elquike wrote:
PJH wrote:
Yeeper wrote:
burnthesheep wrote:
Kay9Cop wrote:
It’s the law in my jurisdiction. Whether you agree or not is irrelevant. I don’t know what the law is in Toronto or Britain. It bothers me when folks claiming to be cyclists advocate breaking the law because they feel entitled as a cyclist.
Post it.
You're a sad example of your job if you're going to tell people to do something that's inherently very very dangerous and can get them killed.
I can't stand folks like you. You know exactly the scenario we're talking about and you're standing likely on the old school "to the right as practicable". Which the assholes interpret as shoving bikes into the gutter and clipping them and killing them as they pass.
If you're talking about a person riding dead center of a lane, fine. If you're going to try to sit here in a forum with bike riders and tell them to ride the right white line, you're a freaking douche that's going to get someone killed and you need to be called out.
What's your jurisdiction? Maybe we should call them up and and have a chat about this one as you don't seem to understand how to interpret that pretty common law.
Jesus you seem like you need to take a few deep breaths or possibly regroup yourself before you get back into this thread. And you came in swinging talking about douche bag cops. Your axe grinding is duly noted.
Here there is literally a cop and a cyclist offering his very polite opinions, and also presenting factual laws from his jurisdiction, which other posters have chimed in to show is similar to where they live, and you’re going off on how terrible this person is, you can’t stand people like them, he’s a sad example of his job etc.
And we wonder why progress doesn’t get made on these topics? I don’t have a strong opinion on this matter but I can tell you that your posts from the get go were obnoxious and biased.
I second this - bizarre, disproportionate and misguided reaction.
And yet he is right
When my life is on the line I don't take bullshit from anyone, whether it's a self-proclaimed cop or not.
Drivers and cars do need a permit to drive through the roads. Cyclists (and walkers and runners) don't because it's our right.
Bear that in mind the next time you feel entitled to harass a cyclist, officer.
Ahh so as long as you’re “right” it’s carte blanche to be rude and disingenuous? Ok got it, thanks.
Actually what I should have said was that him being “right” is also up for debate. BTS came in absolutely swinging and was proven wrong by multiple posters who said their laws regarding riding position were the same as Kay9’s. BTS is acting like Kay9 wrote the laws and wants riders dead. That’s just utterly ridiculous and disingenuous. Which was followed by ad hominem attacks. That’s a lot of intellectual dishonesty right there.
My original point still stands. I was commenting on how BTS was participating in this thread, right or wrong. Yet on that point, I reiterate that being “right” in a thread where you disagree with a poster (who was being quite deferential) doesn’t call for the language, tone, or lack of courtesy that was used to get his point or feelings across.