@myland555 A lot of commenters have wished that's what had happened, but I'd already observed the driver entering an adjacent building so I new going to the right was a pretty safe bet.
@wildbell If you're going to complain about "flamers" and their "misspelled mostly mono-syllabic rants," you should probably check your own spelling before posting stuff like "so I new going to the right was a pretty safe bet". It just makes you look incredibly stupid.
I'm curious, where do you think Fed Ex should park while making a delivery? Dead stopped in a traffic lane so your bike lane can remain clear just for you alone?? You actually had room to go around the truck on both sides and still stay out of traffic, so I really can't see what your complaining about.
@wolfsfire68 You're certainly not the first in this thread to see neither the problem with nor the solution to where the truck is poorly parked, but you are one of the few to inquire respectfully (mostly), and that's appreciated. The answer to your question is simple really: the truck should be parked closer to and more evenly with the curb. Had the driver taken the few more seconds to do so the truck would be in accordance with CVC 22502(a), instead of an illegal obstruction.
People actually use bike lanes? Personally, bikers in bike lanes scare me... one wrong move and then I'm possibly responsible for injuring or killing someone... anyone, not just me. I'd just use the sidewalk, illegal or not. Who the fuck cares? Not a lot of people walk anymore and it seems safer. Just merge onto the street here and there.
@Nickhead87 A lot of motorists adopt your point of view, derived primarily from their sense of entitlement to the streets. As you point out and then immediately dismiss as irrelevant: some municipalities make sidewalk riding illegal. But beyond that, the sidewalk is indeed a place to ride that is fraught with increased risks to cyclists from motorists who don't expect them to be there when they pull out of parking lots, driveways and make right and left turns at intersections.
@Nickhead87 Ha! Very true: I do answer too many people here who couldn't care less for any point of view that differs from their own. But I approved your comment and responded to you because other than the expletive you used, it was relatively polite. I could be wrong, but I won't be surprised if you feel compelled to put a complete end to any civility between us by unleashing some additional criticism in any forthcoming reply.
Didn't even realize I said a bad word, lol. I'm not against you in any way, but it really bothers me when people ride their bikes on the white line and can't even stay on it. I guess it's just because I envision them making a wrong move and winding up under my car. But people who walk on the road rather than on the sidewalk or even nearby grass really bother me. If I rode a bike, I'd just pick the sidewalk instead of the road. I'd feel safer. Nothing against you.
@Nickhead87 Thanks for proving my hunch wrong and keeping it friendly. While you might not feel comfortable with bikes on the streets it sounds like you exercise awareness and caution when you're around them. And when it comes down to it, as a cyclist that's all I ask. PS. I'm totally with you on peds in the streets. The worst is when they're walking in a bike lane when there's a perfectly good sidewalk next to them.
Ha, no problem. I try to be as friendly as possible. Out in my area, there's a road with no sidewalk, but a huge section of grass on either side, and people still choose to walk on the white line and even in the road. I always go way around them if nobody else is coming my direction, but it's annoying as hell. It's like when people cross any crosswalk in town as if they were a slug. I run across the crosswalks, lol. It's rare that I ever cross a street, though.
@69SENTRA This clip has generated an amazing variety of defensive misinterpretations throughout this thread, but none so completely illogical as yours. Cute, indeed.
Not being from California I am not familiar with the referenced code I see in previous comments. I have been driving for FedEx Express for 14 years and I agree this driver [FedEx Ground] should have parked against the curb in a more appropriate manner. However, labeling an entire company or "hating" it based on the obvious incompetence of a single driver isn't really fair, is it? Or do you mean to suggest that it is the particular actions of this particular driver that you hate?
@dcmretro I greatly appreciate the considerate comment. I confess to broadly using that loaded word "hate," in the headline but certainly I don't hate the company as a whole, nor do I hate the specific driver. It's more directed towards his inconsideration in an "Ugh, I *hate* it when that happens" framework.
@WellThisIsAwkward101 I'm gonna bet that since you don't get what the driver did, you probably don't think what he did is wrong either, but for what it's worth you're not alone in not seeing that the driver parked too far from the curb, and thus in doing so fully obstructed a bike lane.
@tannenstein Sorry to disappoint, but the years before, during and after this clip I logged more than 15,000 bike miles. I've been doing bike commutes in one form or another since 1988. So contrary to your kneejerk assumption it won't be the way I ride that gets me killed. It'll be some inconsiderate motorist such as this FedEx driver. Or you.
well then you'd know its not always easy to park a huge truck like that any ol place, fedex guys are always in a rush. if you did indeed work a job like that then you'd understand.
@F40Circa I had a feeling you'd find a way both to marginalize my reply and negate my experience as a driver. I do understand the pressures of the job and how easy it is for those such as you to rationalize doing it in a manor that negatively impacts others and negatively reflects on the company they are representing.
you hate fedex? well i'll bet the driver really likes the bike buzzing by withing a foot of his door at 15 mph so he can get beamed when he steps out.
@creamyfilling102 Not that an explanation matters to you, since you're yet another commenter who can't comprehend that this incident wouldn't have transpired if the driver had parked legally, but the mitigating factor as to my decision to pass the truck on the right was that before I got to the truck I had already seen the driver entering an adjacent building so I knew the chance of him stepping out of the truck was zero.
@srtrcr Nice try, but no. I don't hate the company because this driver is doing his job. I "hate" this driver because in this instance he's doing one aspect of his job very badly in order to feed his family.
well form what I saw in the video, if he had parked at the curb he would have been into the trees there with his truck, maybe that would have been better? Up any further and theres a red curb (fire lane) so yes maybe he should have just parked out in the street?
@PAtrucker73 You're certainly not the first commenter to excuse the parking job by fabricating the adjacent trees into an obstruction they aren't at all, but you are the first to manufacture a fire lane where there's just a no parking zone. But to answer your sarcastic question, no parking out further into the street isn't the solution. Taking a few more seconds simply to park legally against the curb, is.
Exaggeration duly noted, @jackbelias. But if it's unrealistic of me to expect delivery drivers to park against the curb in accordance with CVC 22502(a) then, yes, parking in the next county and taking a taxi (or maybe a helicopter) over will work.
Hey maybe the Fedex guy should of parked across the road blocking all the lanes of traffic so he could make you happy. Be realistic, where the hell do you park a big vehicle?
Sarcasm duly noted, @travisihs08. But hey, if it's unrealistic of me to expect vehicles -- regardless of size -- to park at the curb in accordance with CVC 22502(a) then, yes, blocking the whole road would be a satisfactory alternative.
I would typically delete idiotic comments like this one by @jayynecobb, but I'm gonna let it stand to be admired for its epically trollish assumption that owning bikes and cars are somehow mutually exclusive. Coming in a close second is this commenter's inability to get the point that if the truck had been parked at the curb where it belonged, I wouldn't have had the option to ditch the bike lane and pass on its right. And in third place is what's become the obligatorily lame spandex reference.
I've seen someone in a bike lane and a car backed up, caught her on the car, and dragged her until her bones snapped. Thank God she did not die. That's why stupid drivers like FedEx .. etc should learn to drive.
You should build a set of tire deflators and put them under the tires every time you see a delivery truck parked that blocks someone or double parked. Or maybe look up the state traffic code and call the cop. Complain and state the traffic code.
@samten10a As tempting as your solution might seem, criminally disabling the illegally parked vehicle is just a BIT extreme -- not to mention time-consuming. As to the traffic code, it's California Vehicle Code section 22502(a). And while it's nice to think I could report the violation and a parking enforcement officer would respond before the driver completes his delivery, in a big city like Los Angeles that's just not going to happen. Better to report the truck number directly to FedEx.
Just a thought? No doubt this will come as a complete surprise to @N17771 that owning a bike and a car are not mutually exclusive. In fact I own two cars. SHOCKER.
Ok....not sure why you hate FedEx. First off, that's a ground truck. Which means he is a contractor, not a FedEx employee. But if you come to South Carolina with all these Lance Armstrong wanna-be's, I will park my tractor-trailer along the road with the little bike lanes and you can hate a real FedEx driver.
@Vaportrail69 I don't really "hate" FedEx. I've had opportunities to endure many delivery companies whose drivers -- be they contracted outsiders or righteous employees -- inconsiderately block my "little" bike lane. Thus "hate is used more in the "I hate it when that happens" vein. But the difference between the guy in this vid and you is that I can't say that he intentionally obstructed the lane, whereas you seem eager to do it at any opportunity. Now that's Hate.
@wildbell so you say you hate the guy that did it unintentionally, im sorry hate when it happens. Ya I when sht happens too but seems that your sht is having to move over a little, your life must be really good if thats what bothers you. Tractor-trailers are wider than normal vehicals and strait trucks, they rarely ever have a choice other than to take the bike lane. I just don't like bikes on the road in general, or not a vehical get on the sidewalk.
@TheJadecharper Looking beyond your practically illiterate and pointedly biased comment, I respectfully propose a deal: I'll have more consideration for those who have none for me if you'll try to "like bikes on the road in general" a little more.
@wildbell don't like bikes on the road, and probably never will. I see it as a dangerous place for any thing smaller than a yaris. I ride my on the sidewalk when there is one to ride on, I've been ticketed for doing so and will continue to as I don't want to risk my life. I am biased I drive a delivery truck and have noticed many bikers seem to have a ownership complex to the roads. I'm sorry I assumed you did too. I'm still curios at your low thresh hold of things which you hate.
@TheJadecharper Thanks for the follow-up. "Hate" is certainly a loaded word and my using it is a main reason why I get so many people hating me back in the comments. For what it's worth, my "hate" is more figurative in a "Boy I hate it when that happens," way. If it's any consolation I'm all to familiar with those cyclists you mention who act like they own the road, and I hate them, too. Peace.
@MaloUno Thanks for the comment. I see you've taken my use of "hate" in the headline and video quite literally. It's understandable, but in truth the emotion I expressed here is along the lines of "I hate it when that happens..." not anger.
Too all you retards, in many states you are not allowed to park for any amount of time in the white lined cyclists lane so that they don't have to slow down and work back up to speed. this fedex truck was deliberately lazy and didn't even move into the right parking spot.
Not that it matters to someone such as @FrozenHaxor2 who'd find such a hypothetical collision laughable, but as I've mentioned in previous responses to commenters who've brought up the same scenario: Before I triggered the camera I'd already observed the driver entering an adjacent building, so I knew there was a good chance the truck was unattended.
Wait, are we supposed to agree with you? You passed on the right side. You could have stopped instead of veering off to the right. Did you not see the bigass FedEx truck?
@RandonAnonymousCowar Yep, you got me: I didn't see the bigass FedEx truck blocking my right of way. If I had seen the bigass FedEx truck blocking my right of way I would've had time to get my camera out and get video of the bigass FedEx truck blocking my right of way. Bonus points for knowing right from left.
@FlynAggie14 I'll repeat the latter half of the comment thingto DJSnipa: It's disappointing that you choose to see this situation as my fault and a reason to hate cyclists, when the simple fact is the truck driver's unlawful and inconsiderate parking job created it.
Bikes have to follow the same laws as cars when riding on the road. Atleast in my town and most of California. In my eyes your the reason why drivers hate cyclist.
@DJSnipa I understand your perspective, and appreciate you expressing it politely. I'm actually one of those cyclists who strives to obey all laws and to ride both respectfully and considerately. I didn't in this case consciously for safety reasons previously stated in responses to other comments here. It's disappointing that you choose to see this situation as my fault and a reason to hate cyclists, when the simple fact is the truck driver's unlawful and inconsiderate parking job created it.
at my old neighborhood, a fedex driver was pissed about how my neighbors mail box was just far enough from the curb that he had to get out of his truck to mail in it, so he just straight drove over it one day.
@bbdskateboardingfan not cool,but this made me laugh cause i was imagining the idiot driver being bothered to get out and ram the truck on the mailbox
If anybody can tell me where Fed Ex is supposed to park when they make a delivery, have the fuck at it. How many blocks away should they carry and cart their packages? Lets hear some answers.
Succinctly put, @fandorel2. Emphasis on the first syllable. I appreciate you not wasting my time with a more elaborate display of your hateful ignorance.
Ok, you are not a hothead cyclist, in fact, you seem to have deep intellect. I have leaned a few new things from the video, and the comment exchanges, thanks for posting it. It is an important subject. warning, "FEDEX GROUND" is a cut rate delivery service. "Contractor" business model. Contractors hire the drivers. Most should be working at TACO BELL. It is dangerous what FEDEX is doing to our communities.
@jimkay66 Contractors hire the drivers....AFTER they have been approved by FedEx. The guidelines are stringent.. You can't walk over from Taco Bell and get a job driving. If you're not already carrying a DOT Physical Card, then you won't get a job. If you HAVE a DOT card, and can't drive the obstacle course, then you won't get a job!
All I saw in this video was the cyclist needed a ticket for passing a parked vehicle on the right! Cyclist have to obey the same laws as a vehicle!
@100kathyc is absolutely correct that I, as a cyclist, deserved a ticket for passing the truck on the right. It was a choice I made given that the driver was out of the vehicle and the proximity of moving traffic to the immediate left of the bike lane that I was in and the truck was blocking. @100kathyc is well-versed in the qualifications needed to work for FedEx, but apparently can't see that this driver also needs to be cited for violating CVC 22502(a) and creating the hazard.
SO we are at "0". You could do everything legally on a bike, and be extra safe and ride "defensively" .... and still get in an accident.. because of a careless driver.I do not see any paint indicating that is a bike lane...frame by frame.....But I will take your word for it, you live there,.. I don't..6 years I have been driving for FEDEX, Seattle to the country side..I am always extra cautious around bikes. I concede the right lane totally, and I wait behind until I can do so.
@jimkay66 I understand the doubt you have over whether or not it's an official bike lane, especially since there's no clear evidence of it in the brief clip. For what it's worth this is Venice Boulevard, which includes a Class II striped bike lane basically from where it dead-ends short of the beach itself, all the way inland east into the Mid City area. And I appreciate reading about the caution and awareness you exercise around cyclists.
1790's for bikes they have a short history relative to DA horse and buggy,. You can edit which comments get shown, But youse gots to kool down and stay Alive out there........Bikes are the BEST. represent them well. AS A CYCLIST REPRESENT YOU AND YOUR PEERS THE BEST YOU CAN>>>>> and one day we will and ride bike..........$%^% = HOTHEADS
@jimkay66 I appreciate the sentiment, but since you're going to take a snippet of video from three years ago and thousands of urban miles successfully and conscientiously pedaled since and determine from it that I'm some sort of misrepresenting hothead that tells me more than enough about you than this clip does about me.
@jimkay66 Your concern is welcomed, but your narrow-minded opinion of me as a cyclist and your initial absolution of the delivery driver's parking as "legal" negates it. Contrary to your assumptions, I've somehow managed to both avoid getting "smushed" and stay alive over thousands of miles traversed by bike all around Los Angeles. How? By doing my best to share the road with consideration and respect for all who return the favor.
you bike fools are $#%^, deliveries have been around since horse and wagon. It is legal what he was doing, flashers were on, you did not slow down. if you get smushed it's your own fault, at best you get a 60 40 split. but you are the one smushed.
Not sure why you must resort to insults, but at least you used symbols instead of expletives so that's different. I'm also not sure what vehicle code you're referencing, but do please cite the law that states use of flashers makes it legal to block a Class II bike lane and park more than 18 inches from the curb. Since you won't be able to I'll invite you to review this comment thread in which you'll find I've responded to many of the same misobservations and accusations from far ruder people.
@calidone1 As a driver in a past life I think I understand where you're coming from. Today's drivers have crazy schedules and are under a lot of pressure. But getting the job done by cutting corners -- even such a minor one as this -- isn't the way to do it.
funny how people always put the blame on others then themselves...... its illegal to pass on the right side you idiot...wish a cop was around to give you a ticket
@love41day Funnier still are people like you who will always find fault for the actions I took rather than the actions the driver took that resulted in them. Had the truck parked legally I wouldn't have had to go the direction I did. But as I've said earlier and often to far more rude idiots than you, I knew going around to the right was wrong, but it was my safest option given the traffic that was behind me to my immediate left. I'm sorry a cop wasn't there too.
@cristobalm2010 You make a valid point, but in actuality in California legally a bike is considered a device -- not a vehicle. It may seem a splitting of hairs but it's a large part of why bikes are not considered part of traffic by so many. It is interesting that you'll hold my mode of transport to such a standard but excuse the delivery vehicle from parking legally. And another point of fact: I knew the truck was driverless having seen the delivery person entering an adjacent building.
I can understand your point and got you about the truck being driverless.
Well... Better training for Fedex and a greater awareness and acceptance of bike riders would be nice.
I would say that it would be nice to have a cop to enforce the law. However, if there was a copy there for every time somebody said that, we'd have a police state, and that would suck too.
Anyway, good on you for posting the video and bringing awareness to it.
Thanks @cristobalm2010. I certainly considered going around to the left initially, but there was a car close at my 8 o'clock that made me decide the route to the right I took. As a delivery driver in a past life I understand how hectic timetables and schedules can force shortcuts to be taken, even with the proper training. For what it's worth for every truck driver that does something to make me as a cyclist "hate" on them, there are literally scores of considerate and aware ones who I "love."
I really get tired of people bashing FedEx or any other delivery company for what we do, such as making a curb side stop. You,and as I see most other bicyclist do, don't observe the rules of the road and expect everyone else to not run you over. As far as you package beiong destroyed well quite simlply put it should have been packaged better, the fact is if you ship something it should be able to survive a fall from a 6ft ladder. This is true for all shipping companies,I should know.
Sorry if I make you tired @beatlezrawesome. For what it's worth I don't bash delivery companies for what they do, only what they do wrong, and as is the case here the way this driver parked is wrong. You might fully excuse him, but the simple truth is had he taken an few extra seconds to pull against the curb's side probably he wouldn't have been obstructing my right of way and this video wouldn't exist. So blame me all you want, but it's the driver who's the real source of your exhaustion.
Thanks @Singact02 Indeed, as you wrote in your first comment, it was a moment of "I hate it when that happens" captured on camera. Certainly it was never indicative of an overall opinion of FedEx. Intelligent, reasonable and open-minded people such as yourself understand that, and most of the others just see red and absolve the driver of any responsibiilty and hate back at me.
Where do you expect the Fed Ex drivers to park while delivering?? They are in "everyones" way... Is it really that hard for you to go around him Mr. Bicyclist?? We always have to go around you guys! My point is, no one cares that you were inconvenienced for 2 seconds...
Funny that @Seahawkgirlie snarks about standing firmly with all the "no ones" who don't care, yet she contradicts such a demeaning attitude by taking the time not only to comment but also to first ask me what the driver could have done better. This "Mr. Bicyclist" has answered that same question from many other myopic kneejerks in this thread, and so with far more respect given her than @Seahawkgirle gave me I invite her to seek it out.
I've recently done a news story about FedEx. They took a package from my now dead aunt, and, destroyed 3 items in the box and lost the rest. They tried to brush me off with $100.00! My aunt sent these things to me, from her death bed. She wanted me to have these items and FedEx destroyed and lost them all. They never contacted me to ask if I wanted the broken items. They are the worst ship company. This video doesn't surprise me!
@musm1988 Wow. if anyone has cause to truly hate Fedex, you most certainly do. Though the headline of this video implies it, my feelings for the company aren't nearly as understandably severe nor as specifically directed. From my perspective as an urban cyclist, this is just one example of many inconsiderations encountered by all forms of delivery vehicles. I hope you end up with a far more equitable reimbursement than $100 for your loss.
I don't really get it. I won't bash you though. However, I will say that I was expecting you to get knocked off the bike somehow. That would've been hate worthy. Could be worse... He could've parked on the sidewalk.
@splendidwren I appreciate you sparing me a bashing. Sorry I couldn't have given you the ending you expected (or perhaps think I deserved). The irony is had he parked on the sidewalk that wouldn't have been worse, but better because at least he wouldn't have been blocking the bike lane.
Thanks, @PaperClip459. With some of the commenters in this thread either hoping I lose my life or going so far as to absurdly threaten to take my life, your sarcastic arrogance is a breath of fresh air.
@wildbell haha well i wouldnt go that far but i do find it mildly annoying that you would make such a big deal out of such a small thing. i understand your frustration, but to call out fedex or even that specific driver is overreacting just a tad. im annoyed when similar things happen to me, but i try not to think too hard about them because at the end of the day, we all make mistakes- even ones that we dont realize ourselves. if this really did anger you that much, you should've tried to fix it
Good advice, @PaperClip459. And I am certainly guilty of using the loaded h-word word without really meaning it. As I've explained to others here, it could've (and has been) UPS, DHL, USPS. I don't harbor any anger for Fedex so much as an offhand "I hate it when that happens" attitude. But I can see why it's easy for people to reach such an annoyed conclusion enough to set aside your usual ability to ignore such trivialities and react so dismissively.
@ibanezsc420 I'll consider your question facetious, because obviously further and more hazardously blocking traffic to the left of the bike lane is not the solution. But if that is truly the only other option you see, then I recommend looking again and you might find that the driver had ample opportunity to take a few additional seconds and park legally and responsibly at the curb to his right.
@wildbell I don't understand though...I mean you hate Fedex because the ground driver parked a tad far from the curb? Yeah I mean he could have done a better park job but he's there doing his job. I mean what's the problem? You would have rather rode your bike between the moving traffic and the van as opposed to the van and the curb?
@ibanezsc420 I empathize with your confusion stemming from your literal translation of "hate." First off I don't literally hate Fedex. I used the loaded word in an exaggerated context. I "hate" in the way that one might say offhand "I hate it when that happens." Secondly, I recognize these drivers are "doing their jobs." But part of their job is to be responsible in every aspect of it and in this case he wasn't.
Regarding the route I took, as I've said in previous responses to commenters far less polite than you, it was a choice I made from a safety standpoint to go around the right of the truck. As I approached it there was a car pretty tight behind me at my 8 o'clock and I'd seen the driver on the sidewalk about to enter a building so I knew the truck was empty. Rather than risk a close shave or worse, I opted to obstruct traffic the least by taking the path of least obstruction.
was wondering.. if fed ex drivers take a training class before becoming a driver as UPS does.. and if they do.. then ya , i would blame fed ex for making a bad choice of parking like that.. i can see why he parked so far from the curb.(tree) but had plenty of space before the tree..
@cuervo603 My bet is some sort of driver training is universal among all the package transportation companies. And while the tree looks like it presented an obstacle, it actually didn't beyond a few branch tips possibly brushing the side of the vehicle. And even if it did pose a more serious problem, like you astutely pointed out there was lots of room behind the truck for the driver to back it up against the curb.
@masteriansun Unlike so many who comment here disrespecting my opinion, I recognize that you are entirely entitled to yours and do nothing but accept it.
@wildbell Thats not a proper reason, stupid driver though, shouldn't have parked their, and i think ( as a cyclist) You should have gone on the left side of the van, if the driver came out with a package.....
I'm not clear on what reason you think is improper or why, but thanks for the comment, @HMSDaring1. Typically I'd go around the left side, but in that instance I felt a car tight to me at my 8 o'clock so I opted to go right after seeing the driver was on the sidewalk approaching his delivery address. As to where he parked, I have no trouble with that (it's a legal space, after all) , just that he parked there so poorly.
@wildbell Yeah, I have re-looked at the video, the driver did park in a stupid position, its too risky for you to go to the left of the van, had he parked closer to the kerb, then yes, he would have been ok, but since he parked in the middle, and you can't judge a whole company on one van driver, if you have to hate anybody its the driver, after all Fed Ex is a good company, its just this driver is crap, I've had them deliver many parcels, I prefer my Royal Mail,( the British Mail)
@HMSDaring1 You're absolutely right: it would've been better if I'd titled this clip This Is Why I Hate: Lazy Delivery Drivers" since it's not the company's fault.
Let's give a hand to @TurboDLT, the next in a long line of ignorant scum-sniffing bike-hating meatbags with noun/verb agreement difficulties and a propensity to overuse the shift-lock key on their keyboard.
try riding in NYC.........
Msoulantzos 5 days ago
@Msoulantzos True That.
wildbell 5 days ago
Senseless?
Sothrik91 1 week ago
@Sothrik91 Are you asking me or telling me?
wildbell 1 week ago
now imagine if the right side door opened. you go bang!!!!!
myland555 2 weeks ago
@myland555 A lot of commenters have wished that's what had happened, but I'd already observed the driver entering an adjacent building so I new going to the right was a pretty safe bet.
wildbell 2 weeks ago
@wildbell If you're going to complain about "flamers" and their "misspelled mostly mono-syllabic rants," you should probably check your own spelling before posting stuff like "so I new going to the right was a pretty safe bet". It just makes you look incredibly stupid.
doodaid 2 weeks ago
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wildbell 2 weeks ago
I'm curious, where do you think Fed Ex should park while making a delivery? Dead stopped in a traffic lane so your bike lane can remain clear just for you alone?? You actually had room to go around the truck on both sides and still stay out of traffic, so I really can't see what your complaining about.
wolfsfire68 2 weeks ago
@wolfsfire68 You're certainly not the first in this thread to see neither the problem with nor the solution to where the truck is poorly parked, but you are one of the few to inquire respectfully (mostly), and that's appreciated. The answer to your question is simple really: the truck should be parked closer to and more evenly with the curb. Had the driver taken the few more seconds to do so the truck would be in accordance with CVC 22502(a), instead of an illegal obstruction.
wildbell 2 weeks ago
@wildbell I agree. But how on earth would they keep up with UPS? LOL
When speed is your business, everyone around best wear a hardhat.
eddiequest4 2 weeks ago
@eddiequest4 That is the best comment, ever. You are absolutely correct!
wildbell 2 weeks ago
And FedEx hates you :)
killerboogy69 3 weeks ago
@killerboogy69 Fair enough.
wildbell 3 weeks ago
People actually use bike lanes? Personally, bikers in bike lanes scare me... one wrong move and then I'm possibly responsible for injuring or killing someone... anyone, not just me. I'd just use the sidewalk, illegal or not. Who the fuck cares? Not a lot of people walk anymore and it seems safer. Just merge onto the street here and there.
Nickhead87 3 weeks ago
@Nickhead87 A lot of motorists adopt your point of view, derived primarily from their sense of entitlement to the streets. As you point out and then immediately dismiss as irrelevant: some municipalities make sidewalk riding illegal. But beyond that, the sidewalk is indeed a place to ride that is fraught with increased risks to cyclists from motorists who don't expect them to be there when they pull out of parking lots, driveways and make right and left turns at intersections.
wildbell 3 weeks ago
@wildbell
You sure do have an answer for everything... filled unnecessarily with big words.
Nickhead87 3 weeks ago
@Nickhead87 Ha! Very true: I do answer too many people here who couldn't care less for any point of view that differs from their own. But I approved your comment and responded to you because other than the expletive you used, it was relatively polite. I could be wrong, but I won't be surprised if you feel compelled to put a complete end to any civility between us by unleashing some additional criticism in any forthcoming reply.
wildbell 3 weeks ago
@wildbell
Didn't even realize I said a bad word, lol. I'm not against you in any way, but it really bothers me when people ride their bikes on the white line and can't even stay on it. I guess it's just because I envision them making a wrong move and winding up under my car. But people who walk on the road rather than on the sidewalk or even nearby grass really bother me. If I rode a bike, I'd just pick the sidewalk instead of the road. I'd feel safer. Nothing against you.
Nickhead87 3 weeks ago
@Nickhead87 Thanks for proving my hunch wrong and keeping it friendly. While you might not feel comfortable with bikes on the streets it sounds like you exercise awareness and caution when you're around them. And when it comes down to it, as a cyclist that's all I ask. PS. I'm totally with you on peds in the streets. The worst is when they're walking in a bike lane when there's a perfectly good sidewalk next to them.
wildbell 3 weeks ago
@wildbell
Ha, no problem. I try to be as friendly as possible. Out in my area, there's a road with no sidewalk, but a huge section of grass on either side, and people still choose to walk on the white line and even in the road. I always go way around them if nobody else is coming my direction, but it's annoying as hell. It's like when people cross any crosswalk in town as if they were a slug. I run across the crosswalks, lol. It's rare that I ever cross a street, though.
Nickhead87 3 weeks ago
you hate fedex because you cant take the sidewalk. cute.
69SENTRA 3 weeks ago
@69SENTRA This clip has generated an amazing variety of defensive misinterpretations throughout this thread, but none so completely illogical as yours. Cute, indeed.
wildbell 3 weeks ago
Trust the UPS more am I right
jjraper100 1 month ago
@jjraper100 no ups sucks even more
ZarixGamingv2 1 month ago
Not being from California I am not familiar with the referenced code I see in previous comments. I have been driving for FedEx Express for 14 years and I agree this driver [FedEx Ground] should have parked against the curb in a more appropriate manner. However, labeling an entire company or "hating" it based on the obvious incompetence of a single driver isn't really fair, is it? Or do you mean to suggest that it is the particular actions of this particular driver that you hate?
dcmretro 1 month ago
@dcmretro I greatly appreciate the considerate comment. I confess to broadly using that loaded word "hate," in the headline but certainly I don't hate the company as a whole, nor do I hate the specific driver. It's more directed towards his inconsideration in an "Ugh, I *hate* it when that happens" framework.
wildbell 1 month ago
I don't really get what the FedEx driver did?
WellThisIsAwkward101 2 months ago
@WellThisIsAwkward101 I'm gonna bet that since you don't get what the driver did, you probably don't think what he did is wrong either, but for what it's worth you're not alone in not seeing that the driver parked too far from the curb, and thus in doing so fully obstructed a bike lane.
wildbell 2 months ago
@wildbell Oh!! Now I see it...:l
WellThisIsAwkward101 2 months ago
Dude...that actually looked pretty fun...
Dmpurcell90 2 months ago
The way you bike, you won't be around much longer to hate anyone.
tannenstein 2 months ago
@tannenstein Sorry to disappoint, but the years before, during and after this clip I logged more than 15,000 bike miles. I've been doing bike commutes in one form or another since 1988. So contrary to your kneejerk assumption it won't be the way I ride that gets me killed. It'll be some inconsiderate motorist such as this FedEx driver. Or you.
wildbell 2 months ago
maybe you should try driving for fed ex and see what its like
F40Circa 2 months ago
@F40Circa As a matter of fact one of my past jobs was a route/delivery driver so I speak from experience.
wildbell 2 months ago
@wildbell
well then you'd know its not always easy to park a huge truck like that any ol place, fedex guys are always in a rush. if you did indeed work a job like that then you'd understand.
F40Circa 2 months ago
@F40Circa I had a feeling you'd find a way both to marginalize my reply and negate my experience as a driver. I do understand the pressures of the job and how easy it is for those such as you to rationalize doing it in a manor that negatively impacts others and negatively reflects on the company they are representing.
wildbell 2 months ago
you hate fedex? well i'll bet the driver really likes the bike buzzing by withing a foot of his door at 15 mph so he can get beamed when he steps out.
creamyfilling102 3 months ago
@creamyfilling102 Not that an explanation matters to you, since you're yet another commenter who can't comprehend that this incident wouldn't have transpired if the driver had parked legally, but the mitigating factor as to my decision to pass the truck on the right was that before I got to the truck I had already seen the driver entering an adjacent building so I knew the chance of him stepping out of the truck was zero.
wildbell 2 months ago
Lol nice one, I'd also hate that if I would be a driver.
RoyBlox8 3 months ago
You hate fedex because he is doing his job to feed his family??
srtrcr 3 months ago
@srtrcr Nice try, but no. I don't hate the company because this driver is doing his job. I "hate" this driver because in this instance he's doing one aspect of his job very badly in order to feed his family.
wildbell 3 months ago
@wildbell well how bout you trade spots with him for a day and see if you can do any better then you can talk shit
uploaded113redone 2 months ago
@uploaded113redone One of my past jobs was a route/delivery driver so I talk shit from experience.
wildbell 2 months ago
well form what I saw in the video, if he had parked at the curb he would have been into the trees there with his truck, maybe that would have been better? Up any further and theres a red curb (fire lane) so yes maybe he should have just parked out in the street?
PAtrucker73 3 months ago
@PAtrucker73 You're certainly not the first commenter to excuse the parking job by fabricating the adjacent trees into an obstruction they aren't at all, but you are the first to manufacture a fire lane where there's just a no parking zone. But to answer your sarcastic question, no parking out further into the street isn't the solution. Taking a few more seconds simply to park legally against the curb, is.
wildbell 3 months ago
would of laughed if he would of walked out of his truck and you would of smoked him
OddJob1357 3 months ago
@OddJob1357 Thankfully I avoided that hilarity by spotting the driver entering an adjacent building before I got to the truck.
wildbell 3 months ago
delivery drivers have to park close to the stop. You cant expect us to find a truck stop 59 miles away and cab it over to each stop.
jackbelias 3 months ago
Exaggeration duly noted, @jackbelias. But if it's unrealistic of me to expect delivery drivers to park against the curb in accordance with CVC 22502(a) then, yes, parking in the next county and taking a taxi (or maybe a helicopter) over will work.
wildbell 3 months ago
you don't own the road retard...
comicnerd2099 3 months ago
@comicnerd2099 Of course not you fucking troll, but I do SHARE it.
wildbell 3 months ago
Hey maybe the Fedex guy should of parked across the road blocking all the lanes of traffic so he could make you happy. Be realistic, where the hell do you park a big vehicle?
travisihs08 3 months ago
Sarcasm duly noted, @travisihs08. But hey, if it's unrealistic of me to expect vehicles -- regardless of size -- to park at the curb in accordance with CVC 22502(a) then, yes, blocking the whole road would be a satisfactory alternative.
wildbell 3 months ago
@travisihs08 Congratulations you fail.
olstar18 3 months ago
So, where do you expect them to park a 2 Ton delivery van ? I
Postie218 4 months ago
@Postie218 It's pretty simple really: at the curb he's next to.
wildbell 4 months ago
@wildbell So, you want him parked right when your buzzed through, huh?
Maybe you need to buy a fucking car, or get your stupid spandex ass on the sidewalk.
jayynecobb 4 months ago
I would typically delete idiotic comments like this one by @jayynecobb, but I'm gonna let it stand to be admired for its epically trollish assumption that owning bikes and cars are somehow mutually exclusive. Coming in a close second is this commenter's inability to get the point that if the truck had been parked at the curb where it belonged, I wouldn't have had the option to ditch the bike lane and pass on its right. And in third place is what's become the obligatorily lame spandex reference.
wildbell 4 months ago
I've seen someone in a bike lane and a car backed up, caught her on the car, and dragged her until her bones snapped. Thank God she did not die. That's why stupid drivers like FedEx .. etc should learn to drive.
ExclussiveHDAccess 4 months ago
You should build a set of tire deflators and put them under the tires every time you see a delivery truck parked that blocks someone or double parked. Or maybe look up the state traffic code and call the cop. Complain and state the traffic code.
samten10a 4 months ago
@samten10a As tempting as your solution might seem, criminally disabling the illegally parked vehicle is just a BIT extreme -- not to mention time-consuming. As to the traffic code, it's California Vehicle Code section 22502(a). And while it's nice to think I could report the violation and a parking enforcement officer would respond before the driver completes his delivery, in a big city like Los Angeles that's just not going to happen. Better to report the truck number directly to FedEx.
wildbell 4 months ago
@wildbell
a small weighted-base spike is a quick & simple drop. have 'park legally' engraved on the bottom of enough of them, I'm sure they'll get the message
InnuendoXP 4 months ago
@InnuendoXP I've got a much simpler and light-weight solution: iblockthebikelanedotcom stickers. I never ride without 'em.
wildbell 3 months ago
@samten10a Troll
TheTop1PercentOwnUs 4 months ago
how to solve the national debt: fine every car parked in bike lanes by the hour
TheOnlyTrueMastersam 5 months ago
Does anyone respect the bike lanes here in the U.S. !?
glenn93454 5 months ago
@glenn93454 bike lane? where? i use the sidewalk when i ride my bike too scared to be in the streets
olg06 5 months ago
Maybe you shoud get a car... just a thought
N17771 5 months ago
Just a thought? No doubt this will come as a complete surprise to @N17771 that owning a bike and a car are not mutually exclusive. In fact I own two cars. SHOCKER.
wildbell 5 months ago
get used to cars being on a road because they tend to do that
thewhofan99 5 months ago
@thewhofan99 Ha! Thanks for the advice. I'll take it under advisement.
wildbell 5 months ago
that was fuckin sketch
tikibuddy25 6 months ago
Ok....not sure why you hate FedEx. First off, that's a ground truck. Which means he is a contractor, not a FedEx employee. But if you come to South Carolina with all these Lance Armstrong wanna-be's, I will park my tractor-trailer along the road with the little bike lanes and you can hate a real FedEx driver.
Vaportrail69 6 months ago
@Vaportrail69 I don't really "hate" FedEx. I've had opportunities to endure many delivery companies whose drivers -- be they contracted outsiders or righteous employees -- inconsiderately block my "little" bike lane. Thus "hate is used more in the "I hate it when that happens" vein. But the difference between the guy in this vid and you is that I can't say that he intentionally obstructed the lane, whereas you seem eager to do it at any opportunity. Now that's Hate.
wildbell 6 months ago
@wildbell so you say you hate the guy that did it unintentionally, im sorry hate when it happens. Ya I when sht happens too but seems that your sht is having to move over a little, your life must be really good if thats what bothers you. Tractor-trailers are wider than normal vehicals and strait trucks, they rarely ever have a choice other than to take the bike lane. I just don't like bikes on the road in general, or not a vehical get on the sidewalk.
TheJadecharper 5 months ago
@TheJadecharper Looking beyond your practically illiterate and pointedly biased comment, I respectfully propose a deal: I'll have more consideration for those who have none for me if you'll try to "like bikes on the road in general" a little more.
wildbell 5 months ago
@wildbell don't like bikes on the road, and probably never will. I see it as a dangerous place for any thing smaller than a yaris. I ride my on the sidewalk when there is one to ride on, I've been ticketed for doing so and will continue to as I don't want to risk my life. I am biased I drive a delivery truck and have noticed many bikers seem to have a ownership complex to the roads. I'm sorry I assumed you did too. I'm still curios at your low thresh hold of things which you hate.
TheJadecharper 3 months ago
@TheJadecharper Thanks for the follow-up. "Hate" is certainly a loaded word and my using it is a main reason why I get so many people hating me back in the comments. For what it's worth, my "hate" is more figurative in a "Boy I hate it when that happens," way. If it's any consolation I'm all to familiar with those cyclists you mention who act like they own the road, and I hate them, too. Peace.
wildbell 3 months ago
@Vaportrail69 you seem to be an ass...
qazwsxedcrfvg123 5 months ago
without error ^^
MaloUno 6 months ago
welcome in the world of traffic...its normal ...why are you angry ?
the biker hates the cardriver and the cardrivers hates the bikers..and the busdriver hate all... whats wrong ?
MaloUno 6 months ago
@MaloUno Thanks for the comment. I see you've taken my use of "hate" in the headline and video quite literally. It's understandable, but in truth the emotion I expressed here is along the lines of "I hate it when that happens..." not anger.
wildbell 6 months ago
@wildbell
ok ..now iam understand..sorry iam from austria my english is ..ähhh...shit :-)
MaloUno 6 months ago
@MaloUno Your English is 1000% better than my German! :)
wildbell 6 months ago
@wildbell
hahaha :-)
Ich wünsche dir noch einen schönen Tag :-)
MaloUno 6 months ago
Dankeschön (typed hoping I didn't get it wrong!)
wildbell 6 months ago
Too all you retards, in many states you are not allowed to park for any amount of time in the white lined cyclists lane so that they don't have to slow down and work back up to speed. this fedex truck was deliberately lazy and didn't even move into the right parking spot.
LtColQwerty 6 months ago
@LtColQwerty You are the rare viewer to this clip who understands. Thank you.
wildbell 6 months ago
What if the FedEx guy would come out just the same moment you passed by? LOL!
FrozenHaxor2 6 months ago
Not that it matters to someone such as @FrozenHaxor2 who'd find such a hypothetical collision laughable, but as I've mentioned in previous responses to commenters who've brought up the same scenario: Before I triggered the camera I'd already observed the driver entering an adjacent building, so I knew there was a good chance the truck was unattended.
wildbell 6 months ago
Wait, are we supposed to agree with you? You passed on the right side. You could have stopped instead of veering off to the right. Did you not see the bigass FedEx truck?
RandonAnonymousCowar 6 months ago
@RandonAnonymousCowar Yep, you got me: I didn't see the bigass FedEx truck blocking my right of way. If I had seen the bigass FedEx truck blocking my right of way I would've had time to get my camera out and get video of the bigass FedEx truck blocking my right of way. Bonus points for knowing right from left.
wildbell 6 months ago
And that's why driver's hate you
FlynAggie14 6 months ago
@FlynAggie14 I'll repeat the latter half of the comment thingto DJSnipa: It's disappointing that you choose to see this situation as my fault and a reason to hate cyclists, when the simple fact is the truck driver's unlawful and inconsiderate parking job created it.
wildbell 6 months ago
Bikes have to follow the same laws as cars when riding on the road. Atleast in my town and most of California. In my eyes your the reason why drivers hate cyclist.
DJSnipa 6 months ago
@DJSnipa I understand your perspective, and appreciate you expressing it politely. I'm actually one of those cyclists who strives to obey all laws and to ride both respectfully and considerately. I didn't in this case consciously for safety reasons previously stated in responses to other comments here. It's disappointing that you choose to see this situation as my fault and a reason to hate cyclists, when the simple fact is the truck driver's unlawful and inconsiderate parking job created it.
wildbell 6 months ago
at my old neighborhood, a fedex driver was pissed about how my neighbors mail box was just far enough from the curb that he had to get out of his truck to mail in it, so he just straight drove over it one day.
bbdskateboardingfan 7 months ago
@bbdskateboardingfan He shouldn't have put it in the mailbox anyway. That's against policy.
rprince418 6 months ago
@bbdskateboardingfan not cool,but this made me laugh cause i was imagining the idiot driver being bothered to get out and ram the truck on the mailbox
hulllewis0817 6 months ago
If anybody can tell me where Fed Ex is supposed to park when they make a delivery, have the fuck at it. How many blocks away should they carry and cart their packages? Lets hear some answers.
MrJeronimofo 8 months ago
@MrJeronimofo It's pretty simple really: at the curb he's next to.
wildbell 8 months ago
@MrJeronimofo
Not in the bike lane. Why not leave his truck parked in a car lane?
Moron.
SeanOMatic 7 months ago
@MrJeronimofo - I totally agree with you.
6fairlane6 5 months ago
fuck you wildbell
fandorel2 8 months ago
Succinctly put, @fandorel2. Emphasis on the first syllable. I appreciate you not wasting my time with a more elaborate display of your hateful ignorance.
wildbell 8 months ago
@fandorel2 i went to like ur comment but it wouldnt let me so now im replying to let you know that i like your comment... thank you it made me laugh
thekid091000 7 months ago
Ok, you are not a hothead cyclist, in fact, you seem to have deep intellect. I have leaned a few new things from the video, and the comment exchanges, thanks for posting it. It is an important subject. warning, "FEDEX GROUND" is a cut rate delivery service. "Contractor" business model. Contractors hire the drivers. Most should be working at TACO BELL. It is dangerous what FEDEX is doing to our communities.
jimkay66 8 months ago
Thanks, @jimkay66.
wildbell 8 months ago
@jimkay66 Contractors hire the drivers....AFTER they have been approved by FedEx. The guidelines are stringent.. You can't walk over from Taco Bell and get a job driving. If you're not already carrying a DOT Physical Card, then you won't get a job. If you HAVE a DOT card, and can't drive the obstacle course, then you won't get a job!
All I saw in this video was the cyclist needed a ticket for passing a parked vehicle on the right! Cyclist have to obey the same laws as a vehicle!
100kathyc 7 months ago
@100kathyc is absolutely correct that I, as a cyclist, deserved a ticket for passing the truck on the right. It was a choice I made given that the driver was out of the vehicle and the proximity of moving traffic to the immediate left of the bike lane that I was in and the truck was blocking. @100kathyc is well-versed in the qualifications needed to work for FedEx, but apparently can't see that this driver also needs to be cited for violating CVC 22502(a) and creating the hazard.
wildbell 7 months ago
SO we are at "0". You could do everything legally on a bike, and be extra safe and ride "defensively" .... and still get in an accident.. because of a careless driver.I do not see any paint indicating that is a bike lane...frame by frame.....But I will take your word for it, you live there,.. I don't..6 years I have been driving for FEDEX, Seattle to the country side..I am always extra cautious around bikes. I concede the right lane totally, and I wait behind until I can do so.
jimkay66 8 months ago
@jimkay66 I understand the doubt you have over whether or not it's an official bike lane, especially since there's no clear evidence of it in the brief clip. For what it's worth this is Venice Boulevard, which includes a Class II striped bike lane basically from where it dead-ends short of the beach itself, all the way inland east into the Mid City area. And I appreciate reading about the caution and awareness you exercise around cyclists.
wildbell 8 months ago
That's why FedEx hates you
sapperzulu 8 months ago
Fair enough, @sapperzulu. I can live with that.
wildbell 8 months ago
1790's for bikes they have a short history relative to DA horse and buggy,. You can edit which comments get shown, But youse gots to kool down and stay Alive out there........Bikes are the BEST. represent them well. AS A CYCLIST REPRESENT YOU AND YOUR PEERS THE BEST YOU CAN>>>>> and one day we will and ride bike..........$%^% = HOTHEADS
jimkay66 9 months ago
@jimkay66 I appreciate the sentiment, but since you're going to take a snippet of video from three years ago and thousands of urban miles successfully and conscientiously pedaled since and determine from it that I'm some sort of misrepresenting hothead that tells me more than enough about you than this clip does about me.
wildbell 9 months ago
Don't get Smushed, Stay aLive!!!!
jimkay66 9 months ago
@jimkay66 Your concern is welcomed, but your narrow-minded opinion of me as a cyclist and your initial absolution of the delivery driver's parking as "legal" negates it. Contrary to your assumptions, I've somehow managed to both avoid getting "smushed" and stay alive over thousands of miles traversed by bike all around Los Angeles. How? By doing my best to share the road with consideration and respect for all who return the favor.
wildbell 9 months ago
you bike fools are $#%^, deliveries have been around since horse and wagon. It is legal what he was doing, flashers were on, you did not slow down. if you get smushed it's your own fault, at best you get a 60 40 split. but you are the one smushed.
jimkay66 9 months ago
Not sure why you must resort to insults, but at least you used symbols instead of expletives so that's different. I'm also not sure what vehicle code you're referencing, but do please cite the law that states use of flashers makes it legal to block a Class II bike lane and park more than 18 inches from the curb. Since you won't be able to I'll invite you to review this comment thread in which you'll find I've responded to many of the same misobservations and accusations from far ruder people.
wildbell 9 months ago
PS. Thanks for the history lesson. Bikes have been around since the horse and wagon, too.
wildbell 9 months ago
i gotta work duuddeee
calidone1 1 year ago
@calidone1 As a driver in a past life I think I understand where you're coming from. Today's drivers have crazy schedules and are under a lot of pressure. But getting the job done by cutting corners -- even such a minor one as this -- isn't the way to do it.
wildbell 1 year ago
Ask the city to cut back the tree that are touching the top of the truck. Then he could have pulled to the curb.
jasparrish 1 year ago
@jasparrish That's been suggested before. It's a bit of an optical illusion. The tree looks like it's an obstacle but in fact it wasn't.
wildbell 1 year ago
funny how people always put the blame on others then themselves...... its illegal to pass on the right side you idiot...wish a cop was around to give you a ticket
love41day 1 year ago
@love41day Funnier still are people like you who will always find fault for the actions I took rather than the actions the driver took that resulted in them. Had the truck parked legally I wouldn't have had to go the direction I did. But as I've said earlier and often to far more rude idiots than you, I knew going around to the right was wrong, but it was my safest option given the traffic that was behind me to my immediate left. I'm sorry a cop wasn't there too.
wildbell 1 year ago
Legally, you're a car.
Do what other cars do and go around on the left side.
You could have had your head knocked off if the driver popped out from the vehicle right as you were passing.a
cristobalm2010 1 year ago
@cristobalm2010 You make a valid point, but in actuality in California legally a bike is considered a device -- not a vehicle. It may seem a splitting of hairs but it's a large part of why bikes are not considered part of traffic by so many. It is interesting that you'll hold my mode of transport to such a standard but excuse the delivery vehicle from parking legally. And another point of fact: I knew the truck was driverless having seen the delivery person entering an adjacent building.
wildbell 1 year ago
@wildbell
Point taken. I stand corrected on the law.
I can understand your point and got you about the truck being driverless.
Well... Better training for Fedex and a greater awareness and acceptance of bike riders would be nice.
I would say that it would be nice to have a cop to enforce the law. However, if there was a copy there for every time somebody said that, we'd have a police state, and that would suck too.
Anyway, good on you for posting the video and bringing awareness to it.
cristobalm2010 1 year ago
Thanks @cristobalm2010. I certainly considered going around to the left initially, but there was a car close at my 8 o'clock that made me decide the route to the right I took. As a delivery driver in a past life I understand how hectic timetables and schedules can force shortcuts to be taken, even with the proper training. For what it's worth for every truck driver that does something to make me as a cyclist "hate" on them, there are literally scores of considerate and aware ones who I "love."
wildbell 1 year ago
I really get tired of people bashing FedEx or any other delivery company for what we do, such as making a curb side stop. You,and as I see most other bicyclist do, don't observe the rules of the road and expect everyone else to not run you over. As far as you package beiong destroyed well quite simlply put it should have been packaged better, the fact is if you ship something it should be able to survive a fall from a 6ft ladder. This is true for all shipping companies,I should know.
beatlezrawesome 1 year ago
Sorry if I make you tired @beatlezrawesome. For what it's worth I don't bash delivery companies for what they do, only what they do wrong, and as is the case here the way this driver parked is wrong. You might fully excuse him, but the simple truth is had he taken an few extra seconds to pull against the curb's side probably he wouldn't have been obstructing my right of way and this video wouldn't exist. So blame me all you want, but it's the driver who's the real source of your exhaustion.
wildbell 1 year ago
I can see how you would hate that i would to do to thinking i would fall lover or but what i hate more is when they are late.
67tr876 1 year ago
Dude, I re-stumbled on this video....you guys are STILL getting pissed at this guy? Get over it folks, more horrific things have happened.
@ wildbell, I hope your opinion has improved since my last comment! :)
Singact02 1 year ago
Thanks @Singact02 Indeed, as you wrote in your first comment, it was a moment of "I hate it when that happens" captured on camera. Certainly it was never indicative of an overall opinion of FedEx. Intelligent, reasonable and open-minded people such as yourself understand that, and most of the others just see red and absolve the driver of any responsibiilty and hate back at me.
wildbell 1 year ago
Where do you expect the Fed Ex drivers to park while delivering?? They are in "everyones" way... Is it really that hard for you to go around him Mr. Bicyclist?? We always have to go around you guys! My point is, no one cares that you were inconvenienced for 2 seconds...
Seahawkgirlie 1 year ago
Funny that @Seahawkgirlie snarks about standing firmly with all the "no ones" who don't care, yet she contradicts such a demeaning attitude by taking the time not only to comment but also to first ask me what the driver could have done better. This "Mr. Bicyclist" has answered that same question from many other myopic kneejerks in this thread, and so with far more respect given her than @Seahawkgirle gave me I invite her to seek it out.
wildbell 1 year ago
I've recently done a news story about FedEx. They took a package from my now dead aunt, and, destroyed 3 items in the box and lost the rest. They tried to brush me off with $100.00! My aunt sent these things to me, from her death bed. She wanted me to have these items and FedEx destroyed and lost them all. They never contacted me to ask if I wanted the broken items. They are the worst ship company. This video doesn't surprise me!
musm1988 1 year ago
@musm1988 Wow. if anyone has cause to truly hate Fedex, you most certainly do. Though the headline of this video implies it, my feelings for the company aren't nearly as understandably severe nor as specifically directed. From my perspective as an urban cyclist, this is just one example of many inconsiderations encountered by all forms of delivery vehicles. I hope you end up with a far more equitable reimbursement than $100 for your loss.
wildbell 1 year ago
I don't really get it. I won't bash you though. However, I will say that I was expecting you to get knocked off the bike somehow. That would've been hate worthy. Could be worse... He could've parked on the sidewalk.
splendidwren 1 year ago
@splendidwren I appreciate you sparing me a bashing. Sorry I couldn't have given you the ending you expected (or perhaps think I deserved). The irony is had he parked on the sidewalk that wouldn't have been worse, but better because at least he wouldn't have been blocking the bike lane.
wildbell 1 year ago
Hes in a loading zone? You passed illegally. Turn yourself in. :) j/k
Wingdozer 1 year ago
wildbell i hope you get a life
PaperClip459 1 year ago
Thanks, @PaperClip459. With some of the commenters in this thread either hoping I lose my life or going so far as to absurdly threaten to take my life, your sarcastic arrogance is a breath of fresh air.
wildbell 1 year ago
@wildbell haha well i wouldnt go that far but i do find it mildly annoying that you would make such a big deal out of such a small thing. i understand your frustration, but to call out fedex or even that specific driver is overreacting just a tad. im annoyed when similar things happen to me, but i try not to think too hard about them because at the end of the day, we all make mistakes- even ones that we dont realize ourselves. if this really did anger you that much, you should've tried to fix it
PaperClip459 1 year ago
Good advice, @PaperClip459. And I am certainly guilty of using the loaded h-word word without really meaning it. As I've explained to others here, it could've (and has been) UPS, DHL, USPS. I don't harbor any anger for Fedex so much as an offhand "I hate it when that happens" attitude. But I can see why it's easy for people to reach such an annoyed conclusion enough to set aside your usual ability to ignore such trivialities and react so dismissively.
wildbell 1 year ago
Would you rather he park in the lane of traffic? Cuz it looks like that's the only other place he could have gone
ibanezsc420 1 year ago
@ibanezsc420 I'll consider your question facetious, because obviously further and more hazardously blocking traffic to the left of the bike lane is not the solution. But if that is truly the only other option you see, then I recommend looking again and you might find that the driver had ample opportunity to take a few additional seconds and park legally and responsibly at the curb to his right.
wildbell 1 year ago
@wildbell I don't understand though...I mean you hate Fedex because the ground driver parked a tad far from the curb? Yeah I mean he could have done a better park job but he's there doing his job. I mean what's the problem? You would have rather rode your bike between the moving traffic and the van as opposed to the van and the curb?
ibanezsc420 1 year ago
@ibanezsc420 I empathize with your confusion stemming from your literal translation of "hate." First off I don't literally hate Fedex. I used the loaded word in an exaggerated context. I "hate" in the way that one might say offhand "I hate it when that happens." Secondly, I recognize these drivers are "doing their jobs." But part of their job is to be responsible in every aspect of it and in this case he wasn't.
wildbell 1 year ago
Regarding the route I took, as I've said in previous responses to commenters far less polite than you, it was a choice I made from a safety standpoint to go around the right of the truck. As I approached it there was a car pretty tight behind me at my 8 o'clock and I'd seen the driver on the sidewalk about to enter a building so I knew the truck was empty. Rather than risk a close shave or worse, I opted to obstruct traffic the least by taking the path of least obstruction.
wildbell 1 year ago
was wondering.. if fed ex drivers take a training class before becoming a driver as UPS does.. and if they do.. then ya , i would blame fed ex for making a bad choice of parking like that.. i can see why he parked so far from the curb.(tree) but had plenty of space before the tree..
cuervo603 1 year ago
@cuervo603 My bet is some sort of driver training is universal among all the package transportation companies. And while the tree looks like it presented an obstacle, it actually didn't beyond a few branch tips possibly brushing the side of the vehicle. And even if it did pose a more serious problem, like you astutely pointed out there was lots of room behind the truck for the driver to back it up against the curb.
wildbell 1 year ago
sidewalk?
93Subie 1 year ago
@93Subie No thanks.
wildbell 1 year ago
fedex rules
masteriansun 1 year ago
@masteriansun Unlike so many who comment here disrespecting my opinion, I recognize that you are entirely entitled to yours and do nothing but accept it.
wildbell 1 year ago
@wildbell Thats not a proper reason, stupid driver though, shouldn't have parked their, and i think ( as a cyclist) You should have gone on the left side of the van, if the driver came out with a package.....
HMSDaring1 1 year ago
I'm not clear on what reason you think is improper or why, but thanks for the comment, @HMSDaring1. Typically I'd go around the left side, but in that instance I felt a car tight to me at my 8 o'clock so I opted to go right after seeing the driver was on the sidewalk approaching his delivery address. As to where he parked, I have no trouble with that (it's a legal space, after all) , just that he parked there so poorly.
wildbell 1 year ago
@wildbell Yeah, I have re-looked at the video, the driver did park in a stupid position, its too risky for you to go to the left of the van, had he parked closer to the kerb, then yes, he would have been ok, but since he parked in the middle, and you can't judge a whole company on one van driver, if you have to hate anybody its the driver, after all Fed Ex is a good company, its just this driver is crap, I've had them deliver many parcels, I prefer my Royal Mail,( the British Mail)
HMSDaring1 1 year ago
@HMSDaring1 You're absolutely right: it would've been better if I'd titled this clip This Is Why I Hate: Lazy Delivery Drivers" since it's not the company's fault.
wildbell 1 year ago
Don't Ride your BIKE on a HIGH Traffic Street...ASSHOLE......Hope you get RAN...OVER....
TurboDLT 1 year ago
Let's give a hand to @TurboDLT, the next in a long line of ignorant scum-sniffing bike-hating meatbags with noun/verb agreement difficulties and a propensity to overuse the shift-lock key on their keyboard.
wildbell 1 year ago
wildbell + bicycle = Homosexual
lumo841 1 year ago
@lumo841 = Brainless + Hairball
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