Critical Mass: Douchebag of the Month - March 2011

[Devil]

You and your wife sound like lovely people. It'd be more than a little funny if one of those people who got mowed down was one of your kids.

Yep, real funny.

We are lovely people. Quite lovely.

This wouldn't happen to my kids because they're not bicycle clusterfucking douche bags. If the same guy ran over some random people who were out riding for exercise, it wouldn't be funny. But running over people who are purposely fucking up other people's day is completely hysterical.

[chainpunch]

We are lovely people. Quite lovely.

This wouldn't happen to my kids because they're not bicycle clusterfucking douche bags. If the same guy ran over some random people who were out riding for exercise, it wouldn't be funny. But running over people who are purposely fucking up other people's day is completely hysterical.

Though Devil sounds extreme I see his point. The karma of people trying to cause trouble seems to have brought upon trouble for themselves.

[Apollo1982]

ROFL @ it taking the ambulance twice as long to get there because of all of the traffic. Hilarious!

[submessenger]

Similar events happen in London, not that often but they do involve hundreds of people and they screw up the capital for hours. The irony is, cars standing idle are still fucking the environment and when the meet ends all of the angry drivers are going to be gunning for cyclists on their way home to their spoilt dinners. It's a double fail.

This is my problem with HOV lanes... instead of using that extra lane (or lanes) to reduce traffic load, we use that lane to try and make a political statement; this leads to one generally free lane that is moving along rapidly, and 3-5 lanes of bumper-to-bumper, car-belching-CO-and-smog, aggravated hell. HOV lanes probably cause more pollution than they cure.

[Lebell]

Phrost, you're a fucking ignoramus.
lemme try:

imagine you're a fucking idiot who can only see as far as the tip of his nose.
instead of supporting fair healthcare for all, you'll scream 'socialism/communism!' cos thats how you are brainwashed.
and instead of wondering what kinda society allows its law abiding citizens to live their lives as 'working poor', you just 'suck it up, cos capitalism' and rush to your early grave working 3 jobs with 6 hours sleep max.

to maintain some sense of selfrighteousnous you'll look down on people trying to keep the world liveable and sustainable, while you drive away in your car,mindlessly participating in the ratrace instead of realising you're being fucked up the ass by the rich.

'merrikah!

[o378]

Holy Shit! That guy could have really fucked up his car...

[bobyclumsyninja]

while you drive away in your car,mindlessly participating in the ratrace instead of realising you're being fucked up the ass by the rich.
'merrikah!

Is that why I used to wake up with a sore bottom? Glad I left that job.

[Homernoid]

Phrost, you're a fucking ignoramus.
lemme try:

imagine you're a fucking idiot who can only see as far as the tip of his nose.
instead of supporting fair healthcare for all, you'll scream 'socialism/communism!' cos thats how you are brainwashed.
and instead of wondering what kinda society allows its law abiding citizens to live their lives as 'working poor', you just 'suck it up, cos capitalism' and rush to your early grave working 3 jobs with 6 hours sleep max.

to maintain some sense of selfrighteousnous you'll look down on people trying to keep the world liveable and sustainable, while you drive away in your car,mindlessly participating in the ratrace instead of realising you're being fucked up the ass by the rich.

'merrikah!

true, very true.

[Yoj]

The city has seen it fit to give them the same rights as actual vehicles.

This is exactly why Critical Mass occurs, because a lot of people think that bikes are not vehicles or traffic, you seem to forget that cyclists have a right to use the road system, whereas all other traffic has a privilege based on licensing that can be revoked if the licensee is not responsible enough, because drivers of vehicles are far more capable of causing death and injury than a guy on a bike, regardless of anecdotal evidence of it occurring once in a while.

I don't agree with militant critical mass style cycling events for what its worth, but, while there are a large proportion of people that view cyclists as not belonging on roads, it's going to happen. It's a fucking shitty attitude to see roads as purely being there for motorised transport.

[creativo]

I like how extreme this stuff gets. Drivers get huge trucks and gigantic V8's (although the speed limit is ridiculous), cyclists that mass together to reclaim the streets are ALL hipsters with no jobs... throw in some guns and you have the whole USA picture apparently.

[Devil]

I like how extreme this stuff gets. Drivers get huge trucks and gigantic V8's (although the speed limit is ridiculous), cyclists that mass together to reclaim the streets are ALL hipsters with no jobs... throw in some guns and you have the whole USA picture apparently.

Reclaim the streets....LOL! How'd that work out for them?

[Snake Plissken]

Phrost, you're a fucking ignoramus.
lemme try:

imagine you're a fucking idiot who can only see as far as the tip of his nose.
instead of supporting fair healthcare for all, you'll scream 'socialism/communism!' cos thats how you are brainwashed.
and instead of wondering what kinda society allows its law abiding citizens to live their lives as 'working poor', you just 'suck it up, cos capitalism' and rush to your early grave working 3 jobs with 6 hours sleep max.

to maintain some sense of selfrighteousnous you'll look down on people trying to keep the world liveable and sustainable, while you drive away in your car,mindlessly participating in the ratrace instead of realising you're being fucked up the ass by the rich.

'merrikah!

tallest man on Bullshido, ladies and gentlemen.

[Lebell]

tallest man on Bullshido, ladies and gentlemen.

You're just sauer i dwarf you both physically and intellectually.
suck it up.

[ChenPengFi]

As a former cycling coach and industry person, fuck the critical massholes.

[ignatzami]

This is exactly why Critical Mass occurs, because a lot of people think that bikes are not vehicles or traffic, you seem to forget that cyclists have a right to use the road system, whereas all other traffic has a privilege based on licensing that can be revoked if the licensee is not responsible enough, because drivers of vehicles are far more capable of causing death and injury than a guy on a bike, regardless of anecdotal evidence of it occurring once in a while.

I don't agree with militant critical mass style cycling events for what its worth, but, while there are a large proportion of people that view cyclists as not belonging on roads, it's going to happen. It's a fucking shitty attitude to see roads as purely being there for motorised transport.

If bikes want the same respect, and rights, as cars they need to follow the same laws as cars.

If there is a red light, I as a motorist have to stop, bikes should, they do not.

If there is an emergency vehicle, I as a motorist have to pull over, bikes should, they do not.

If there is a school bus with it's lights flashing, I as a motorist have to stop, bikes should, they do not.

I have seen a cyclist run into a child who was trying to get on the bus because the cyclist chose to ride up onto the sidewalk to avoid the cars that had stopped for the same school bus.

I bike, I enjoy biking, but I bike off road as much as possible, both for safety, and because I can get places faster off road then on.

--Edit

Also, from what I can see of these "protests" they ride in a bunch, they weave from lane to lane without signaling their intent, and generally bike in an unsafe manner. No wonder they get run over.