Comments on: my new pet peeve

By: Rolston

Rolston — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 22:22:55 +0000

i’m probably the worst driver out there.

By: donno

donno — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 16:40:44 +0000

legitimate beef. i want to yell at every inconsiderate person who doesn’t signal.

By: chuck

chuck — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 19:44:28 +0000

I ride a bike exclusively, every day. I have no prob w/ you making a right turn, and i know i’m supposed to go around on the left. what i do have a prob w/ is the fact that so many people NEVER use their turn signal. what am i, an oracle? That pisses me off……

By: Rolston

Rolston — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 14:31:37 +0000

As a fiscally conservative person myself, I agree with the concept of long term investment in infrastructure for steady returns, which is the paradox I find in fiscally conservative republicans who ignore the infrastructure called earth.

Not that you are that way L dog. But you are my republican sounding board. But you ride a fixie so you got street cred.

By: Lyle_s

Lyle_s — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 17:36:43 +0000

True, I’ve never gotten angry with a motorist, either.

Of course, you know me, I’m more motivated by the couple of dollars in gas money I save and the physical exercise than the righteous indignation in believing I’m saving the earth.

By: don no

don no — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 16:35:19 +0000

there’s no cycle of hate. it all falls on the individual. like jon was saying, many, many cyclists have a sense of entitlement. they treat the roads like a playground, disregarding signage, lights and laws that are intended for everyone using the street. they do it and think that they’re always in the right because they’re “one less car!” fuck them.

i’ve never been aggressive on the road with a cyclist. i’m a cautious driver and will go out of my way to make a cyclist feel comfortable in proximity with my van, but when i’m doing something legal and some shithead on a schwinn takes his life in his hands to beat the light, he’s the one with the problem. don’t give me the stinkeye.

i’ve ridden a bike too. that’s a wonderful feeling. breaking the rules is part of the fun. weaving through cars, ignoring signs, breakneck speeds. I must admit though, when riding a bike, i never yelled at a motorist because i was being the jackass.

By: Belcat

Belcat — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 16:07:33 +0000

As long as you have your signal on, I can’t see any problems. (And if they can’t see the signal, they are setting themselves up to be cut-off sometime). Sucks that they don’t know the rules of the road, but then they have to put up with a lot of cars doing stupid things, so I guess they over-compensate. Personally I find the trucks drive much better than cars generally. (Commercial trucks, not some consumer truck bough off a dealership lot)

Sounds like donno is contributing to pissing off the cyclists who then get pissed off at the cars… cycle of hate.

By: donno

donno — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 23:59:26 +0000

i got into it with a cyclist on a photo shoot one day about the attitude. next day he came to work with a fat lip after yelling at a motorist.
fah ha

By: donno

donno — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 19:33:18 +0000

10-4!

cyclists can suck tread.

try getting a car lane installed along one of their bike paths. never happen.

By: Lyle_S

Lyle_S — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 17:19:38 +0000

As an occasional bike commuter I can attest to the double standard. Sometime’s I’m a vehicle, sometimes a pedestrian, whatever benefits me more at the given time. I run red lights and drive all over the street with the singular goal of never putting my foot down to stop and getting from point to point as fast as possible. Of course, I ride a bike with no gears and no brakes which exacerbates the situation but this is who we are.