Originally Posted by
TransitBiker
I have witnessed it several times in the last 3 months as the weather has warmed up. My reaction: "thanks for making law abiding cyclists like me look bad ***hole". My girlfriend notes "wow, the idiocy is spreading from the drivers to the people on bikes!". To which i wryly reply "everyone is a sweaty faced madman 5 seconds away from committing a crime, where are the cops when you need them?!?".
In all seriousness, road safety involves everyone, including and especially cyclists.
- Andy
IMO, what pisses drivers off and makes them hate cyclists more than anything are those buttheads who take the lane on a 55 mph road, holding up a line of cars as they pedal along at a leisurely 10 mph. A guy yielding at stop sighs and red lights not so much.