10 Aug 2007
Catching up on Jed's blog reminded me of a biking incident i was involved in, a few months ago. At the end of my ride, I was waiting at a light for a green to cross. As I waited, some doofus who wanted to turn right, was honking at the old lady in the car in front of him, who was too nervous, or whatever, to make the leap and turn right on red. But she eventually did right before the green. Now, I was kind of in a bad mood because it was windy that day and it really wasn't a fun ride, and so I decided to assert my right of way into the crosswalk in front of the hothead driver as the light turned green. Which didn't work, he cut me off, but fortunately i'm not 225 lbs and going 20 mph like Jed was. At any rate, as he drove off, I flipped him the bird... and for a second there I envisioned life ahead as a grumpy old man... until something miraculous happened. Looking in through the rear window, up popped a bird back from the driver. And all of a sudden I felt vindicated. By flipping me the bird back, he acknowledged that he knowingly cut me off and that he's pissed that I actually called him on it. Ahh, that made the ride worth it. |
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They do it to pedestrians too. I've seen cars honking at the car in front of them because it stops at a red light to let an old lady or a little kid cross with the walk signal at the crosswalk.
My solution is that crosswalk buttons - accessible to bicyclists too - should raise tire shredders like they have at rental car lots. Right hook somebody - be prepared to buy a new set of tires.
Posted by Walter Bays on August 10, 2007 at 02:43 PM PDT #
gotta love living in the bay area. even after living here for more than a decade, i don't identify myself with the area due to the higher ration of asshats than most any other region.
Posted by rama on August 10, 2007 at 09:23 PM PDT #