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08-30-2004, 07:52 PM

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.

08-30-2004, 08:29 PM

On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 03:52:32 GMT, john smith <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> 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.
>
>
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.
Anybody with a brain should know that if it goes to yellow the next thing
will be red, and in reverse it goes from red to green with no yellow
light. Two blocks of that and it should be fixed in even the densest of
heads.
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.
OK, rant off.
Just assume the other guy is an idiot, becuase he might really be one.
Bill Baka

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08-30-2004, 08:29 PM

On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 03:52:32 GMT, john smith <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> 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.
>
>
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.
Anybody with a brain should know that if it goes to yellow the next thing
will be red, and in reverse it goes from red to green with no yellow
light. Two blocks of that and it should be fixed in even the densest of
heads.
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.
OK, rant off.
Just assume the other guy is an idiot, becuase he might really be one.
Bill Baka

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08-30-2004, 08:29 PM

On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 03:52:32 GMT, john smith <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> 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.
>
>
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.
Anybody with a brain should know that if it goes to yellow the next thing
will be red, and in reverse it goes from red to green with no yellow
light. Two blocks of that and it should be fixed in even the densest of
heads.
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.
OK, rant off.
Just assume the other guy is an idiot, becuase he might really be one.
Bill Baka

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08-30-2004, 08:29 PM

On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 03:52:32 GMT, john smith <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> 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.
>
>
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.
Anybody with a brain should know that if it goes to yellow the next thing
will be red, and in reverse it goes from red to green with no yellow
light. Two blocks of that and it should be fixed in even the densest of
heads.
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.
OK, rant off.
Just assume the other guy is an idiot, becuase he might really be one.
Bill Baka

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08-30-2004, 08:50 PM

Well John, what can I say?

Prof. Darwin's observations certainly apply...the twit who is obviously
riding with his head down is probably going to pedal along his merry way --
until a drunk teenager careens thru on the green light, and sends him into
the ditch.

08-30-2004, 08:50 PM

Well John, what can I say?

Prof. Darwin's observations certainly apply...the twit who is obviously
riding with his head down is probably going to pedal along his merry way --
until a drunk teenager careens thru on the green light, and sends him into
the ditch.

08-30-2004, 08:50 PM

Well John, what can I say?

Prof. Darwin's observations certainly apply...the twit who is obviously
riding with his head down is probably going to pedal along his merry way --
until a drunk teenager careens thru on the green light, and sends him into
the ditch.

08-30-2004, 08:50 PM

Well John, what can I say?

Prof. Darwin's observations certainly apply...the twit who is obviously
riding with his head down is probably going to pedal along his merry way --
until a drunk teenager careens thru on the green light, and sends him into
the ditch.

08-30-2004, 09:26 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.