In my local city, people die every year getting ran over on a bike. I knew a dr who didnt make it.
I got close-lined off my bike once around 2017. Its part of the gang initiation to send someone to the hospital. I have a dent in my nose because of it.
Its MUCH more dangerous in my area than most places though.
Maga land folks get very angry if you’re even driving a small car. Been screamed at and almost ran off the road just for existing in a small car. It offends their tiny pp. Or something.
They REALLY hate bikes. Maybe because while they drive their 8000 lb dually quad cab thats never touched dirt or towed once, and hauls 1 person 99% of the time, they get mad at how efficient you are.
And I have a truck too. For work. 8 ft box single cab manual with no radio or ac. Hauls construction material and tows trailers. A truck used for real work. Fuck bro trucks.
Yup… drove a small car back from college and two truck bros decided it’d be fun to sandwich my car between them. One rode my rear bumper with high beams, the other slowed down and rode the middle line so I couldn’t pass. Then he’d start slamming his brakes.
In my local city, people die every year getting ran over on a bike. I knew a dr who didnt make it.
I got close-lined off my bike once around 2017. Its part of the gang initiation to send someone to the hospital. I have a dent in my nose because of it.
Its MUCH more dangerous in my area than most places though.
Maga land folks get very angry if you’re even driving a small car. Been screamed at and almost ran off the road just for existing in a small car. It offends their tiny pp. Or something.
They REALLY hate bikes. Maybe because while they drive their 8000 lb dually quad cab thats never touched dirt or towed once, and hauls 1 person 99% of the time, they get mad at how efficient you are.
And I have a truck too. For work. 8 ft box single cab manual with no radio or ac. Hauls construction material and tows trailers. A truck used for real work. Fuck bro trucks.
These are the people who don’t understand the meaning of Liberal as most lemmy commenters use it. It’s why it’s so dissonant.
Yup… drove a small car back from college and two truck bros decided it’d be fun to sandwich my car between them. One rode my rear bumper with high beams, the other slowed down and rode the middle line so I couldn’t pass. Then he’d start slamming his brakes.
I got furious reading that. I would’ve slammed the brakes and said goodbye to my car at that point. USA hits different man.
You’d have said goodbye to your head as well, because that lifted truck isn’t going into the rear of the small car… it’s going up and over.
Time to carry a box of nails, or a paintball gun 😁
it’s all fun and games until they pull out the real gun.
I called the incident into the police station but it was before I had the dashcam so they just shrugged (and were probably blood related anyway).
Cops usually are the same ones driving BRo trucks, or its likely their kids like you said.
I do like the box of nails idea though. Keep a flimsy cardboard box of roofing nails in your door pocket for tail gating assholes :)