Joined: Jul 2010
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From: Fairfax, VA commuting to Washington DC
Bikes: 2010 Kona Dew Drop (the daily driver),'07 Specialized Roubaix (the sports car), '99 ish Kona NuNu MTB (the SUV), Schwinn High Plains (circa 1992?) (the beater)
In fairness, there are plenty of rude/ dangerous/ erratic cyclists in DC. It's one thing to push the limits on the road, where the danger is likely to yourself. It's another to push those limits on the sidewalk, legal for riding or not, where the risk is to the others. MUPs are their own special breed -- neither one nor the other. During commuting hours I find them pretty good... other times? Kind of crazy.
However, I'll say that 90% of the pedestrian/cyclist collisions or near misses that I've seen have been the fault of the brain dead pedestrian.