Fred  Mar 1
1.3.6.1.4.1.61513
If you can't fit even the smallest stencil in, it's not a bike lane
Feb 24 at 11:16pmWeb
Show threadColinFeb 25

@xssfox Look if you cyclists didn’t keep getting bigger and bigger bikes to compensate for your massive insecurity and perceived attacks on your unearned entitlement this wouldn’t be a problem.

<listens to earpiece>

I am being told I’m thinking of “Ford Ranger drivers”. As you were.

Show threadLot⁴⁹Feb 28
@abstractcode @xssfox Ha! The Ranger was a "mid-size" truck Ford stopped making years ago It's all F-150 or more now.
Show threadColinFeb 28
@12thRITS @xssfox As an Australia in Australian who was talking to another Australian about a vehicle Ford very much sells right now in Australia I would remind you that more than one country exists.
Show threadLot⁴⁹Feb 28
@abstractcode @xssfox Lucky Aussies!
Show threadAdi 🐕🐾🐾🐾 (he/him)Mar 1

@abstractcode @12thRITS @xssfox sold in the UK too, and is probably the biggest truck sold here. Thankfully not enough Americans (or Americans inspired) here to buy too many of them.

https://www.ford.co.uk/vans-and-pickups/ranger

All New Ford Ranger - Robust Pick-Up Truck | Ford UK

It’s clear why the All-New Ford Ranger continues to be Europe’s best-selling pick-up. Explore all new features and specs here.

Show threadColinMar 1
@adityabhaskar @12thRITS @xssfox https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSjfN7Xf6_E
Dash Cam Owners Australia - Ranger danger special

YouTube
Show threadLot⁴⁹Mar 1
@adityabhaskar @abstractcode @xssfox Ford clearly hates America.
Show threadBlizzFeb 25
@xssfox wow actual worst bike lane award
Show thread1.3.6.1.4.1.61513Feb 25
@fairyflosslord7 Collins st is still worse, I can't fit my foot in it
Show threadBlizzFeb 25
@xssfox i need to see
Show threadRobynFeb 25
@xssfox
You can't expect them to cater for all sizes of feet. I'm sure it'll fit better if you trim your toes a little.
@fairyflosslord7
Show threadAlesandro Ortiz 🇵🇷🏳️‍🌈Feb 25

@xssfox But studies show it can be used as a bike lane!*

*by mice

Show threadSimon 🐮Feb 25
@xssfox There are special bikes for that
Show threaderi Feb 25
@xssfox that's an ike lane
Show threadAda (Villain arc) 🏳️‍⚧️Feb 25
@xssfox *grabs a can of spray paint* I didn't get my criminal record for nothing
Show threadwyattFeb 25
@xssfox vestigial bike lane
Show threadClariFeb 25
@xssfox PAINT! IS! NOT! INFRASTRUCTURE!
Show threadAndy DeardenFeb 25
@xssfox on the other hand - that looks like a solid, rather than a dotted line! In the UK that is a significant legal difference.
Show threadPeter BrownFeb 25

@xssfox that kind of road marking is functionally dangerous.

It is encouraging motor vehicles and cyclists to be dangerously close one to another. The council should be sued.

All driving safety training is predicated on the principle that you create space around your vehicle and that space creates safety.
Car drivers are trained to leave at least a car door space when passing a parked vehicle; bus is much more.
They should leave *at least* the same space for a cyclist.

Show threadMaki 🔻 🌹Feb 25
@xssfox Someone... tried? In a half-assed not my job kind of way? ... This is somehow so much worse than having no bike lane at all. x_x
Show threadandrethemacFeb 25
@xssfox in Belgium they are referred as : "kill-track" or "murder lane" (moordstrookje in dutch)
Show threadBenji WeberFeb 25
@xssfox This one was one of my all time favourites. 40cm handlebars don't fit, pinch point, stencil not fitting.
Show threadAlesandro Ortiz 🇵🇷🏳️‍🌈Feb 25
@benjiweber @xssfox The Bike Line™
Show threadSupermoosieFeb 25

@benjiweber @xssfox

Need a bit of white paint and widen it.

Show threadBruce Heerssen Feb 28

@benjiweber @xssfox

Clearly they want you on the sidewalk/pavement.

Show threadAlexanderMar 1

@benjiweber
Where is that? Germany would fit, but the marking looks different here.

Edit: Yes, left-hand traffic, there will probably be Great Britain😬
@xssfox

Show threadDerSchulzeMar 1
@benjiweber @xssfox Is this drawn by hand?! The bike symbol looks "special".
Show threadBenji WeberMar 1
@DerSchulze @xssfox yeah they are drawn by hand https://youtube.com/shorts/qDrPWlOUVKk
Man with Serious Road Painting Skills #Cars #Painting #Skills #Shorts

YouTube
Show threadnanowizFeb 26

@xssfox

Bike gutter
Probably designed by Pimps of the Pumps, the fossil fools of big oil

Show threadDandelionFeb 26
@xssfox ugh, plus cobblestone gutter. This type of bike lane is the worst
Show threadДими́трийFeb 27

@xssfox

You can't really call yourself a cyclist until you've been clipped by a side mirror at 40 km/h.

Show threadYimby EarthFeb 28

@xssfox

I think this one I used to walk past on my way to work is some cm wider, but has one of the main bus routes of the city going past on a tight bridge. Lovely.

Show threadAlex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UKFeb 28
@xssfox and I cannot even tell if that is in Australia, Aotearoa or the UK, as all 3 countries are just as likely to build such a lane..
Show threadBrian DearMar 1

@xssfox

Whereas if you can fit the world’s largest stop sign in, it’s still invisible to cyclists 🤷‍♂️

Show threadFalow, Master SurchidMar 1

@xssfox They're just trying to get you close enough to read the Foot Locker ad.

Seriously, WTF is that all about?

Show threadmoin Mar 1
@xssfox
In germany this would be illegal. But do germans care about laws and cyclists? Hell no! And its totaly the fault of the CDU Party.
Show threadШуроMar 1
@xssfox must be for fixies.
Show threadeviloatmeal, resident Death Stranding 2 apologist (arch, btw)Mar 1
@xssfox You can pay for the whole bike lane, or you can pay for all the car mirrors my handlebars collect along the way. I don't care which one. 🤷
Show threadLMR 🇦🇹🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏴‍☠️Mar 1
@xssfox I feel like bike lanes should have a minimum width of 1.5m. that’s handlebars (around 0.8m) plus margin (~350cm on each side). I feel like we can afford that much at the very least  and if not, just don’t put a bike lane there. It’s better to just be among cars instead of on that suicide strip of a “bike lane” I feel