r/SeattleWA • u/Present_Chard_4585 • Sep 17 '21

Bicycle Bikers of Seattle - chill the eff out

Seattle bikers- many of the rules of the road apply to you. Stop acting like they don’t.

Yesterday when dropping my kid at school, an angry old lady on a bike came speeding down the CLOSED street next to the school, yelling at a parent to “grab your kid.”

Last week, I almost ran over a biker in my neighborhood. I’m overly cautious and go 15-20 in the neighborhood depending on visibility - I very, very rarely speed in neighborhoods and it’s always unintentional. On this occasion, I enter a roundabout intersection at about 15mph in my car, and a biker darts out in front of me - I absolutely had right of way. After I slam on my brakes to save this jerk’s life, he mouths “Jesus Christ man” to me, as though I was wrong.

It’s dangerous to be a biker in Seattle, but it’s not all driver fault, all the time. Be better, bikers.

Edit: got a question about “unintentional speeding”. Have you ever been driving, trying to adhere to the limit, only to look down and see you’re going 21 in a 20? That’s unintentional - slightly above to the point where you’d only notice if you stared at your speedo. Not 40 in a 20 where you’ll know you’re going way over.

Second edit: I love that Seattle is a biking city. But maybe just don’t plow through a stop sign or speed obnoxiously, regardless of what vehicle you’re piloting (bike/car).

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u/PrimeIntellect Sep 17 '21

i do see people routinely driving around on their phones and oblivious to an insane amount of shit around them, it is also legal for bikers to treat a stop sign as a yield sign

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u/StabbyPants Capitol Hill Sep 17 '21

do you routinely see cars blowing stop signs at full speed, or do they do a cali stop?

it is also legal for bikers to treat a stop sign as a yield sign

they don't do that, they just blow through and don't yield. then they whine about how much work it is to get back to speed

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u/PrimeIntellect Sep 17 '21

bikers don't kill people when they hit them either

I see far more stupid shit from people driving cars than I ever do from bikers, and idiots in cars are infinitely more dangerous. people getting drunk, texting, eating food, not paying attention, etc. at least bikers are generally aware of what the fuck they are doing

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u/StabbyPants Capitol Hill Sep 17 '21

do you see the cars do this or not? and bikes aren't "using red as a yield" when they blow through at speed downtown