tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5655972254756722998.post5941457375996805046..comments2024-02-16T04:11:30.642-05:00Comments on Tales From The Sharrows: Ride Home 8/6: Pack your pack mule. We're going muling.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5655972254756722998.post-83787434016201818432012-08-07T12:50:22.944-04:002012-08-07T12:50:22.944-04:00I really strongly disagree with the "ethical ...I really strongly disagree with the "ethical cyclist" article. First, I think the whole ethical thing is beside the point and just serves to get people riled up (which may have been his intention). <br /><br />But as I've said before, one of the serious drawbacks to flouting traffic laws like this, even if YOU do it safely, is the person who comes after you. I've watched one jaywalker follow another blindly when there was time for the first to cross more or less safely, but the second forces a car to slow down. Almost every day I see some car turn left during the bike green at the end of PA Ave at 15th, and once one car goes, anyone behind them probably goes, too. And one of my favorites was heading south on 14th at R when so many cyclists jumped the light that the first car in line did it, too.<br /><br />So, until we as a species learn to make our own decisions and not just follow the person in front of us, who may well be an idiot, riding like the guy who wrote the article is wrong.Jonhttps://www.manfredmacx.comnoreply@blogger.com