Bad Drivers VT

Calling out the drivers (and other road users) that make riding a bike in this state far more dangerous than it should be.

[Bad Drivers VT @baddriversvt]

There's no vaccine for getting hit by an SUV

[Bad Drivers VT @baddriversvt]

When I was learning to drive, the car rolling back on hills was scary. In 2025 I do it on purpose to assert dominance and make I known that driving a normal non-sports car manual sedan does in fact make me a better person.

[Bad Drivers VT @baddriversvt]

On its own, a helmet is always a good idea. But as a half-assed remedy for bad vehicle operator behavior, it's less than useless. Get out there and start ticketing and punishing bad and aggressive driving.

[road.cc @roadcc]

“Like telling women to wear long skirts for their safety”

Cyclists slam road safety group for claiming “wearing a helmet and something bright keeps you safer” as part of Child Safety Week – but drivers ridicule “woke brigade endangering their own lives”
https://t.co/HVEIyy4DAe

[Bad Drivers VT @baddriversvt]

@pbeanVT Pretty standard academic elites/politicians trying to emulate the crudeness they imagine us plebs live in daily. It has a forced "hello fellow kids" vibe and frequently, as in this case, comes out completely wrong and betrays the quiet part out loud. Insulting on many levels

[Bad Drivers VT @baddriversvt]

@but_cyclists Mustang impersonation, looks like

[Bad Drivers VT @baddriversvt]

Something people seem to screw up constantly: The refusal to police boundaries doesn’t make a community more inclusive, it makes it exploitable

[Bad Drivers VT @baddriversvt]

We lost cool looking pop-up headlights, ostensibly for this reason, but then got the F350 grille. Fucking bullshit.

[Brent Toderian @BrentToderian]

“Vehicles with especially tall front ends are most dangerous to pedestrians, but a blunt profile makes medium-height vehicles deadly too.”

Deadly by design. And they know it.

https://t.co/gFGqbavP3W

[Bad Drivers VT @baddriversvt]

These little baby cars are also SO much fun to drive. You feel engaged and present, instead of isolated and disconnected. It makes you a much safer driver.

[YIMBYLAND @YIMBYLAND]

It's honestly mind boggling how much smaller the the og mini cooper was compared to a modern mini countryman

[Bad Drivers VT @baddriversvt]

The Idiocracy Singularity...we're getting close

[Terminally Online Leftist 🥂 @terminallyOL]

onion writers are sweating trying to come up with something dumber than this

[Bad Drivers VT @baddriversvt]

I grew up in a home like this. Have no problem with it. Combined with a nice yard, it's great! But I'm not going to pay 250K, 300K or even 400K for it. That's the unacceptable part https://t.co/0KNRViJ0ZI

[YIMBYLAND @YIMBYLAND]

This is the most popular Sears catalog home ever made, The Crafton.

It was 600 sqft.

Nobody seems to remember that the American Dream was built on the backs of 600 sqft homes.

[Bad Drivers VT @baddriversvt]

Niche, speciality farming, maybe. And even still, it's a small slice of the state's output. Valuable, yes, but let's not act like the rest of New England isn't similar. I grew up among the endless farm fields in the Pioneer Valley. That part of MA even MA forgets about

[Vermont Daily Chronicle @VTDC802]

Klar: What makes Vermont special is farming

“Connecticut, New Jersey, Rhode Island, and most other states have long lost their farms and farmers, unlikely ever to return. Vermont’s biggest employer is the state government.”

https://t.co/ze5vg3usmf

[Bad Drivers VT @baddriversvt]

@drewsnx Where I am they build a cycle lane that is non-functional or sometimes, even more dangerous. I ride in a way that keeps me safest. Period.

[Bad Drivers VT @baddriversvt]

NYS withheld money from my refund to pay a tax debt which is fine but no documentation I've been given shows a matching number from the debt to what was withheld. And the feds withheld it for you too. You've been double paid, I'm out almost 2K. Absolute clown show @NYSTaxDept

[Bad Drivers VT @baddriversvt]

@pbeanVT I'd say it's more of a tone-deaf marketing rebrand. Most of the rainbow crowd doesn't define their daily lives by this stuff. Just the loudest most obnoxious ones, who are a minority

[Bad Drivers VT @baddriversvt]

@Hookademus They should be, but it won't ever happen. The amount of kinetic energy available (destructive energy) in even a small car is orders of magnitude more than any e-bike or e-scooter. If you limit based on that...cars wouldn't be allowed over 20mph

[Bad Drivers VT @baddriversvt]

I'm a firm proponent of disabling all speed limiters on e-bikes and e-scooters. Huge double standard. Become ungovernable.

[Mark Hook @Hookademus]

Good job these e-bikes are restricted both in power and speed to 15mph.

https://t.co/0n335EJt8D

[Bad Drivers VT @baddriversvt]

@pbeanVT Lots of grey hair in that crowd. Aging boomer hippies are the worst. Makes sense why they like Bernie so much.

[Bad Drivers VT @baddriversvt]

I’m fascinated by how similar NY and IL are. Large, mostly rural and red geographically. But overwhelmingly dominated by a single urban center. The difference between NYC and towns on the western PA or Canadian border is incredible

[Bad Drivers VT @baddriversvt]

@VTDC802 I don’t care either way, but remember Randy Weaver was “involved” in some gun purchases and we all know how that turned out. So let’s withhold judgement a bit until we understand more

[Bad Drivers VT @baddriversvt]

It's crazy to me that leading pedestrian indicators aren't the absolute new build standard across the country. Why even put in sidewalks without them?

[Bad Drivers VT @baddriversvt]

The dollar values seem high, but my gut says this would actually be less $$$ than we pay out in various social services. Poorer people have kids they can't really afford all the time and social services (inefficiently) picks up the slack.

[Hunter📈🌈📊 @StatisticUrban]

If the US wanted to pursue any actual France-like pronatalist policies, it would probably look something like this.