Yes, I know I can walk around it, hence the mildly infuriating. Still a d*ck move

  • nbafantest@lemmy.world
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    In the US, this would be a F250 extended King Cab blocking your path while idling and spewing diesel exhaust.

    I guess our “mildly” infuriating things are different.

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        It’s a local thing. My town doesn’t let you ride on the main street sidewalk, but you can everywhere else. There are signs posted at the end of the street that you would never notice.

        That being said, ride in the road. Assert some dominance.

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          When I learned to drive there was a pretty big emphasis put on paying attention to cyclists in round abouts. Nowadays the official rule for how a bicycle should go through a round about is: in the middle of the road. Even as a car driver I love the boldness of this approach.

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          Unless the cars on the road are going to fast for comfort or are too agressive, then do whatever you can to not feel like you are going to die at any moment.

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    Mostly pisses me off because it blocks disabled people. I wouldn’t blame them for knocking it down.

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    Whoops, accidentally bumped into your bikes as I walked down the sidewalk they were parked on!

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      I was really tempted to do that, but I felt them being an asshole shouldn’t be a reason for me to be one as well

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    While they could have snugged them in, they do need the ability to park them somewhere while shopping. One option is in the road, like the white van. Or put up some bike racks to guide parking. This is poor city planning.

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      This is poor city planning.

      There’s a lot of things wrong with the Netherlands, but poor city planning - at least when it comes to bike infrastructure - is not something you’ll find there.

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      There’s no way to tell from this single pic. Who knows, there might have been proper bike parking spots just around the corner.

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        This is the Netherlands, better bike parking is always a stone’s throw away

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    Well, there’s three bikes in this picture and only one car. The car is taking up more space than all of the bikes. Simple solution: get rid of that car parking spot and turn it into bike parking. Now more people can visit the businesses!

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      But that’s not how it’s currently set up, both cars and bikes can coexist. These bikes shouldn’t be parked there just like cars shouldn’t go into the sidewalk.

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        There are multiple additional parking spaced behind the car. Replacing one spot with bike parking still allows both modes to visit the shop but provides an increased number of visitor spaces.

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      The car also has a Dutch license plate. While I am generally a big proponent of bike friendly infrastructure, even at the expense of car amenities, the Dutch of all the people don’t need any more prodding in that direction.

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      The problem is not lack of bike parking, we have plenty of that in the Netherlands 😊 We’re just sort of spoiled and like to park our bike right at the place we need to be. If you do that normally it usually isn’t a problem.

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      The problem is not lack of bike parking, we have plenty of that in the Netherlands 😊 We’re just sort of spoiled and like to park our bike right at the place we need to be. If you do that normally it usually isn’t a problem.

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    I’m in the US and when I read the title I assumed it’d be a car parked in an insane way. I wish we had the opportunity to be mad at bikes haha. The closest is people dumping scooters wherever or they try to park them politely but then they fall over

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      I assume people putting themselves, or their personal shit in everyone’s way.

      Yes Karen, you and your five friends, walking shoulder to shoulder, on the only place for people to walk, at a slow meander, DOES obstruct everyone else. And yes, I have somewhere to be, but even if I didn’t, get the fuck out of the goddamn way.

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    I’m so used to having to bend over backwards to walk anywhere in Greece that I literally could not see the problem

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    Those rental scooters in my city are always parked so they obstruct as much of the sidewalk as possible, it’s so infuriating.

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    There’s an office building near me where one of the employees parks his Harley Davison motorcycle on the handicapped ramp of an emergency exit. Granted it doesn’t see daily foot traffic but someone in a wheelchair might need to, you know, escape a fire.

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      Someone should inform the authorities and let them tow it. There should be something that can be done legally.

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        I wonder if there is a law against this or if it’s some kind of building code violation. What authority governs having handicapped accessible escape routes from a private building?

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          I’m just guessing, but in my country you get towed for blocking escape routes. Maybe your local fire department can help you understand what is possible to do.

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    I’m so mad at people who don’t properly park their rented scooters. I always take my time to put them aside if they’re a hindrance on the sidewalk but it infuriates me how it just takes TWO seconds to not be an asshole and people still don’t bother.

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    Politely park you bike, walk over, gently pick it up, then toss it into the river park it behind the other.