Re: Bicyclists - Re: Best GPS for cage while I'mworking real estate

> I guess for me, if they want to ride on the road, that's ok but don't
> be an intentional rolling roadblock. I've seen that
> happen where there's cars backed up for a mile or more because
> cyclists are four abreast going 5mph. That's when
> I get pissed. Especially on winding roads where it's unsafe to pass them.
>
> My feeling is that if they want to yell they have the same rights as
> cars to be on the road, great, then require bikes to be
> safety inspected, licensed and the rider to be properly trained and
> licensed on traffic laws on two wheels.
>
> Many of them seem to be totally ignorant of traffic laws once they
> leave a cage and get on a bicycle.  I can't count how
> many times I've seen them blast through an intersection when the light is
> red.
>
> -aki
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 6:45 AM, <amaurer@...> wrote:
> > As between someone legally riding their bike on the road and someone who
> is so incensed at having to wait 30 seconds or a minute, max, before
> twisting the throttle or pressing the accelerator that they are moved to
> threats of violence, I guess you and I come to different conclusions as to
> who is the "selfish twit."
> >
> > Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: "Mike B." <omni@...>
> >
> > Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:05:30
> > To: DC-Cycles list<dc-cycles@...>
> > Subject: Re: [dc-cycles] Bicyclists - Re: Best GPS for cage while I'm
> >  working real estate
> >
> >
> > Aaron wrote:
> >> Gee, Mike, being the omniscient one that you are, I would think that you
> >> would realize that bicyclists have every right to ride in the road, even
> >> when there is a bicycle path.  Riding at 20 mph is much safer on Falls
> >> Rd. than on the bike path with the hazards found there (walkers,
> >> joggers, poor concrete, branches, etc.)
> >
> > The bike path is generally deserted, and is in good repair.
> >
> > Yes, they have a right to ride on the road, just as I have a right to
> > drive down it at 20 mph and let traffic back up behind me if I so
> > choose...but I don't so choose, because I'm not a selfish twit.
> >
> > I don't get pissed at them for riding in the road when that's the only
> > choice...I get pissed at them for riding in the road and inconveniencing
> > everyone else when they have a perfectly good option that lets them ride
> > without inconveniencing everyone else.  Falls was just one example.
> > MacArthur is another.
> >
> >> We're all on two wheels. I hope you remember your attitude here if a
> >> pick-up truck driver, in a fit of pique, decides to "shove" some stupid
> >> Harley rider out of the way one day.
> >
> > It's been tried.  One guy down in Florida actually did it to a couple of
> > riders a few years ago.  When he found out who he'd killed, he was
> > requesting a seat in "Ol' Sparky" rather than a life sentence...that
> > wasn't likely to be all that long.  (if you don't remember the event, he
> > killed a couple of Outlaws).
> >
> > -- Mike B.
> > --
> >
> > '04 FLSTCI  (H-D Softail Heritage Classic with EFI for the non-Harley
> folks)
> >
> > Learning from your mistakes is good.  Learning from someone else's
> > mistakes is better.
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