tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5655972254756722998.post9012508813258465932..comments2024-02-16T04:11:30.642-05:00Comments on Tales From The Sharrows: Ride Home 1/4: No one is going to read this nowUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5655972254756722998.post-66776712675946058492013-01-09T00:01:45.982-05:002013-01-09T00:01:45.982-05:00Please, please send the pics to WMATA and DDOT (th...Please, please send the pics to WMATA and DDOT (the latter is responsible for installing/maintaining the flexible posts along PA Ave). All we can do is keep pushing DDOT to install more posts, or better yet, curbs/walls. <br /><br />Unfreaking believable.<br /><br />K.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5655972254756722998.post-39841261559735865842013-01-08T15:30:10.893-05:002013-01-08T15:30:10.893-05:00the "no u-turn" signs are still posted. ...the "no u-turn" signs are still posted. where's a cop when you need one? what's the email addy you sent your complaint to? i'd like to add my voice to the "no u-turns" emails. i see it all the time too, i'm just not able to get a camera out in time. was this on mon. evening?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5655972254756722998.post-81707525467354364922013-01-08T13:39:44.992-05:002013-01-08T13:39:44.992-05:00Ever since WMATA opened a massive bus service faci...Ever since WMATA opened a massive bus service facility near my office, whenever a bus labelled "Not In Service" comes anywhere near me, what I see is "Death Machine." Those guys don't want to slow down for anything, especially when they are heading towards the bus facility and, I'm guessing, the end of their shift. I deal with it by riding that segment of my evening commute--covering most of the length of Shepherd Parkway, SW; about 1/2 mile--like a bat out of hell. The idea being to get through that segment before the buses catch up to me (they come from a different direction than I and a traffic signal delays them). I used to like WMATA buses, but their drivers have taught me otherwise. DASH buses, OTOH, are quite well-behaved.Jonathan Krallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15907163706287662734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5655972254756722998.post-20470026737986242232013-01-08T07:38:58.050-05:002013-01-08T07:38:58.050-05:00That's almost exactly what I say to the staff ...That's almost exactly what I say to the staff here when someone asks me (as I'm pushing the bike into my classroom) if I rode today. My other favorite is,<br /><br />"Did you drive into work today? Wow, you're brave. With that gorgeous sunrise right in your face making it completely impossible to see oncoming traffic at high speeds? I don't think that I could ever take a risk like that!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5655972254756722998.post-36249543740606356052013-01-06T18:53:01.578-05:002013-01-06T18:53:01.578-05:00Shared this story from Friday on the BikeArlington...Shared this story from Friday on the BikeArlington forum, but it's relevant to your "othering" comment:<br /><br />Her: woman who saw me dressed in a neon yellow jacket and tights, as I walked away from the bike rack carrying a bicycle helmet, and then asked me what sport my funny-looking shoes were for. I can excuse the lack of observational skills, but I question why she felt it necessary to rant to me about the one time a cyclist ran into her when she stepped in front of him on the W&OD.<br /><br />Me: trying to remain friendly rather than reminding her that drivers, such as herself, nearly kill me on a pretty regular basis.<br /><br />Maybe I'll start that convo with a random person some time: "what kind of lock does that funny looking key with the buttons go in? oh a car...I almost got run over by a car just a few minutes ago. That wasn't you was it? I like driving, but I see so many of you breaking the law and nearly killing people that I just get too scared to go out on the roads sometimes. but I'm sure YOU aren't one of those people."Marchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07926034591531413589noreply@blogger.com