Seattlest: The Smoldering Holy War II: Bicyclists vs Traffic Laws and Common Decency

guest

Mon, 16 Jul 2007 21:58:05 -0800

Why must most of the bicylists around here wear those hideous, matching bike ensembles as if they were entered in the Tour de France? I always feel like sarcastically peppering them with questions about how the race they must have been in went. I also find some cyclists militant attitudes annoying; as if they NEVER drive or ride in vehicles themselves.

TroyJMorris

Mon, 16 Jul 2007 09:06:44 -0800

I saw the same accident on 2nd. The officer was not happy about having to write up that report.

guest

Sat, 14 Jul 2007 16:01:58 -0800

then there was the group of scooter enthusiasts who were motoring through fremont this morning (there were about 50 of them. i'd say it was a gang but can one really call a group of people riding scooters a gang?) with blatant disregard for traffic signals. while half the group made it through the north bound fremont ave light before it turned red, the other half didn't...though that wasn't going to stop about 15 of them from running the red light. when some poor old lady had had enough and pulled into the intersection to make her turn off of 34th st onto fremont (she had the green arrow) one indignant scooter head darted in front of her, stuck out his hand and acted like she had anal raped a kitten. i'm all for alternative forms of transportation be they scooter, racing bike or foot power but remember people, we are all part of a whole and no one group has entitlement to get their way on the roads. just because you get a hard on from your superior sense of self satisfaction doesn't give you the right to stick it in other's asses. obey the rules of polite society and things will work out fine for everyone.

guest

Sat, 14 Jul 2007 15:37:39 -0800

Were I the "good samaritan" in that scenario, right about the time the bike owner said hands off, I'd have dropped it and let it fall again. No sense in not giving such a reasonable person just what he's asked for.