[SDCBC] Fwd: ghost bike

[JonIsaacs at aol.com]

In a message dated 7/23/2008 12:16:02 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
gcarman at san.rr.com writes:

> What I find terribly annoying is maintaining all those "best practices" and 
> finding that I am still confronted by motorists, and I still have to dodge 
> motorists that want to "teach me a lesson," or chose to harass cyclists for no 
> apparent reason.  
> 
> I feel that gives me a right to harp about the poor motorists that I see, 
> whether I am on bike or in my car.  

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I give you permission to Harp about the poor motorists you see. :)

 My eyes see far more cyclists that ride poorly, I rarely see a car run a 
stop sign at 25 mph but I see cyclists do it all the time.  It particularly 
irritates me when I am stopped at a stop sign and some nitwit comes whizzing by.... 
 Some believe that errant cyclists are only risking their own health but I am 
quite sure that they are also risking not only their health but the general 
health of the cycling community.  In such a case, they are increasing my risk.

But just imagine how much smoother and easier bicycle-car interactions would 
be if all cyclists understood and abided by those "Best Practices."   Every 
cyclist that runs a stop sign or light,  that wanders around the road without 
regard to rules, they are making it worse for the rest of us.

Oh, yeah, thanks for permission to harp on poor cyclists...  :)

Jon

 


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