledCycling
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2 years
What a rubbish bike lane
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2 years
First time in Santa Barbara since they closed State Street to cars and it's amazing.
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@EntitledCycling
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2 years
One of my favorite pastimes is blocking drivers from their god-given right to make a right-on-red.
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@EntitledCycling
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4 months
Stop using deadly weapons to chase burglars on public streets.
@LosAngeles_Scan
Los Angeles Scanner
4 months
Crazy ending to the pursuit about 45 minutes ago. 🚨Warning, pedestrian gets hit🚨
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@estherk_k Drivers, Stop keeping your windows rolled all the way up and your hands all over your phones and pay attention to the bloody road. You need spatial awareness to stay alert. Especially when your driving alongside cyclists. If we have to stay alert, so should you.
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@EntitledCycling
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3 months
Looking forward to the governor's press conference and the millions upon millions of dollars we'll spend to get the tracks up and running in mere days. Like the 10 freeway. Lol
@KTLA
KTLA
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Amtrak and Metrolink service was suspended in Orange County Wednesday after a landslide in San Clemente sent boulders and falling debris onto the train tracks below.
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@EntitledCycling
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@Thejanebyrne Imagine how many people could live/play/work here if not for all this useless concrete.
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This is absolutely absurd. Firefighters against safe streets isn't something I was expecting.
@UFLAC
LA City Local 112
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In an emergency, every second counts. Don't slow us down. Join your LA City Firefighters and vote No on HLA. #UFLAC #IAFF #LAFD #CPF #NoOnHLA 🔗:
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@EntitledCycling
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1 year
If you've ever wondered if BMW drivers know how right-on-red and bike lanes work, I submit the following
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@EntitledCycling
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2 years
I'm tired of these people riding two abreast and selfishly slowing down all the traffic behind them.
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@EntitledCycling
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3 years
I assume he was honking encouragement... It can't be that he was just impatient, passed me, and then sat in traffic going nowhere for the next several miles.
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@EntitledCycling
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2 years
This is fixed by simply not passing a cyclist when there's oncoming traffic. Even an ounce of patience from drivers would be nice.
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Parents with Range Rovers: "Drive like your kids live here. Slow down kids playing" Also parents with Range Rovers : "I'm going to park my big SUV on the sidewalk.
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@EntitledCycling
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2 years
Good luck, kids!
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@EntitledCycling
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2 years
@smenor @nytimes @maureendowd I'm guessing it's more dangerous to encounter a cop than to be a cop.
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1 year
@ABC7NY In a world of embarrassing, victim-blaming headlines, this is among the worst.
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@EntitledCycling
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2 years
This is a grate bike lane.
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@EntitledCycling
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I didn't make it to LA Bike Fest :(. I was hit by a driver a mile away. I'm ok enough, at urgent care getting my arm looked at. I'll live. Haven't had a chance to look at video (or talk to lawyer) so I'll keep it at that for now. Riding in LA shouldn't be this hard.
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@EntitledCycling
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A man was killed here over the weekend. My first time by it I was passed by four people, all of which driving over 45 miles per hour including a jeep with no front or back plates going 51mph.
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Entitled Cyclist🚲
2 years
This is why riding with a camera (if you can) is so important. Without proof like this the driver would be free to tell police anything they want and reporters would be there to act as stenographers.
@TimWarman
Tim Warman
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This happened on Dundas West this afternoon on my way home from my @thebikebrigade run. The guy (licence BR95664) deliberately tried to sideswipe me then jumped out and started chasing after me. Fortunately I managed to sprint away and lose him in traffic. #closepass
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@EntitledCycling
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One person is legally using the road, the other ran a person over and fled the scene... but who's at fault?
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2 years
Riding an e-bike is cheating.
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2 years
If this honking and revving past me within a few inches is the reaction to me going 20mph in a 35 zone on my e-bike I can only imagine the reaction if I'd been on my road bike.
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"I don't understand why your company needs to park a truck with Georgia plates on the bike path so that your workers can you use a leaf blower on the concrete next to the river" Is a sentence I just said outloud to myself.
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@EntitledCycling
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2 years
Cyclists are always running red lights. They should be as subtle as SUV drivers, like this one.
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@EntitledCycling
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Fixed it
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It's kind of remarkable that the fundamental design of a bicycle hasn't really changed in over 120 years.
@BrownstoneDetec
🏳️‍🌈The Brownstone Detectives🏳️‍🌈
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An 1897 Columbia Military Pneumatic Safety Bicycle, modified for military use w/belt-fed machine gun mounted on front, & a pair of ammo boxes on rear.
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1 year
Can't handle the replies, huh?
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5 months
Wait, plastic bollards don't stop vehicles?
@technotion_
Jack B
5 months
Hey LA, this is a sign that plastic bollards along bike lanes DO NOT WORK!!! What a great start to our CicLaVia day... @LACitySAN want to talk to your driver's about this one? Video credit to @BuildOW
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Entitled Cyclist🚲
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I would have jumped off my bike and walked slower than I ever have in my life
@Boenau
Andy Boenau
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It's not enough to drive in the bike line, he's got to tailgate the cyclist. 🤦‍♂️
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Entitled Cyclist🚲
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I'd be the richest person on Twitter if I got a dollar for every comment I received starting with, "I'm a cyclist..." and ending with the worst possible pro-car take imaginable.
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This driver was acting really strangely, so when I had a chance I passed her, finding her buried in her phone. I had no idea until I watched the video that my yelling at her saved her from crashing into a flatbed truck. I'll take the horn honk as a thank you. You're welcome.
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2 years
BOLLARDS!
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@KTVU Sure glad we live in a society that excuses reckless driving as "inexperience" and where there's no way to cite a hit-and-run driver because police only witnessed it through a recording after the fact.
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The challenge is simple: How many days into the year until I DON'T see a motor vehicle parked in a bike lane or on a sidewalk. Entries from day 1+2.
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@EntitledCycling
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2 years
In lieu of building safe infrastructure, someone put this sign up several decades ago.
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1 year
Um...
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@EntitledCycling
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2 years
I don't understand why these companies like Uber and Tesla are allowed to beta test their robots on our streets with no oversight or accountability whatsoever.
@FilmThePoliceLA
Film The Police LA
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I evicted the Robot from the street. Why is it our responsibility to take care of UberEats’ robot employees?
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Entitled Cyclist🚲
1 year
I get that you want to ride your bike, but it needs to happen somewhere else because I have to drive around a city in a 5 ton truck.
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@EntitledCycling
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4 years
Remember, as a pedestrian don't forget to make eye-contact with drivers.
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2 years
Keep limiting e-bike and scooter speeds, governments...
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2 years
Ya, we don't need those bike lanes on Riverside/Zoo Bridge. Speed limit's 25mph, sharrows will do just fine.
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@JoshuaLopez202 I love when people admit that they have no idea how roads are funded.
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2 years
At 53mph in a 35 zone, this is the guy that nearly killed me this morning.
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@UFLAC Weird, never heard you complain about cars, the things that are both slowing you down and creating most of your work.
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Sure, it's designed like a freeway, but the 25mph sign and sharrows will keep drivers in line.
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@EntitledCycling
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2 years
Gross
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Driver waves to me and smiles. Me: "are you really going to just leave your car there?" Driver: "ya, I'm only gonna be a minute"
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@EntitledCycling
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2 years
All good, happy to endanger myself for your car storage convenience.
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@EntitledCycling
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2 years
I've run out of things to say about garbage like this
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"it's not that far" is a reason NOT to drive
@jefferybeck
Jeffery Beck
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@cyclesixmile Just drive it’s not that far
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@EntitledCycling
Entitled Cyclist🚲
4 years
Welcome to LA. This is a bike lane.
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@EntitledCycling
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1 year
@KetanJ0 @boyonabike62 Anyone who watches this video and has a reaction other than, "this driver should have their license revoked immediately" should have their license revoked immediately.
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Entitled Cyclist🚲
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I could watch this all day
@Urban_Pictures
Urban Pictures
1 year
Vehicles crash & motorists abandon cars as heavy snow hits Gloucestershire. Motorists were involved in crashes as heavy snow hit the Southwest today (Dec 11). Footage taken at Leckhampton Hill in Cheltenham shows motorists struggling to cope. #Gloucestershire #Cheltenham #snow
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How about a smaller vehicle like a cargo bike, or how about doing this at a time that isn't the middle of Sunday morning.
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No, really... this is a bike lane.
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2 years
It's going to be 100° today and this is a bus stop.
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@EntitledCycling
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I prefer this version, the one where people can walk on it.
@MayorOfLA
Mayor Karen Bass
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Los Angeles gets things done when we come together. NEW UPDATE: The I-10 freeway will reopen next Tuesday right before Thanksgiving.
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@richmintz This car likely belongs to a cop. I have found that off-duty cops love Dodge Chargers, and they love obscuring their license plates. 911 will probably be a waste of time sadly.
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If Tour de France riders can't avoid shitty drivers on a closed course what chance do the rest of us really have?
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@EntitledCycling
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@steamyporkbuns Tbh, I kind of love it
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5 months
Will not be denied his god-given right to go to McDonald's drive through 15 seconds early.
@PoliticsAndEd
Politics & Education
5 months
Driver will be not wait an extra 30 seconds in name of public safety. He WILL turn right on red!
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I don't want to block the intersection so... oh crap, it's a bus lane! Better drive into the protected bike lane instead.
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Are department store security cameras a war on shoplifters?
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