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Didn't get the plate
By BostonUrbEx
Fri, 12/20/2013 - 8:06am
Should have gotten a nice closeup of his license plate, and it done it nice and intentionally so the driver could see. Then say something like, "BPD says hello!" and continue onward. Forward it to BPD, who may do nothing, but make the guy sweat a little at the very least.
A Digi-geek
By bulgingbuick
Fri, 12/20/2013 - 8:14am
will blow it up and get the plate.
A digi-geek?
By Ari O
Fri, 12/20/2013 - 8:36am
Or someone with decent vision and the ability to start and stop a Youtube machine. 9515YE.
7 second mark
By anon
Fri, 12/20/2013 - 9:11am
While I'm not a digigeek, the 7 second mark shows the plate clear as day.
You can already read it clearly
By BostonUrbEx
Fri, 12/20/2013 - 9:38am
But the driver doesn't really know that. It should have been much more intentional and deliberate.
From the video it looks like
By werty
Thu, 01/02/2014 - 2:53pm
From the video it looks like plate # 9515 TE .(Though the Y could be a T)
Sigh....
By Brian Riccio
Fri, 12/20/2013 - 8:18am
When did "you're going on YouTube" become an actual threat? And do you think the old dude really gives a fuck?
The old dude
By bulgingbuick
Fri, 12/20/2013 - 8:21am
thinks all bikers are commie infiltrators and that Youtube is something in the back of his 16" Magnavox.
I didn't read the "You're
By anonalex
Fri, 12/20/2013 - 9:28am
I didn't read the "You're going on YouTube" bit as a threat so much as a member of the social media generation being pleased with themselves for capturing something YouTube-able on the way to work.
Couple of Boston's finest
By dMc
Fri, 12/20/2013 - 8:21am
Where's a wambulance when you need one?
"A couple?"
By Bob Leponge
Fri, 12/20/2013 - 10:46am
Looks to me like the bike rider is riding along minding his own business until the lawbreaking car driver decides to be a dick.
The driver is just another member
By bulgingbuick
Fri, 12/20/2013 - 11:47am
of the notorious anti bike jihadists Al-Bikeda.
Yes, a couple.
By dMc
Fri, 12/20/2013 - 12:17pm
Yes, a couple.
1.) The ignorant asshole driver in the bike lane.
2.) The biker who couldn't keep his hands to himself, riding around with a camera on his head, looking for confrontations.
Look, I get why bikers are frustrated. Getting around in this city is a nightmare, whether on foot, on a bike, in a car, or on public transit. I understand why people have cameras for insurance purposes. But to post every annoying inconvenience you see on youtube is just petty. So you got cut off by some masshole? Welcome to the club!
I think he rides with a
By 55-55
Fri, 12/20/2013 - 1:18pm
I think he rides with a camera in case someone like this dove into the left lane and hit him.
"Looking for confrontation?"
By Bob Leponge
Fri, 12/20/2013 - 1:23pm
I'm just not seeing it. To what are you referring?
He's a little aggro, no?
By Sally
Fri, 12/20/2013 - 3:24pm
The cyclist is in the right here, obviously--the driver is in the bike lane. But sheesh--they're all stopping for a red; there's no place at this point for the driver to pull up. Tapping on the car is a little overkill, IMO. That said, the wannabe-Whitey driver is cuckoo bananas.
*Beep Beep*
By davem
Fri, 12/20/2013 - 6:16pm
It's like honking, which anyone in a car would do if someone was blocking their travel lane, red light or not.
And we all know
By Sally
Fri, 12/20/2013 - 8:27pm
how fun it is to have someone honking at you when you can't actually move. Again, I believe 100 % that driver guy was being an over reactive, foul-mouthed jerk, but the traffic had stopped--there's no way biker guy is going to lose much time waiting for the light to turn and everyone start moving again. Just unnecessary IMO.
Not being in that area in a
By kvn
Fri, 12/20/2013 - 8:44am
Not being in that area in a while, with the snow covering , it looks like a fog line to me. Maybe the old dude thought the same.
right but
By Bobby
Fri, 12/20/2013 - 9:25am
if it's a fog line he still shouldn't be crossing it
Really , Bobby, the lanes
By kvn
Fri, 12/20/2013 - 1:22pm
Really , Bobby, the lanes have been bumped out by the snow banks, be practical here. You want to write up the plow guy too for crossing the fog line ? When the roadway is covered in snow , you have to improvise.
Funny that
By Bobby
Fri, 12/20/2013 - 4:00pm
Funny that everyone else on the road didn't have to improvise. Everyone else is within the lines. It's the one asshole who isn't.
Admit it, you're the dude driving the care aren't you?
Who knows...........
By kvn
Fri, 12/20/2013 - 5:05pm
Who knows...........
Two seconds in you can see a
By brianjdamico
Fri, 12/20/2013 - 11:10am
Two seconds in you can see a worn bike lane marking on the road there.
Par for the course,
By anon
Fri, 12/20/2013 - 8:50am
Par for the course, unfortunately. When we have cycletracks, this will not be an issue unless drivers like running over curbs / barriers.
Be careful what you wish for.
By anon
Fri, 12/20/2013 - 2:15pm
Be careful what you wish for. When a cycle track is blocked by snow, it's not nearly as much fun to threaten to put the snowbank on Youtube.
Should've just nailed him
By TheDot
Fri, 12/20/2013 - 8:55am
Should've just nailed him with a snowball or thrown some snow in that open sunroof and called it a day.
I was thinking the same thing
By davem
Fri, 12/20/2013 - 12:03pm
I was thinking the same thing. When he said "youre in the snow anyway" I would have lobbed a snowball right through his sunroof.
I suppose "This is Going on YouTube"
By tenfortyseven
Fri, 12/20/2013 - 9:05am
is a better response than SwirleyJustice of "he's an old man stuck in traffic, so I'll threaten to kill him with my u-lock".
I Lol'd
By polarbare
Fri, 12/20/2013 - 9:22am
.
And here
By Anonnnn Baby
Fri, 12/20/2013 - 9:05am
We have a perfect example of someone that needed some u-lock justice via side mirror smashing.
You know I never realized all
By kvn
Fri, 12/20/2013 - 1:27pm
You know I never realized all this hostility, but the old u bolt lock weapon is mentioned a lot as some sort of equalizer. Sometimes I walk in downtown Boston and get terrorized on the sidewalks by the biking public. Maybe a little forearm shiver will get the dudes off the sidewalk. Now if I can only find that old leather football helmet and get a modern bird cage put on it, like the big boys use now...............
I agree. Keep you're eyes
By zetag
Fri, 12/20/2013 - 2:32pm
I agree. Keep you're eyes open for a hipster on a black Mercier Kilo TT with a white back wheel.
Hahaha
By Anonnnn Baby
Fri, 12/20/2013 - 2:45pm
Hardly a hipster.
But good to see my #1 fan, Zetag chiming in!
Acceptance is the first step
By zetag
Fri, 12/20/2013 - 4:17pm
Acceptance is the first step to recovery bro, we'll have you out of those skinny jeans and flannels in no time.
But this only highlights my point from yesterday, who knows why this guy hates bikes, it could be because some wanna be tough guy took his mirror off one day and rode away, after the driver casued no damage to anyone or anything, and now he's going to take it out on any biker that he sees. Being a douche bad makes it more dangerous for the rest of us riders just trying to get by.
What makes you think he hates bikes?
By Bob Leponge
Fri, 12/20/2013 - 4:59pm
There's no evidence in the film that the car driver has any issue at all with bikes, only that he reacts like a dickhead when it's pointed out that he's being inconsiderate and blocking the road.
Bike lane?
By Richmwgints
Fri, 12/20/2013 - 9:12am
Biker was not in bike lane. Should not be passing traffic on left. And wearing of a helmet cam shows he is looking for a confrontation.
Old guy in car rules.
pause the video at 3 seconds
By Bobby
Fri, 12/20/2013 - 9:26am
pause the video at 3 seconds and you can clearly see the bike lane icon painted on the ground
This is Boston
By bulgingbuick
Fri, 12/20/2013 - 11:48am
Once one guy follows driving rules chaos is sure to follow.
Yes, it's indeed a bike lane.
By anon
Fri, 12/20/2013 - 9:28am
Yes, it's indeed a bike lane. That section of Comm Ave has a clearly marked bike lane on the left.
Comm Ave is different
By Mateo
Fri, 12/20/2013 - 9:29am
He was in the bike lane. Like this rude driver, you obviously have never driven down Commonwealth when it's not covered in snow. Bike lane goes under Mass Ave on the left and stays that way to the Public Garden.
Are you blind?
By MattyC
Fri, 12/20/2013 - 9:29am
Bike image is very clearly in the lane just before the confrontation happens. You can see it. With your eyes.
Comm Ave has bike lane on the
By anon
Fri, 12/20/2013 - 9:30am
Comm Ave has bike lane on the left, get over yourself
Actually, on that section of
By anon
Fri, 12/20/2013 - 9:31am
Actually, on that section of Comm Ave, that's exactly where the bike lane is, the painted markers of which you can clearly see in the video. The rest of your points hardly need addressing.
Bike lane IS on the left
By dar
Fri, 12/20/2013 - 9:35am
They put the bike lane on the left a few years ago. Try to keep up.
Wrong
By Jay
Fri, 12/20/2013 - 9:36am
Comm Ave in the Back Bay, bike lanes are on the left.
Thats what caused the Geriatric outburst
By bulgingbuick
Fri, 12/20/2013 - 11:49am
"Left" lane commie bike lanes.
By the way
By Kaz
Fri, 12/20/2013 - 9:54am
Everyone's taking you to school on the whole bike lane on the left on Comm Ave, so I'll also point out that most bikers wear a helmet cam because if they get run over in a hit-and-run, they aren't exactly going to be able to just chase after their assailant. Pedestrians claim bikers want to run them over. Drivers want to run bikers over. They end up stuck in the middle defending accusations from both sides. Bikers with cameras aren't looking for confrontation, they're looking to defend themselves when confrontations happen to them (and any biker who hasn't ended up accused of doing something wrong is a liar).
Also, the bike lane is on the left on Comm Ave.
"most bikers wear a helmet cam" ??
By Ron Newman
Fri, 12/20/2013 - 10:50am
I don't think this is an accurate statement.
Also, I would not have started a fight or posted a video to YouTube and Reddit in such a situation. I would just swing to the right and pass him, then swing back to the left in front of him.
A camera in case of an
By rjzii
Fri, 12/20/2013 - 12:22pm
A camera in case of an accident sounds reasonable to me, in Russia there are a lot of drivers that have dashboard cameras in their cars for exactly the same reason.
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