LOLOL!! You can't make this stuff up!
I ride my bike on the sidewalks whenever I can. It’s safer......But people get kinda upset if the get burned by the mufflers........
Who wouldn't?
Ask the good Lt. How many bicyclist they prosecute for violating the law?
He said. Not the police said, not the witness himself said. I'll wait for some corroborated facts.
Who would beat up a 64-year-old mime? ..."
Probably nobody. The old guy probably hit the car with his fist then rode off so scared that he fell off his bike and hurt himself.
Most cyclists I know are EXTREMELY courteous around cars, it doesn’t take a brain surgeon to realize who will lose in any encounter. There are times when cyclists are in the wrong, but in my experience, there are FAR more times when some jerk in a car or (worse) pickup truck or (worst of all ) pickup truck pulling a boat - just gets nasty and aggressive for no reason. My motorcycle-riding friends say the same thing happens to them. Road rage coupled with a feeling of “entitlement” to go as fast as they wish on any road at any time.
So let’s just apply the Rodney King rule and try to get along, ok? As for spandex, it’s functional. Bright colors improve visibility, and the padding comes in pretty handy.
If you want to tax bicycles, fine - tell your representative to enact a law, and we’ll happily pay. But I doubt this will change bad behavior - on either side.
Never bring a knife (bike) to a (car) gunfight.
"But be considerate of the other drivers who are going to be able to go faster than you. You don't gain anything from slowing them down."
I don't mind bicycles, I think it's a good form of exercise and all, but I have a problem with the people who wear that first sentence like a badge.
We pass a lot of bicycles on our road, it's a popular route. There is a wide paved shoulder for much of the length of it. Certainly enough for a bike to pull off even for a short distance to let cars pass.
When we pass them pulling the horse trailer and they are in the middle of the lane, I need about a half a mile of clear oncoming traffic in front of me before I can get around them, particularly once they've already slowed me down. I can't swerve out, floor it and zip around them without knocking my horses around and I won't do that. I also won't honk at them while pulling the horses, I don't want to spook the horses. But when these bicyclists can tell darn well I am stuck there, due to oncoming traffic, or approaching curves I can't see around, and they don't pull over to the perfectly smooth shoulder, I get REALLY mad.
I'll share the road, I pull over and use the shoulder when I think I am slowing down other traffic, why won't they?
Some of you people are freakin’ ridiculous. I’m a cyclist who puts on around 3000 miles a year. I also pay road taxes through the use of three vehicles and one trailer. I ride the roads on my bike and obey the traffic laws. I try to keep right whenever possible. And as for sidewalks - I don’t think the pedestrians would appreciate me zooming by at 25-30 miles an hour.
I’ve been cut off on the left and on the right. I’ve had people look me right in the eye as I’m riding on a road with the right-of-way, and pull out right in front of me from a stop sign, causing me to slam on the brakes and take evasive action. If I get hit, it WILL be the other person’s fault - and you better believe that person will be one miserable jerk after I (or my surviving wife) sues the living crap out of them.
And if you think I’m just some liberal weanie troll - I’m so right wing I make most of you look like Barack Obama.
We have the right to be on the road, just as any vehicle, motor cycle, jogger, or horse. There ain’t nothin’ you’ve got to get to so fast that you can’t get there 30 seconds later.
Accents?