Out riding my bike tonight and I saw a driver almost rear end a cyclist riding in the non-protected bike lane. I guess they weren't paying attention because they slammed on their brakes and squealed the tires a bit.

Then they laid on their horn! And stopped there, continuing to lay on their horn for probably another ten seconds! The guy on the bike had pulled into a mcdonalds parking lot and was looking confused about why he was being honked at.

@MLE_online [clutching pearls] how dare a cyclist exist in space explicitly designated for them and expect to survive the casual violence of an inattentive driver
@SnoopJ it was crazy how mad the driver was! even if i weren't a cyclist and exposed to fediverse bike discourse and i had been that driver, i would have been so embarrassed that i would have quietly slunk away
@MLE_online cars are terrifying even before we factor in all the angry and foolish people who are able to operate them
@MLE_online "these dumb cyclists don't know how to stay aware of the hazards of the road, such as me"
@fredy @MLE_online driver would blame the building they ran into