Stallworth to serve 30 days

[tryfuhl]

Originally Posted by GMScud

This is really hard to read. But I get what you're saying. People are idiotic. It's amazing the way pedestrians just ignore shit when they're near intersections, streets, etc etc. The worst are cyclists. They ride on the damn road like they have every right to it as an automobile. And I understand technically they do, it just pisses me off when you're on a two lane road, there's a line of cars stuck behind some jerk in spandex on his 10 speed. They want all the rights that cars have, then they proceed to run through stop signs and red lights like they don't exist.

They do have the same rights. It's not all that often that you'll get a line of traffic stuck behind a cyclist as most cars have no problem shooting right around one. I always make sure to move over as far as safely possible when being trailed, it's too dangerous to get too close to the edge of the road or the center-line. People just hate to have to slow down a bit and are too impatient. You'll spend less time behind a cyclist in a month than you will at a single stoplight in NoVA in most cases.

[GMScud]

Originally Posted by tryfuhl

They do have the same rights. It's not all that often that you'll get a line of traffic stuck behind a cyclist as most cars have no problem shooting right around one. I always make sure to move over as far as safely possible when being trailed, it's too dangerous to get too close to the edge of the road or the center-line. People just hate to have to slow down a bit and are too impatient. You'll spend less time behind a cyclist in a month than you will at a single stoplight in NoVA in most cases.

I cut through Rock Creek Park at least 3 or 4 days a week. I spend too much time behind cyclists. My big beef isn't so much that they're on the road. It's that they want every right a car has, and then (for the most part, but not all) they ignore things like stop signs. Just rubs me the wrong way.

[mike340]

Originally Posted by GMScud

I cut through Rock Creek Park at least 3 or 4 days a week. I spend too much time behind cyclists. My big beef isn't so much that they're on the road. It's that they want every right a car has, and then (for the most part, but not all) they ignore things like stop signs. Just rubs me the wrong way.

I agree with you. I myself am a cyclist and it kills me when others don't follow the rules. (I've also noticed that a lot of these same jerks don't wear helmets.)
I'm sure this behavior is the reason that, when I was hit head-on in a triathlon by a motorist who insisted on entering the course, who then started screaming at me afterwards (forget an apology), they only fined him $35 for reckless driving. In fact, the police wouldn't even come over to talk to me! As for me, I was in excruciating pain for a month while I was trying to increase the range of motion in my knee to 90 degrees. And my bike was totaled of course.

(By the way, I am OK with not stopping at a stop sign on an uphill when there's no traffic there.)

[GMScud]

Originally Posted by mike340

I agree with you. I myself am a cyclist and it kills me when others don't follow the rules. (I've also noticed that a lot of these same jerks don't wear helmets.)
I'm sure this behavior is the reason that, when I was hit head-on in a triathlon by a motorist who insisted on entering the course, who then started screaming at me afterwards (forget an apology), they only fined him $35 for reckless driving. In fact, the police wouldn't even come over to talk to me! As for me, I was in excruciating pain for a month while I was trying to increase the range of motion in my knee to 90 degrees. And my bike was totaled of course.

(By the way, I am OK with not stopping at a stop sign on an uphill when there's no traffic there.)

I cut through Rock Creek on my way to my Dad's yesterday, and as I was pulling up to a stop sign, a line of bikers 6 or 7 people long was coming down the hill to my left. It was an all-way stop, and I sat there and watched all of them cruise right through the stop sign like it wasn't there while I was waiting. It was a beautiful day here in DC, so I had the windows down and sunroof open. Trust me, I let those jackasses know how I felt. My girlfriend looked at me like I was nuts. Oh well. Maybe next time they'll consider STOPPING at a STOP sign. I doubt it though.