Color Blind Bicyclists.. - Page 3

08-31-2004, 08:53 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, 06:29 PM

Bill Baka wrote:

> Maybe some people really are to dumb to ride, kind of like some
politicians
> would never pass a GED high school equivalency test with their sub par IQ.
> Money and a big toothy smile get some real doorknobs elected.

IMHO, politicians aren't that stupid. What bothers me is they think _WE_
are all that stupid.

Austin

08-31-2004, 06:29 PM

Bill Baka wrote:

> Maybe some people really are to dumb to ride, kind of like some
politicians
> would never pass a GED high school equivalency test with their sub par IQ.
> Money and a big toothy smile get some real doorknobs elected.

IMHO, politicians aren't that stupid. What bothers me is they think _WE_
are all that stupid.

Austin

08-31-2004, 06:29 PM

Bill Baka wrote:

> Maybe some people really are to dumb to ride, kind of like some
politicians
> would never pass a GED high school equivalency test with their sub par IQ.
> Money and a big toothy smile get some real doorknobs elected.

IMHO, politicians aren't that stupid. What bothers me is they think _WE_
are all that stupid.

Austin

08-31-2004, 06:29 PM

Bill Baka wrote:

> Maybe some people really are to dumb to ride, kind of like some
politicians
> would never pass a GED high school equivalency test with their sub par IQ.
> Money and a big toothy smile get some real doorknobs elected.

IMHO, politicians aren't that stupid. What bothers me is they think _WE_
are all that stupid.

Austin

09-01-2004, 09:57 AM

AustinMN wrote:
:: Bill Baka wrote:
::
::: Maybe some people really are to dumb to ride, kind of like some
::: politicians would never pass a GED high school equivalency test
::: with their sub par IQ. Money and a big toothy smile get some real
::: doorknobs elected.
::
:: IMHO, politicians aren't that stupid. What bothers me is they think
:: _WE_ are all that stupid.
::

Well, most of use ARE that stupid which is why they get elected.

09-01-2004, 09:57 AM

AustinMN wrote:
:: Bill Baka wrote:
::
::: Maybe some people really are to dumb to ride, kind of like some
::: politicians would never pass a GED high school equivalency test
::: with their sub par IQ. Money and a big toothy smile get some real
::: doorknobs elected.
::
:: IMHO, politicians aren't that stupid. What bothers me is they think
:: _WE_ are all that stupid.
::

Well, most of use ARE that stupid which is why they get elected.

09-01-2004, 09:57 AM

AustinMN wrote:
:: Bill Baka wrote:
::
::: Maybe some people really are to dumb to ride, kind of like some
::: politicians would never pass a GED high school equivalency test
::: with their sub par IQ. Money and a big toothy smile get some real
::: doorknobs elected.
::
:: IMHO, politicians aren't that stupid. What bothers me is they think
:: _WE_ are all that stupid.
::

Well, most of use ARE that stupid which is why they get elected.

09-01-2004, 09:57 AM

AustinMN wrote:
:: Bill Baka wrote:
::
::: Maybe some people really are to dumb to ride, kind of like some
::: politicians would never pass a GED high school equivalency test
::: with their sub par IQ. Money and a big toothy smile get some real
::: doorknobs elected.
::
:: IMHO, politicians aren't that stupid. What bothers me is they think
:: _WE_ are all that stupid.
::

Well, most of use ARE that stupid which is why they get elected.

09-01-2004, 05:30 PM

> >
> >
> 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.

FYI, the plural of cyclist is cylists.
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