Originally Posted by
rex_kramer
So annoying. I've only encountered one salmon in the bike lane so far. My response to him was to stop in the lane and force him to figure it out. Perfectly good sidewalks all over my ride yet people still insist on walking or jogging in the bike lanes. Then there's the trash cans. Luckily that's only once a week. There's already a few jumping the gun today, but by tomorrow, the entire length of the street will have cans in the bike lane.
When I have the time, I will often move the trash cans out of the bike lane and into the next lane to the left. It gives the car-bound travelers a chance to deal with what we deal with every day.
As far as bike-lane salmon go, I just get a stern look on my face, speed up and aim right at them. So far I haven't had any takers for a collision with 200 pounds of ugly. I make exceptions for people who are obviously homeless, drunk, very young or very old. Even jerks have limits to their bad behavior.