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>4. Bicyclists are a bunch of morons who almost never stop at stop signs or lights, which most likely bothers drivers so much that they vow to run over the next
by thismat 17y ago
>4. Bicyclists are a bunch of morons who almost never stop at stop signs or lights, which most likely bothers drivers so much that they vow to run over the next bicyclist they see.
Funny you say this, I worked in San Antonio for a while and there is a pretty popular area for hardcore cyclists, due to the hill-country style roads. One of the guys I worked with constantly reminded us how much he couldn't stand cyclists because even if they had plenty of room to let someone pass, they would hold up traffic simply because it was their right.
I honestly loved seeing the cyclists, it looked like fun and they seem to have quite a community. His reaction was still pretty funny and somewhat horrifying when he'd talk about his dislike of them though, got so worked up when I mentioned I was thinking of biking to and from work.
- natrius 17y ago"he couldn't stand cyclists because even if they had plenty of room to let someone pass, they would hold up traffic simply because it was their right." I think this is just a misconception. Anytime there's not enough room in a lane for a car to safely pass entirely within the lane, the safest thing to do is to take the entire lane so cars will pass you in the next lane. It's not about holding up traffic; it's about avoiding opportunities for drivers to maim by miscalculation.
- huhtenberg 17y agoAnd if someone is doing exactly that in a rush hour clogging up the street and holding up a couple of blocks worth of traffic (including buses), how does it make this cyclist look ?
- jrockway 17y agoIt makes the road network look woefully inadequate. The solution is to add another lane, not to whine about the cyclist wanting to get home from work without dying.
- natrius 17y agoIf it's rush hour, traffic probably isn't moving that much faster than the cyclist. Regardless, cyclists are allowed on the road at any time of day, so I'm not sure what you're looking for. Should I be forced to drive so you can save a couple of seconds? You do realize that rush hour is caused by too many cars on the road, right? If cars were banned from the streets at rush hour, roads would probably have higher throughput. You can fit about four people on bikes in the space that (usually) one person is taking up with their car. Blaming people for traffic is ridiculous. Everyone causes traffic. If you want free-flowing roads, price congestion.
- jrockway 17y agoIf you want free-flowing roads, price congestion. But gas is already too expensive, and riding public transportation is too inconvenient! Let's blame a minority group for all our problems!!