tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5655972254756722998.post5167161181993546529..comments2024-02-16T04:11:30.642-05:00Comments on Tales From The Sharrows: Rides 8/25: Rotisserie TurkeyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5655972254756722998.post-17889512007088806442014-08-27T10:21:14.504-04:002014-08-27T10:21:14.504-04:00Felkerino and I have had this conversation about b...Felkerino and I have had this conversation about being the bike police. I used to be more that way until I took the "it's just pavement" approach. Sure there are rules, but they are often loosely followed, and there are also things that are more norm-like and we all have somewhat differing ideas bout what those are. I will yell at people if they threaten my life. I also asked a guy why he ran in the bike lane for a mile because I really wanted to know and it was completely irritating, but generally I avoid being the bike police because I end up feeling icky and I don't think it helps make my commute any better or safer. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5655972254756722998.post-81885602539796258872014-08-26T22:22:52.349-04:002014-08-26T22:22:52.349-04:00I think it's a little different and far more j...I think it's a little different and far more justified, though maybe still not the best thing to do. When someone really, really endangers you, yeah, you're gonna be mad. It's awful to be so close to being so hurt or so dead. So, in light of that, yelling doesn't seem so out of line. I think that that'd be different from the kind of lesson-teaching that most bothers me, which is the needless and unprompted kind. It's one thing to yell at a guy who almost hit you, but going nuts over every transgression, even the ones that don't really impact you, I don't know. Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08336664610270023779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5655972254756722998.post-26319394270083979272014-08-26T14:29:10.359-04:002014-08-26T14:29:10.359-04:00What do you think about bicyclists "teaching ...What do you think about bicyclists "teaching a lesson to" (read: yelling at) oblivious and/or malicious drivers doing blatantly dangerous things? For example, I was very nearly killed a couple of weeks ago while riding northbound on 6th NE when someone ran a red light from Stanton Park onto SE-bound Massachusetts. And then the driver had to slam on their brakes to avoid running into the line of stopped cars in front of them. I yelled some very inappropriate language because it scared the !$#&@ out of me (car passed less than 6" in front of my tire, going 30+ mph, as I rode through the green), and afterwards had mixed feelings about my reaction. Is it worth saying anything? Also, can the city please put a red-light camera at that intersection? $5000+/day, easy.CapHill biker dudenoreply@blogger.com