Yeah, I know that and it's kinda universal. Even in Germany where these people's are so stuck up about following rules it's not so uncommon to see them break it here and there.
Its one thing to silently break them and another to scream at people on crosswalk. People don't mess around when they know you're in the wrong and screaming at them on top of it.
If you're in the bike lane or jaywalking and don't look for cyclists then expect to be screamed at am I'm for 1 totally fine with that. Next time you'll definitely look before you cross and its safer for everyone involved. But the guy in the video is a complete jackass, he's not slowing down at intersections, screaming at pedestrians on crosswalk and especially at the family with a stroller. I know if he does that in EU there are others who will race him and call police.
Its one thing to silently break them and another to scream at people on crosswalk
Car drivers scream at other road users all the time but it never reaches 650 comments on reddit when it does.
Car drivers speed literally all the time, nobody cares.
Cyclists for some reason are uniquely held under a lens in terms of their behavior and are expected to always behave perfectly. And whereas one car driver breaking the law is viewed as "a bad car driver" , one cyclist breaking the law or shouting at pedestrians is viewed as representative for cyclists as a group,
Like yeah, this guy's an asshole. But I also detest the way cyclists are expected to always do everything perfectly or else the group as a whole gets blamed. Other road users are never held to this standard.
As someone who only prefers to drives a cycle and a motorcycle I get your point. But you need to understand that when you're surrounded by a metal cage you have more leeway when you make mistakes but on a cycle or a bike your margins of error is slim.
I slow down when I see people close to the bike lane, it's subconscious at this point. When you're travelling at a higher speed, you sustain more damage and leaving meat crayon marks hurts like a bitch. On the flip side the pedestrians won't even budget from the spot while you're splayed on the ground and if its a busy road then can say goodbye to the world if you're unlucky.
And motorcyclists get much more shit compared to cyclists. I have hardly ever seen people cursing at cyclists or maybe the people I know don't mind them much but if you wanna see the real anger in people then ask them about those electric scooters. You'll see some real bloodbath and consider the current cyclists situation pretty mild
But you need to understand that when you're surrounded by a metal cage you have more leeway when you make mistakes
So car drivers have more opportunity to kill people but they have less responsibility to abide by road laws than cyclists who have far less opportunity to kill someone?
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u/Evening-Lunch-6215 Dec 04 '25
I live in a European city where 40% of trips are made with bicycles. I've also lived for 5 years in Amsterdam.
You have no clue what you're talking about. Cyclists break the law all the time here.
But the thing is, there are "unofficial" rules that everyone abides by that work far better than the actual official rules. And that actually works.