Color Blind Bicyclists.. - Page 5 - Cycling Mob: Road Cycling, Mountain Biking and More

09-02-2004, 05:54 AM

> Pat wrote:
>
> > FYI, the plural of cyclist is cylists.

> One lousy little grammar/spelling flamelet, and you make a typo?!?
>
> Bill "points off for style" S.

Evidently, yes. And now I will go hang my head in shame.

Pat in TX
>
>

09-12-2004, 12:12 AM

In article <4CSYc.9223$[Only registered and activated users can see links. ].prodigy.com>,
"john smith" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> writes:
> I am getting a little sick and tired of color blind bicyclists who continue
> to simply roll right through even the busiest red lights.

BS. No cyclist lackadaisically rolls through against a red
in a /busy/ intersection unless they've got a death wish.
Cyclists are generally more heads-up than they get credit for.

I'm getting sick and tired of drivers who don't realize
cyclists can make legal left turns at traffic lights from
the left-most lane, same as drivers do. Including yielding
to oncoming traffic, and in the process maybe holding-up
traffic behind a little. Same as cars do.

> It makes it
> dangerous for the rest of us.

Any danger that bikes impinge on cars ain't a patch on the
danger cars impinge on (lawfully ridden) bikes.

> Today was, just about, the last straw. I

Same here. I'm coming home from the local donut shop,
properly & lawfully hanging a left from 33rd onto Main.
Some driver behind me got PO'd because I was yielding to
oncoming traffic before I made my move and he yelled,
"[something something] you f***ing idiot!" I responded
by calling him a worthless pig vulva (using more vulgar
terminology), hoping to get something sporting going, but
as usual the driver was unwilling to finish what he started.

Drivers can be such whining, vocal chicken-****s who'll
neither put up nor shut up. And it's so disappointing.

--
-- Nothing is safe from me.
Above address is just a spam midden.
I'm really at: tkeats [curlicue] vcn [point] bc [point] ca

09-12-2004, 12:12 AM

In article <4CSYc.9223$[Only registered and activated users can see links. ].prodigy.com>,
"john smith" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> writes:
> I am getting a little sick and tired of color blind bicyclists who continue
> to simply roll right through even the busiest red lights.

BS. No cyclist lackadaisically rolls through against a red
in a /busy/ intersection unless they've got a death wish.
Cyclists are generally more heads-up than they get credit for.

I'm getting sick and tired of drivers who don't realize
cyclists can make legal left turns at traffic lights from
the left-most lane, same as drivers do. Including yielding
to oncoming traffic, and in the process maybe holding-up
traffic behind a little. Same as cars do.

> It makes it
> dangerous for the rest of us.

Any danger that bikes impinge on cars ain't a patch on the
danger cars impinge on (lawfully ridden) bikes.

> Today was, just about, the last straw. I

Same here. I'm coming home from the local donut shop,
properly & lawfully hanging a left from 33rd onto Main.
Some driver behind me got PO'd because I was yielding to
oncoming traffic before I made my move and he yelled,
"[something something] you f***ing idiot!" I responded
by calling him a worthless pig vulva (using more vulgar
terminology), hoping to get something sporting going, but
as usual the driver was unwilling to finish what he started.

Drivers can be such whining, vocal chicken-****s who'll
neither put up nor shut up. And it's so disappointing.

--
-- Nothing is safe from me.
Above address is just a spam midden.
I'm really at: tkeats [curlicue] vcn [point] bc [point] ca

09-12-2004, 12:12 AM

In article <4CSYc.9223$[Only registered and activated users can see links. ].prodigy.com>,
"john smith" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> writes:
> I am getting a little sick and tired of color blind bicyclists who continue
> to simply roll right through even the busiest red lights.

BS. No cyclist lackadaisically rolls through against a red
in a /busy/ intersection unless they've got a death wish.
Cyclists are generally more heads-up than they get credit for.

I'm getting sick and tired of drivers who don't realize
cyclists can make legal left turns at traffic lights from
the left-most lane, same as drivers do. Including yielding
to oncoming traffic, and in the process maybe holding-up
traffic behind a little. Same as cars do.

> It makes it
> dangerous for the rest of us.

Any danger that bikes impinge on cars ain't a patch on the
danger cars impinge on (lawfully ridden) bikes.

> Today was, just about, the last straw. I

Same here. I'm coming home from the local donut shop,
properly & lawfully hanging a left from 33rd onto Main.
Some driver behind me got PO'd because I was yielding to
oncoming traffic before I made my move and he yelled,
"[something something] you f***ing idiot!" I responded
by calling him a worthless pig vulva (using more vulgar
terminology), hoping to get something sporting going, but
as usual the driver was unwilling to finish what he started.

Drivers can be such whining, vocal chicken-****s who'll
neither put up nor shut up. And it's so disappointing.

--
-- Nothing is safe from me.
Above address is just a spam midden.
I'm really at: tkeats [curlicue] vcn [point] bc [point] ca

09-12-2004, 12:12 AM

In article <4CSYc.9223$[Only registered and activated users can see links. ].prodigy.com>,
"john smith" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> writes:
> I am getting a little sick and tired of color blind bicyclists who continue
> to simply roll right through even the busiest red lights.

BS. No cyclist lackadaisically rolls through against a red
in a /busy/ intersection unless they've got a death wish.
Cyclists are generally more heads-up than they get credit for.

I'm getting sick and tired of drivers who don't realize
cyclists can make legal left turns at traffic lights from
the left-most lane, same as drivers do. Including yielding
to oncoming traffic, and in the process maybe holding-up
traffic behind a little. Same as cars do.

> It makes it
> dangerous for the rest of us.

Any danger that bikes impinge on cars ain't a patch on the
danger cars impinge on (lawfully ridden) bikes.

> Today was, just about, the last straw. I

Same here. I'm coming home from the local donut shop,
properly & lawfully hanging a left from 33rd onto Main.
Some driver behind me got PO'd because I was yielding to
oncoming traffic before I made my move and he yelled,
"[something something] you f***ing idiot!" I responded
by calling him a worthless pig vulva (using more vulgar
terminology), hoping to get something sporting going, but
as usual the driver was unwilling to finish what he started.

Drivers can be such whining, vocal chicken-****s who'll
neither put up nor shut up. And it's so disappointing.

--
-- Nothing is safe from me.
Above address is just a spam midden.
I'm really at: tkeats [curlicue] vcn [point] bc [point] ca

09-12-2004, 07:02 PM

Tom Keats wrote:
> In article <4CSYc.9223$[Only registered and activated users can see links. ].prodigy.com>,
> "john smith" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> writes:
> > I am getting a little sick and tired of color blind bicyclists who
continue
> > to simply roll right through even the busiest red lights.
>
> BS. No cyclist lackadaisically rolls through against a red
> in a /busy/ intersection unless they've got a death wish.
> Cyclists are generally more heads-up than they get credit for.

OP was a cyclist.

Austin

09-12-2004, 07:02 PM

Tom Keats wrote:
> In article <4CSYc.9223$[Only registered and activated users can see links. ].prodigy.com>,
> "john smith" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> writes:
> > I am getting a little sick and tired of color blind bicyclists who
continue
> > to simply roll right through even the busiest red lights.
>
> BS. No cyclist lackadaisically rolls through against a red
> in a /busy/ intersection unless they've got a death wish.
> Cyclists are generally more heads-up than they get credit for.

OP was a cyclist.

Austin

09-12-2004, 07:02 PM

Tom Keats wrote:
> In article <4CSYc.9223$[Only registered and activated users can see links. ].prodigy.com>,
> "john smith" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> writes:
> > I am getting a little sick and tired of color blind bicyclists who
continue
> > to simply roll right through even the busiest red lights.
>
> BS. No cyclist lackadaisically rolls through against a red
> in a /busy/ intersection unless they've got a death wish.
> Cyclists are generally more heads-up than they get credit for.

OP was a cyclist.

Austin

09-12-2004, 07:02 PM

Tom Keats wrote:
> In article <4CSYc.9223$[Only registered and activated users can see links. ].prodigy.com>,
> "john smith" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> writes:
> > I am getting a little sick and tired of color blind bicyclists who
continue
> > to simply roll right through even the busiest red lights.
>
> BS. No cyclist lackadaisically rolls through against a red
> in a /busy/ intersection unless they've got a death wish.
> Cyclists are generally more heads-up than they get credit for.

OP was a cyclist.

Austin

09-13-2004, 06:44 AM

On Sun, 12 Sep 2004 00:12:39 -0700, [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] (Tom Keats)
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.
>
>BS. No cyclist lackadaisically rolls through against a red
>in a /busy/ intersection unless they've got a death wish.
>Cyclists are generally more heads-up than they get credit for.

Well, he did say the light was busy, not the intersection. OTOH, if
the light is busy doing something other than what it is supposed to, I
think it is reasonable to roll right on through.

Curtis L. Russell
Odenton, MD (USA)
Just someone on two wheels...