Darwin Awards!!! Aka, Darwins Waiting Room

[TurboPablo]

I'm casting my vote for the many people I watched ride their bikes through the streets of Manhattan last Thurs. with their headphones on.

So you don't want to hear that bus bearing down on you?

[nightflameauto]

As a cyclist, that shit pisses me off. Not quite as much as the assholes that ride through stop signs and lights because they "don't wanna lose momentum." Fuck your momentum. You know who has MORE momentum? Anybody in a two plus ton vehicle going the other way across that intersection.

[TurboPablo]

As a cyclist, that shit pisses me off. Not quite as much as the assholes that ride through stop signs and lights because they "don't wanna lose momentum." Fuck your momentum. You know who has MORE momentum? Anybody in a two plus ton vehicle going the other way across that intersection.

Physics, how in the blue fuck does it work?

[GuitarBilly]

That shit would drive me crazy when I lived in NYC. Cyclists down there have NO respect for traffic laws, cars, pedestrians or anyone. I am all for cycling as an alternate means of transportation but NYC is the WORST when it comes to cyclists that simply don't give a shit and put themselves and other people in danger.

[nightflameauto]

Bigger cities around the midwest get the same way. I know Minneapolis even has some of that going on. I think it's the bike messengers that go out and damn near kill themselves riding all day every day give every n00b and retard with a pedal the idea that they can ride daredevil and fuck cars, they have to watch for them. That's a recipe for disaster waiting to happen. Partially because you ride that way, you will get hit eventually. And partially because even the careful drivers will eventually be like, "OK, FUCK these cyclists" and start not giving a shit.

[Marc G]

this thread needs pics and videos... GO!

[TurboPablo]

On my short walk from Penn Station(which, for the record, is it's own kind of hell) down to the Bowery, I saw probably 15-20 people riding with ear buds.

Legality aside, that's severely lacking intelligence and common sense.

On the flip side, I spent the weekend in Philly. Which is both fun and very bike friendly.

[itchyfingers]

this thread needs pics and videos... GO!

Challenge accepted!

Car-ma...
[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mypFV_tQSrc[/video]

Fast forward to about 1:25
[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qhg9p5ogAw[/video]

Another, although, this is clearly the motorcyclists fault...
[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNFaAqS2f18[/video]

[nightflameauto]

Somehow I flamed out and mis-placed a vid in the wrong thread. I think I've gone cross-handed or something today:
[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=au0Zjn3eB9k[/video]

Eight minutes of flaming cycling stupidity.

[Marc G]

I always tell people.. you never see a car in the hospital... they will always win...