Posted on 12/28/2008 5:38:02 AM PST by rhema
Good article. Around here the bicyclists come for vacation and drive right up the middle of the dirt roads, forcing drivers of cars to slow down to like 5 miles an hour all the way up a steep hill or “run them over and squash them like a bug.”
It IS frustrating that so many of them feel they own the entirety of a barely two lane road. They’ve got no consideration for other people at ALL. I confess there’ve been plenty of times when I was tempted to get beside them and “accidentally” clip them with the side mirror.
This has never happened, of course. Still, I understand the author’s frustration.
When the car is in the shop, I’m on the bike and I won’t be threatened by a yokel with a bumper or a gun.
Whether you like it or not, the road is shared by cars, trucks, bikes and pedestrians. Give yourself plenty of time to get where you’re going and we’ll all get their safe and sound.
I am just one of those jerks who pays attention to non-motorists. And yes, there are people who aren’t paying attention to car traffic, but it is better to slow down and let them live, even if they are airleads. The city I live in has the worlds worst drivers, who won’t even stop for kids. Kind of like the Walmart shoppers who trampled the worker to death to not miss a sale. I get tired of it.
I ride a bicycle myself, and I realize that that "big boat rule" is always in effect. (for me anyway)
Sure I may be right, but I also may be maimed, or even killed while being "right".
It's tiresome, as you say, but that's the reality.
Safe riding.
Other than name recognition, I don't know what attracts them to Concord. Other than the National Parks (where they'd be arrested) it doesn't offer any special attraction. Other than the only hospital with an emergency room in the area. John Kerry was even photographed cycling there during the 2004 campaign. Go figger.
How about someone who refuses to move to the back of an elevator?
It's called common courtesy.
And let's face it, the primary reason you take a car is so that you don't have to allow for as much travel time as the bike and pedestrian option.
Of course if my car is in the shop I would take a cab or give myself plenty of time to walk or ride my bike while allowing time to move out of the way of people traveling faster.
I am suprised Soucheray doesn’t do a show devoted to Patrick Reusse. I haven’t heard a personality on the radio so enfatuated with another man.
Motorized traffic is impeded and inconvenienced by non-motorized traffic.That is why farm tractors,bikes,horse-drawn buggies,and pedestrian traffic is forbidden the use of interstate highways.Also mopeds are forbidden the use of many roads because they can't keep up and are nothing but a hazard.
It is asinine to pretend that it makes sense to mix slow-moving and fast moving vehicles.
Where there are no bike paths the bike forces thousands of cars to slow down just for the convenience of one person.I have found myself one of the early morning commuters on a major artery dodging and slowing for a cyclist;I have had my journey delayed on weekends because the winding two lane I must use for part of my drive to anywhere had cyclists three abreast forcing me to their 15 mph rather than the posted 35.One of these days some of my neighbors who routinely do 50 are going to come around a curve a wipe out a whole bunch of them.
If you can't travel at the posted speed limit and follow the rules of movemen you ought to at least avoid peak travel times.
Well, I have not made my peace with the bicycle riding morons who think they are saving the planet by not driving a car!
If they are dumb enough to ride in the sleet, snow and mud, they better bring a change of clothes, because I love to splash them with my truck.
Common courtesy also is a part of sharing the road and there are those times when some people are unable to physically move out of your way because of potholes and debris.
Back to your questions. A person on an escalator might have packages where they can’t get out of your way. Did you not notice you’re still moving along with the escalator and you’re still getting to your destination?
On an crowded elevator, all people have to share space with the next person. You might even consider getting onto another that’s not so crowded.
“”there sould be a ‘pull the ignorant little hick yelling ‘get on the sidewalk’ from the protection of his ford pickup, and beat the little coward senseless with your bare hands’ day per week.”
a quote from a liberal who is genetically superior and who towers over the red neck sheep and cattle in intellectual brilliance and achievement.
IMHO
n then there’s
THEM JOGGERS..
Well I’ve been a trucker more than twenty years
From the Charleston coast to the Jersey piers
Sharin’ the road with race car nuts and loggers
Sunday drivers scouts on hikes Hells Angels on Harley bikes
I never met a roader I didn’t like cept them joggers...
Bobby Bare Jogger Lyrics:
http://www.mp3lyrics.org/b/bobby-bare/jogger/
In this state, cyclists can occupy a lane. Oh, and they can also carry.
To anyone wishing to follow the advice of the author, a decent number of cyclists have conceal carry permits. I wouldn’t threaten one if I were you, no matter how cute you think it is.
I had occasion to implement that in 1996. I was sideswiped by a car while on a training ride. The driver then spun his car in a 180, and started revving his engine. The driver then thought otherwise when he saw me in a shooting stance. Good for him, since I fully intended to empty the clip if he accelerated toward me. Of course this was Texas (Fort Bend County), where citizens are allowed to defend themselves against deadly force. Texas DPS trooper arrested the driver.
The author is probably correct, if the conditions are as bad as described it is probably best to use a different mode of transportation.
Personally, I think we should be glad to see the bikers out there, they ARE reducing gas use, bringing down the price of petrol for the rest of us.
If I could ride one to work I would, but the farm is about 25 miles from Vancouver.
“Now, in the summer, a bicyclist can reasonably share the street and we motorists should just as reasonably share the streets with the cyclist, yes, even if they are wearing tight shorts and Italian racing jerseys. It is always important to remember that at home, they too have a Chevy Suburban and a worn-out video of “Breaking Away.’’”
Silent salute to all the Walter Mitty types out there...
I have ridden on some roads with a wide shoulder (and I am riding on the shoulder) when sometimes some punk kid tries to run me off the road yelling “bicycles belong on the sidewalk” in the sneering what I call “Minnesota mommy tone”. I caught up to the punk and advised him that if he pulled that in Texas he could get lead poisoning.
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