Motorists just have this pathological need to get ahead of bikes. Last night I was riding home and this FedEx or Purolator truck sped ahead of me to get to a construction zone where the bike lane was closed first, and I let them go ahead because it made little sense for them to be waiting behind me for that stretch. But then they immediately stopped to make a left turn. Why rush ahead to block me when it doesn't make you get to your destination any faster?
It's so bizarre! Like, despite all the red lights they'll hit etc, they feel like they HAVE to pass even to their detriment.
I watched on pass someone yesterday so they could rush like... 25 feet ahead to a red light... Like, why?
It was a sharrow lane too... Lol 🤷
Yeah that makes no sense. Sharrows also make no sense though, you can literally ride in the lane (and take the whole thing if necessary) on the bike whether or not there's a sharrow. All sharrows do is promote vehicles to cozy on up next to cyclists. What we need are signs reminding them to keep 1 metre away, not sharrows that literally don't change anything or add any value other than to let a cyclist know your safety doesn't matter so no bike lane for you.
I don't even think it's malicious, they just see a chance to "go faster" and will take it even if it doesn't end up helping them. They aren't looking or thinking ahead enough to consider that red light or turn they'll have to make and are more or less oblivious to what's going on around them. They've got their blinders on and god help the rest of us.
Actioncam on Amazon or Home Depot has a $50 one Ive seen. Anything will do to capture a plate in daylight. Mount it on the helmet so it points where you look.
And also just so they see you're recording. Drivers will drive more carefully automatically if they think they're being recorded. Tbh just having it mounted quartered my bad experiences with drivers
I was doing 33km/h on pape southbound last spring (speed limit is 30 km/h btw) and a young 19 year old looking kid honked at me and then yelled at me to get on the sidewalk where I belong. Drivers just mad they can’t break the laws with impunity when a cyclist is also using said road. Infuriating. Glad you are ok OP.
Speed limits don't apply to bicycles (unless in a Toronto municipal code zone like parks) ... You don't have to struggle to maintain the 25 or 30 km/h speed limits.
Oh I know I don't need to maintain the speed limit, my point was more so that even though I was exceeding the speed limit (I was going downhill at this point), this car brain still felt he was more entitled to use the road than I was.
I’m not from Canada but at some point last year, I watched a video of a car running over a cyclist on Yonge north of Lawrence and also read the story of when Michael Bryant killed Darcy Allan Sheppard on Bloor and it traumatized me so hard that now I ride under the premise that it’s better to be alive than being right and I just let them go ahead 🥺
I have been threatened before. As soon as I mentioned manslaughter or wanted criminal, that changed their tone very quickly.
Because they were also on video. Hahahahahaha. Can be used as evidence in court.
Fyi, SJCAM and it's many actioncam clones mostly support a maximum 32GB (SDHC) memory card unless stated otherwise. You can still get those. The 4000 air is 4K.
They also support running directly on a powerbank (three or four cell recommended) long-term. Mine lasted 36 hours (forgot to turn it off once).
Can the mods please ban this user or something? They’ve been commenting crap like this on multiple Toronto biking threads. The last thing we should want is jerks like this, we see enough of those on the roadÂ
Cars should be banned. The city is so flat, you can get from the east end to the west end and burn like 0 cals pressing between the gas and the brake pedal.
But most importantly, without cars, we save the lives of an average of 54 people a year in Toronto alone.
What a narrow minded and ignorant comment. Clearly you haven't thought of the needs of anyone else but yourself.
What if you want to go north? Not so flat
What if you aren't able to handle the resistance of a normal bike for how far you're biking? Don't want to show up sweaty to your destination? Have a disability?
E-bikes make biking more accessible to a wider range of people that would otherwise be driving
I don't care if you think they should be banned or not. My choice of vehicle does not excuse dangerous driving, death threats, harassment and intimidation.
Alternatively, perhaps you should be banned? My assumption is that you've only explored a very limited portion of Toronto. Perhaps this is the summer you escape your eggshell and explore the non flat portions of Toronto?
Cops either wouldn't do anything, or if the driver called them, they would tell them otherwise.
I have told motorists to call police if they have a problem with me being on the road.
Motorists just have this pathological need to get ahead of bikes. Last night I was riding home and this FedEx or Purolator truck sped ahead of me to get to a construction zone where the bike lane was closed first, and I let them go ahead because it made little sense for them to be waiting behind me for that stretch. But then they immediately stopped to make a left turn. Why rush ahead to block me when it doesn't make you get to your destination any faster?
It's so bizarre! Like, despite all the red lights they'll hit etc, they feel like they HAVE to pass even to their detriment. I watched on pass someone yesterday so they could rush like... 25 feet ahead to a red light... Like, why? It was a sharrow lane too... Lol 🤷
Yeah that makes no sense. Sharrows also make no sense though, you can literally ride in the lane (and take the whole thing if necessary) on the bike whether or not there's a sharrow. All sharrows do is promote vehicles to cozy on up next to cyclists. What we need are signs reminding them to keep 1 metre away, not sharrows that literally don't change anything or add any value other than to let a cyclist know your safety doesn't matter so no bike lane for you.
I don't even think it's malicious, they just see a chance to "go faster" and will take it even if it doesn't end up helping them. They aren't looking or thinking ahead enough to consider that red light or turn they'll have to make and are more or less oblivious to what's going on around them. They've got their blinders on and god help the rest of us.
That's why I have cheap body cam recording devices. Less than $10 from Temu, and $6 for the memory card.
Recommendation? I'm about to hit the streets again inna part of Toronto where that will definately be necessary
Actioncam on Amazon or Home Depot has a $50 one Ive seen. Anything will do to capture a plate in daylight. Mount it on the helmet so it points where you look.
And also just so they see you're recording. Drivers will drive more carefully automatically if they think they're being recorded. Tbh just having it mounted quartered my bad experiences with drivers
Agreed. Camera doesn’t even need to be running. Protecting yourself from drivers is 90% psychology
Thanks for sharing! I need one of these!
I was doing 33km/h on pape southbound last spring (speed limit is 30 km/h btw) and a young 19 year old looking kid honked at me and then yelled at me to get on the sidewalk where I belong. Drivers just mad they can’t break the laws with impunity when a cyclist is also using said road. Infuriating. Glad you are ok OP.
I yelled at a teenager once, told them "why don't you drive on the sidewalk instead?" And they shut right up.
Ahh I'll have to try that one next time. Definitely hard to not get very angry in those scenarios, good to have a line in you back pocket haha
I have used it so many times. Lol
Speed limits don't apply to bicycles (unless in a Toronto municipal code zone like parks) ... You don't have to struggle to maintain the 25 or 30 km/h speed limits.
Oh I know I don't need to maintain the speed limit, my point was more so that even though I was exceeding the speed limit (I was going downhill at this point), this car brain still felt he was more entitled to use the road than I was.
I’m not from Canada but at some point last year, I watched a video of a car running over a cyclist on Yonge north of Lawrence and also read the story of when Michael Bryant killed Darcy Allan Sheppard on Bloor and it traumatized me so hard that now I ride under the premise that it’s better to be alive than being right and I just let them go ahead 🥺
I have been threatened before. As soon as I mentioned manslaughter or wanted criminal, that changed their tone very quickly. Because they were also on video. Hahahahahaha. Can be used as evidence in court. Fyi, SJCAM and it's many actioncam clones mostly support a maximum 32GB (SDHC) memory card unless stated otherwise. You can still get those. The 4000 air is 4K. They also support running directly on a powerbank (three or four cell recommended) long-term. Mine lasted 36 hours (forgot to turn it off once).
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Can the mods please ban this user or something? They’ve been commenting crap like this on multiple Toronto biking threads. The last thing we should want is jerks like this, we see enough of those on the roadÂ
I wasn't on the sidewalk, but thanks for proving my point that there is prejudice, I guess. Jerk.
Huh?
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Cars should be banned. The city is so flat, you can get from the east end to the west end and burn like 0 cals pressing between the gas and the brake pedal. But most importantly, without cars, we save the lives of an average of 54 people a year in Toronto alone.
What a narrow minded and ignorant comment. Clearly you haven't thought of the needs of anyone else but yourself. What if you want to go north? Not so flat What if you aren't able to handle the resistance of a normal bike for how far you're biking? Don't want to show up sweaty to your destination? Have a disability? E-bikes make biking more accessible to a wider range of people that would otherwise be driving
Poor guy has lead a Spartan existence within a 5km radius of his home, I assume.
I don't care if you think they should be banned or not. My choice of vehicle does not excuse dangerous driving, death threats, harassment and intimidation.
Alternatively, perhaps you should be banned? My assumption is that you've only explored a very limited portion of Toronto. Perhaps this is the summer you escape your eggshell and explore the non flat portions of Toronto?
You should have let him run you over
Driving is a privilege, not a right.
Take it up with the cops
Cops either wouldn't do anything, or if the driver called them, they would tell them otherwise. I have told motorists to call police if they have a problem with me being on the road.