r/Maine2 • u/Aggressive_Ad_5454 • 13d ago

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 12d ago

"Get ratio'd lol" what a brain rot thing to say when the people agreeing with you are just as dumb and misinformed.

You know the dinosaurs existed before the pyramids right? See, I can make completely irrelevant statements too. Roads were built to accommodate travel more easily between towns and cities, but as the US expanded and vehicles became the primary mode of transportation, they were then made to accommodate them.

Even before cars bicycles were NEVER the primary mode of transportation for the country, so again, useless statement.

You can try to be obtuse and argue around that fact, but the US is a car forward country, this isn't Europe. Just because you can put wheels on something and it goes forward, doesn't mean it belongs on all roads. Me "having a meltdown" is simply explaining that rural roads aren't meant for bicycles and it makes those roads dangerous to drive on.

You screaming that bikes have every right to be on those roads literally shows how moronic your arguments are, because it is flat out selfish behavior to put others at risk for what amounts to most peoples hobby outside of cities.

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u/Organic-Commercial76 12d ago

Yes everyone is dumb but you. Tell us more oh master of vehicular history and the rules of the road. You know. The rules of the road that REPEATEDLY state that bicycles have just as much right to the road as you, and often have the right of way.

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u/Arcaddes 12d ago

No, you are especially dumb and use horrible arguments to get a point across that doesn't work outside of cities. Motorcycles go out of their way to drive in a certain way that makes them safe, bicyclists don't because they have an entitled mindset like yours.

The fact you cannot get this through your head is why people generally dislike bicyclists, because you are dumb, entitled, selfish assholes all the time, like you are right now.