The best part of driving a shitbox is that I don't have to care too much about it.
The best part of driving a shitbox is that I don't have to care too much about it.
Then they’ll block your road, get out of their fancy car and assault you for hitting that precious car.
I was on a bike path when a car driver cut me while exiting a driveway and I bumped my wheel into his back bumper. Well, he stopped, got out of his car, whined that I didn’t do “my” stop and ended up slapping me twice in the face… because he cut me and I bumped into his car…
So even if you have an old car AND it’s not your fault, they’l still be mad at you for existing and being in their way.
Well actually, its usually much safer for a cyclists to keep moving at an intersection like that. It takes far less time for them to clear the intersection than coming to a full dead stop and starting again. I can see and hear everything on approach much better than anyone inside a 2 ton metal box. In some places its perfectly legal for a bicycle to treat stop sighs like a give way.
Getting on the sidewalk often has its own hazards, like the sidewalk randomly ending and starting again for no reason, people, and shop doors.