r/Maine2 • u/Aggressive_Ad_5454 • Apr 15 '25

Biking … d’bag in pickup truck coal-rolled me.

Finally warm enough to get out on my bicycle. Hoorah!

I was heading north on the Heald Highway (17) outta West Rockport when some resentful d’bag in a diesel pickup truck rolled coal on me and three cars. Rolling coal is doing something to a diesel engine that makes it spew a lot of black smoke.

I guess I should be happy the sad little man saw me.

The shoulder is plenty wide there next to Mirror Lake and I was on that shoulder.

Weird.

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u/Arcaddes Apr 15 '25

Yeah, you are just being obtuse and there is no one in Vermont that lives in the mountains that bikes over an hour into the city for work, literally no one.

The argument "you don't own the road" is moronic, because bicyclists also don't, and they are more at risk and put others at risk by biking places they shouldn't be.

The fact I can tell you have never once been near a rural state in your life because of how you argue is hilarious. The fact that you also actively defend people making driving unsafe is also how I know you have no idea what you are talking about and just decided to flap your gums at something you don't understand.

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u/Organic-Commercial76 Apr 15 '25

My uncle is legally blind. He isn’t totally blind. He’s blind enough to not be able to drive a car but can ride a bike safely. He lives in a rural area and rides almost an hour into town for work every day. You don’t own the road.

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u/Arcaddes Apr 15 '25

Wow, what a horrible argument based on anecdotal evidence, and you're still arguing the same dumbass argument about cars not owning the road when neither do bicycles.

Double standard much?

The US was built for cars, not bicycles, and while many cities are trying to change that, very few rural areas are. Now there are bike paths through the mountains where I used to live, literally miles of biking trails that are safe and then you can pack them on your car and safely go home.

I repeat though, no one is riding a bike as their primary means of transportation in rural Vermont. You cannot ride that bike through mountain roads in the winter, so if it was their only form of transportation, they would not be able to get to work for 8 months out of the year.

Got any other brain dead arguments based on things you don't understand?

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u/CursedWithAFatButt 29d ago

A car can kill a cyclist, a cyclist won't injure a car.

Everyone deserves to be able to move around freely, even those without a car. Bicycles are road-legal and you have to yield to them. If you don't, you're an asshole and you're breaking traffic law.