Helicopter blades already do flap.

Okay. Then I was being xenophobic, or at least not mindful enough of my words. I am sorry for that.
I will also concede your point that in the event of someone smacking my car with a u-lock, I would probably floor it.

Again, please don’t shoot the messenger and construct an argument. You’re also reaallly stretching with the xenophobia. I stated that I was on an american website, therefore I did not expect much support. I was also taken aback by the number of people advocating murder and general stupidity. The ‘american’ was…

again, i do not defend the cyclist, i said the car driver was at fault. It’s not that hard a concept to grasp. Also, the video shows, and the author of this article agrees, that the car hit the cyclist.

It’s got nothing to do with xenophobia, just the fact that in the US, very few people ride bicycles, meaning americans will by default side with the car driver. This is just fact. You would’ve understood that were it not for your zeal in shooting the messenger and not trying to understand a point like a civil person…

She also had style in cars

My comments are not in any way interpretable as in support of this ‘protest’ (apparently it’s not an official protest) or the methods employed. My main points are only that nobody should strive to escalate a situation from minor traffic infractions to physical contact. And the party that operates the more…

I don’t like the angle of sexism you’ve chosen. It’s the job of everyone in traffic to de-escalate situations. The car driver has the heavier, more dangerous vehicle. Therefore she assumes more responsibility in traffic. Sure, the bike riders shouldn’t have been dicks. But pushing them with a car is needlessly and…

A mass cycling network is the best way to move large groups of people for short distances. So if it were so simple, it would’ve been done in every inner city.

Next to the button to leave a whiny comment. You should find it besides the button to leave the exact same comment dozens of others already made, behind the button that hurls baseless insults, or if you use the wizard, just after you’ve been asked if you just want to completely misread my comment to make it easier to…

In other news, maintenance done on the Autobahn is now so bad the Germans are starting to levy taxes on foreigners to use their roads. They will presumably use that money to fix up their roads. But possibly not. Now the Autobahn is precious few kilometers of glorious speed interspersed with hours of road work.

The point is not what you would do if persons swarmed your car and attacked your car with locks. The point is what you should do if some people are riding in the opposite direction and breaking a few traffic rules. You should in all cases avoid hitting them and just wait the two minutes. That’s it. That’s also what…

I’m not defending the morons on bikes. Just because I put the onus on the car driver does not mean I’m defending the bike riders. I’m not. You’re reading stuff that isn’t there. Every person in the video is a moron. The car driver more so because she assumes responsibility over a much more dangerous machine and starts…

I am on this website because I like cars. But I do acknowledge that they are very dangerous machines. Anyone who disagrees that cars can be very dangerous might want to watch some post-accident footage. People die when cars crash. If you’re driving a car and you make one single mistake, it could be the end of you and…

Fine, then they’re just run-of-the-mill assholes. Wouldn’t really change the basic premise of my point that just because someone is being an asshole doesn’t mean you get to be a bigger asshole.

Nowhere did I justify the bike rider’s behaviour. Nowhere. I just stated that the woman was the one who escalated the situation to physical violence and that she was therefore the main cause of this.

A green light is just a bulb. It gives no right to hit someone else. A green light regulates flow and is used to determine who is to blame, if there is an accident. This was no accident as no party made any effort to prevent the crash.

As someone who partakes in traffic, it was most definitely her job to de-escalate. Do you not get that in the US?

Yes I did. Did you see the woman trying to de-escalate or trying to escalate the situation? She did not try to prevent an accident. She was the one piloting a 3000-pound machine. She was in a heated, comfortable cabin. She could’ve waited, like all other car drivers. She felt the need to pilot a very dangerous…

I’ve been ‘bumped’ on my bicycle and moped as well (by accident). It’s quite frightening and crazy that the police doesn’t care.