Color Blind Bicyclists.. - Page 2 - Cycling Mob: Road Cycling, Mountain Biking and More

08-30-2004, 10:26 PM

"john smith" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
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> I am getting a little sick and tired of color blind bicyclists who
continue
> to simply roll right through even the busiest red lights. It makes it
> dangerous for the rest of us. Today was, just about, the last straw. I
> am crusing along and come up to a slow bicyclist with panniers and a
> tendancy to wander. I finally get a clear area without traffic and get
> around him. Come up to light. Stop. He rides through the light at
his
> steady 9 mph. I come up behind him a half block later. I get around
> him... finally.... bam another light... and the process continues to
> repeat. Its just crazy and adds all sorts of time to the commute.
>
> And, frankly, even if they were not impeding me (I tend to be able to blow
> by most other bicycles when I get a clear patch by just kicking it... I
ride
> an old Road Bike (a nice old 1970's Lotus) they still make it dangerous
> becuase the cars do not know what to expect.
>
>
Lately, it's become quite apparent to me that there are as many careless
bicycle riders as there are car drivers and they seem to present almost as
much danger to me. I'm not particularly fast so if they pass me to run a
red light that's not much of a problem, but I have had to slow going through
green lights for cyclist running a red light on the cross street and for
cyclist going the wrong way. And when I have to use the multi-use trails
they often pass on blind curves and hills. I suppose one just has to be
aware that they are careless people operating every kind of vehicle and also
careless people walking and operate as cautiously and safely as reasonably
possible.

08-30-2004, 10:26 PM

"john smith" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
news:4CSYc.9223$[Only registered and activated users can see links. ].prodigy.com ...
> I am getting a little sick and tired of color blind bicyclists who
continue
> to simply roll right through even the busiest red lights. It makes it
> dangerous for the rest of us. Today was, just about, the last straw. I
> am crusing along and come up to a slow bicyclist with panniers and a
> tendancy to wander. I finally get a clear area without traffic and get
> around him. Come up to light. Stop. He rides through the light at
his
> steady 9 mph. I come up behind him a half block later. I get around
> him... finally.... bam another light... and the process continues to
> repeat. Its just crazy and adds all sorts of time to the commute.
>
> And, frankly, even if they were not impeding me (I tend to be able to blow
> by most other bicycles when I get a clear patch by just kicking it... I
ride
> an old Road Bike (a nice old 1970's Lotus) they still make it dangerous
> becuase the cars do not know what to expect.
>
>
Lately, it's become quite apparent to me that there are as many careless
bicycle riders as there are car drivers and they seem to present almost as
much danger to me. I'm not particularly fast so if they pass me to run a
red light that's not much of a problem, but I have had to slow going through
green lights for cyclist running a red light on the cross street and for
cyclist going the wrong way. And when I have to use the multi-use trails
they often pass on blind curves and hills. I suppose one just has to be
aware that they are careless people operating every kind of vehicle and also
careless people walking and operate as cautiously and safely as reasonably
possible.

08-30-2004, 10:26 PM

"john smith" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
news:4CSYc.9223$[Only registered and activated users can see links. ].prodigy.com ...
> I am getting a little sick and tired of color blind bicyclists who
continue
> to simply roll right through even the busiest red lights. It makes it
> dangerous for the rest of us. Today was, just about, the last straw. I
> am crusing along and come up to a slow bicyclist with panniers and a
> tendancy to wander. I finally get a clear area without traffic and get
> around him. Come up to light. Stop. He rides through the light at
his
> steady 9 mph. I come up behind him a half block later. I get around
> him... finally.... bam another light... and the process continues to
> repeat. Its just crazy and adds all sorts of time to the commute.
>
> And, frankly, even if they were not impeding me (I tend to be able to blow
> by most other bicycles when I get a clear patch by just kicking it... I
ride
> an old Road Bike (a nice old 1970's Lotus) they still make it dangerous
> becuase the cars do not know what to expect.
>
>
Lately, it's become quite apparent to me that there are as many careless
bicycle riders as there are car drivers and they seem to present almost as
much danger to me. I'm not particularly fast so if they pass me to run a
red light that's not much of a problem, but I have had to slow going through
green lights for cyclist running a red light on the cross street and for
cyclist going the wrong way. And when I have to use the multi-use trails
they often pass on blind curves and hills. I suppose one just has to be
aware that they are careless people operating every kind of vehicle and also
careless people walking and operate as cautiously and safely as reasonably
possible.

08-31-2004, 08:08 AM

"Bill Baka" <bbaka@syix.com> wrote in message
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psdkxfvsx9scufd@news.syix.com...

> >
> Uh, were these color blind cyclists looking at vertical lights or those
> damned horizontal ones. Everybody knows that the top is red (stop)
> and the bottom is green go. Even horizontal is yellow in the middle in all
> cases.

Vertical. I am sure that they knew that they were red... they just don't
care.

08-31-2004, 08:08 AM

"Bill Baka" <bbaka@syix.com> wrote in message
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psdkxfvsx9scufd@news.syix.com...

> >
> Uh, were these color blind cyclists looking at vertical lights or those
> damned horizontal ones. Everybody knows that the top is red (stop)
> and the bottom is green go. Even horizontal is yellow in the middle in all
> cases.

Vertical. I am sure that they knew that they were red... they just don't
care.

08-31-2004, 08:08 AM

"Bill Baka" <bbaka@syix.com> wrote in message
news

psdkxfvsx9scufd@news.syix.com...

> >
> Uh, were these color blind cyclists looking at vertical lights or those
> damned horizontal ones. Everybody knows that the top is red (stop)
> and the bottom is green go. Even horizontal is yellow in the middle in all
> cases.

Vertical. I am sure that they knew that they were red... they just don't
care.

08-31-2004, 08:08 AM

"Bill Baka" <bbaka@syix.com> wrote in message
news

psdkxfvsx9scufd@news.syix.com...

> >
> Uh, were these color blind cyclists looking at vertical lights or those
> damned horizontal ones. Everybody knows that the top is red (stop)
> and the bottom is green go. Even horizontal is yellow in the middle in all
> cases.

Vertical. I am sure that they knew that they were red... they just don't
care.

08-31-2004, 09:53 AM

john smith wrote:
:: I am getting a little sick and tired of color blind bicyclists who
:: continue to simply roll right through even the busiest red lights.
:: It makes it dangerous for the rest of us. Today was, just about,
:: the last straw. I am crusing along and come up to a slow bicyclist
:: with panniers and a tendancy to wander. I finally get a clear area
:: without traffic and get around him. Come up to light. Stop. He
:: rides through the light at his steady 9 mph. I come up behind him
:: a half block later. I get around him... finally.... bam another
:: light... and the process continues to repeat. Its just crazy and
:: adds all sorts of time to the commute.
::
:: And, frankly, even if they were not impeding me (I tend to be able
:: to blow by most other bicycles when I get a clear patch by just
:: kicking it... I ride an old Road Bike (a nice old 1970's Lotus) they
:: still make it dangerous becuase the cars do not know what to expect.

Hmm....this seem like a case where time will provide a solution.

08-31-2004, 09:53 AM

john smith wrote:
:: I am getting a little sick and tired of color blind bicyclists who
:: continue to simply roll right through even the busiest red lights.
:: It makes it dangerous for the rest of us. Today was, just about,
:: the last straw. I am crusing along and come up to a slow bicyclist
:: with panniers and a tendancy to wander. I finally get a clear area
:: without traffic and get around him. Come up to light. Stop. He
:: rides through the light at his steady 9 mph. I come up behind him
:: a half block later. I get around him... finally.... bam another
:: light... and the process continues to repeat. Its just crazy and
:: adds all sorts of time to the commute.
::
:: And, frankly, even if they were not impeding me (I tend to be able
:: to blow by most other bicycles when I get a clear patch by just
:: kicking it... I ride an old Road Bike (a nice old 1970's Lotus) they
:: still make it dangerous becuase the cars do not know what to expect.

Hmm....this seem like a case where time will provide a solution.

08-31-2004, 09:53 AM

john smith wrote:
:: I am getting a little sick and tired of color blind bicyclists who
:: continue to simply roll right through even the busiest red lights.
:: It makes it dangerous for the rest of us. Today was, just about,
:: the last straw. I am crusing along and come up to a slow bicyclist
:: with panniers and a tendancy to wander. I finally get a clear area
:: without traffic and get around him. Come up to light. Stop. He
:: rides through the light at his steady 9 mph. I come up behind him
:: a half block later. I get around him... finally.... bam another
:: light... and the process continues to repeat. Its just crazy and
:: adds all sorts of time to the commute.
::
:: And, frankly, even if they were not impeding me (I tend to be able
:: to blow by most other bicycles when I get a clear patch by just
:: kicking it... I ride an old Road Bike (a nice old 1970's Lotus) they
:: still make it dangerous becuase the cars do not know what to expect.

Hmm....this seem like a case where time will provide a solution.