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January 28, 2009

ATTN: San Francisco bicyclists (, )

by fluffy at 10:29 PM
While you're approaching an intersection where your light is red, I suppose that shouting out "Careful! Careful! Careful!" to the cross-traffic is one way to avoid getting hit, but might I suggest you try — and I know this is a crazy idea, but bear with me here — not running red lights, you goddamn idiots.

While we're at it, if a car is carefully parallel parking, it might be a good idea to pass it on the side it's not parking on, rather than trying to sneak through on the right and then angrily banging on the window when you almost get squashed like the bug that you are. Driving safely in a way which coexists with bicycles is already hard enough in this town without morons like you.

Comments

#11717 01/29/2009 02:02 am
http://www.b3ta.com/board/9096960
#11718 01/29/2009 05:38 am No shit?
They really do that? Just run red lights?

Damn. That's stupid. I'm starting to think that bicycle riders like that need to take the safety course they teach motorcycle riders.

That's just blowing my mind. I don't know how it is in California, but here in Wisconsin, if you are on a bicycle and blow a red light, there are rednecks who will speed up just you shouldn't be there.


Damn.


Gedvondur
#11719 01/29/2009 07:53 am
Drivers here have basically been browbeaten into always yielding to cyclists. I ride legally (okay, I don't always come to a complete stop at stop signs in a few cases - but only ones where it's definitely safe for me to keep going!) but this just confuses drivers even more.

As much as I rant about drivers here, frankly I come across much more stupidity from other cyclists. It's just that the drivers' stupidity is what actually puts me at immediate risk.