Originally Posted by
Giant Doofus
Can I add to this rant? It drives me nuts how drivers check their phones at red lights, forget where they are, and then don't notice when the light goes green. I'll see that the light is about to change and get up on my pedals so I'm ready to go and not hold up traffic behind me. But because the driver ahead of me didn't move, I end up having to put a foot down again (Ican't track stand very well). Just when my foot goes down, the driver ahead of me realizes s/he's missing the light and punches it. grr!
Stop wearing clip pedals. Problem solved.
btw there was a hilarious thread on this forum a month or so back when a rider talked about how he loved the new 'driving while texting' car culture - claimed he was able to take advantage of slow and inattentive drivers to make his commute faster and safer. Counter-intuitive, but he seemed to have a very aggressive cycling style.