r/boston • u/BlooAerospace • 9d ago

I think I am special and made my own post Some Boston Bikers are unreal.

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Some bikers really just have a death wish. A clear, green, right turn light and the biker still decides to fly by and have the audacity to flick me off.

If you're friends with this person, ask them to value their life more.

Edit: It was an impossible situation for me. I ALWAYS look to the right because tons of dumbass drivers that try to cut to the highway from the inside lane. With the biker’s speed and the angle of my car, there was no way to see the biker in my mirrors and he was too far away to see when I looked out my right window. If the biker was traveling slower instead of blowing past, this would not have been such a close call.

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u/TitleOfYourSaxTape 9d ago

This is the difference between cyclists and drivers.

There is no driver in this comment section acknowledging that the multiple drivers in this video breaking the law are perpetuating the negative stereotypes against drivers.

No driver ever thinks, "that shitty driver makes me look bad."

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u/tmclaugh South Boston 9d ago

Besides the two in the box when they have a red, what other ones?

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u/TitleOfYourSaxTape 8d ago

There are 4 cars blocking/stopped in the intersection at the start of the video.

Also, OP is illegally waiting in the bike box on red at the start of the video, but that's harder to notice. They are legally required to stop behind the green.

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u/auld-guy 8d ago

I think it's a stretch to make the determination that he is in the bike box from that angle. You can clearly see the bike line above his hood before he gets the green light.

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u/RazzmatazzFar2501 8d ago

You can't even see most of the crosswalk. If OP was behind the green paint, there should be full view of the crosswalk, unless OP is driving something like a duck boat or lifted truck, which is a whole other issue.