Originally Posted by
Ridefreemc
Just a little rant to help you all feel as if you are not alone.
Her passenger window was open and I said "Jezus, how 'bout a little room over here!" Her response - "Sorry, I thought you should be on the sidewalk." As I made my turn after she passed I thought "did she just say" you should be on the sidewalk as opposed to I thought you were going to ride on the sidewalk???
I've gotten that one quite a bit too. Along with it's less fake-polite cousin "hey get on the damn sidewalk!!!" (as someone tried to pass me on the left in an intersection even though I clearly signaled a left turn).
I put it down to ignorance. A lot of people here in Columbus actually have no clue that bikes AREN'T supposed to be on the sidewalks, and we don't have bike lanes or anything to send the message that we're supposed to be in the road. Well, until just this past year when they put up a bunch of "Share the Road" signs, which seem to have gone right over some people's heads. It'd help if people weren't always in such a damn hurry and seeing bikers as another obstacle. Oh wells, like you said- nice to know we're not alone in this one.