[SDCBC] SDCBC "cartoon"

[cziegler at sandiego.edu]

This actually reminds of something that was said to me when I was bicycling in the  Tour de Palm Springs this year.  And it may have something to do with our chosen attire.  From a quite heavy set man in a Jaguar speeding by.  "Get your fat ass off the road."  
Carole


---- Original message ----
>Date: Fri, 09 May 2008 10:18:08 -0700
>From: Bicyclist <bikes.alot at cox.net>  
>Subject: Re: [SDCBC] SDCBC "cartoon"  
>To: sdcbc at bikesandiego.org
>
>
>>Some uncharitable comments I could think of, being an occasional car 
>>driver myself...:
>>
>>Why don't you wear real clothes? Your skin tight togs are too 
>>revealing for normal street wear... and where'd you get that gut? I 
>>thought bicycling made people fit?
>>
>>Please do not walk on my floors with your metal bottomed shoes. You 
>>walk like you stepped on a huge wad of gum or worse.
>>
>>The dainty little circling you do while waiting for a traffic signal 
>>to change is precious... if you cannot do a track-stand, learn to 
>>unclip and put a foot down; and DO NOT LEAN ON MY CAR while you are 
>>are waiting!!
>>
>>I guess you want to keep an eye on your bike when you rush into a 
>>store, but please do not leave your bike blocking the entrances. 
>>Bring and use a lock and find a place to park that isn't in my 
>>way!  Leaning your bike on a plate-glass window is just stupid - 
>>stop it! And, by the way, you bike-yaywhos who only lock the front 
>>wheel deserve to have the rest of your bike stolen - get a clue!
>>
>>Are you deaf? Can't you hear the screeching from your brakes? Do you 
>>do this to annoy everyone else?
>>
>>When your bicycling group stops for whatever reason along the road, 
>>how about getting out of the way. Clumping up in the roadway while 
>>you chat is discourteous to everyone wanting to get by, and more 
>>than a little dangerous.
>>
>>Please do not scoff at me while I'm to gassing up at the service 
>>station. If I could, I'd be bicycling too.
>>
>>Ok, you folks with the bright lights mounted on your helmets; STOP 
>>SHINING YOUR BEAMS IN MY FACE! Sure I'll notice the bright light, 
>>but then I'm blinded to anything else and gee I hope I don't hit 
>>anything... like you!
>>
>>No Mr. bicyclist, banana peels may be biodegradable but they don't 
>>belong flung onto the roadside; eat 'em or carry them to a proper receptacle.
>>
>>The restrooms at convenience stores and gas stations are for 
>>customers.... buy something.
>>
>>Do you know that your bicycling helmet is on backwards?
>>
>>To the captain of any passing tandem, "your partner isn't pedaling!"
>>
>>When the traffic light changes and you at the back of the group 
>>might get dropped from the group, get over your phobic separation 
>>anxiety; STOP ON RED!
>>
>>Do not ridicule me for driving a gas powered vehicle while you coast 
>>by powered by Wheaties; I would be biking but I had to deliver this piano.
>>
>>And, let's not forget the shouted gems:
>>Get a horse.
>>Why don't you get a car?
>>Get in the Bike Lane.
>>Get on the sidewalk where you belong.
>>Oh, I didn't see you.
>>Do you think this is the Tour de France?
>>Do you think you are a car?
>>
>>At 04:26 PM 5/8/2008, you wrote:
>>>Hi all,
>>>The last Bicycle Coalition ChainGuard newsletter asked for input on 
>>>what car drivers would like to say to bicyclists, and so far I've 
>>>only received a few responses. Below is a compilation of these, 
>>>plus some published materials and my own thoughts.
>>>I'm still hoping for input from you!! Please read these over and 
>>>tell me what I've missed or mis-stated.
>
>
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