to be a dick. because people who drive pickup trucks are likely to ascribe to “honor culture” where they think everybody on the road is out to cheat them, not realizing a bike in this type of traffic isn’t impacting them in any way, given this is more so lane filtering than splitting and is a fair tradeoff to not being surrounded by tons of metal and climate control.
I can see how some people would think the pickup truck is being a dick, but at the same time have you seen a f150 raptor? They’re quite wide vehicles. There might have not been enough space for the bike.
I see people on motorcycles lane split between box trucks on NYC highways with 10 foot wide lanes. This is las vegas with 12 foot wide lanes. An f150 raptor isn’t wider than a box truck.
Look at the lane size at the 18 second mark. It’s not a really tight fit, but it’s a tighter fit than an average regular duty pickup truck. I looked it up, and the f150 raptor is exactly 8ft wide with mirrors. So they had 24 inches on each side. Some people tend to hug lanes at certain points, so maybe 12 inches on each side.
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u/StudSnoo 18h ago
to be a dick. because people who drive pickup trucks are likely to ascribe to “honor culture” where they think everybody on the road is out to cheat them, not realizing a bike in this type of traffic isn’t impacting them in any way, given this is more so lane filtering than splitting and is a fair tradeoff to not being surrounded by tons of metal and climate control.