Originally Posted by
LarrySellerz
That’s surprising. I have no ill will towards those people, I tend to think they don’t know what they are doing which is totally fine, they aren’t a hazard and don’t pose a thread. Dodge them dude. Heck I wave at em just like the ones riding on the right side of the road.
OP I have a few comments:
1) don’t say more than a word or two to a pedestrian you pass. “Good morning” or another easily digestible comment is fine, your comment was a bit too intricate. The interaction lasts like 1 second unless you’re stopping to talk to them, which is weird.
2) you’re reading way too much into this interaction. The pedestrian didn’t understand what you said and half smiled blandly at you in response. She probably thought it was a greeting.
3) treating women cyclists differently than male cyclists is borderline weird and sexist. Draft em, heck ebikes are 100% fair game and usually a godsend if you aren’t lookin to work.
They are a hazard and do pose danger, to themselves and others. There are clear demarkations in the bike lane showing an arrow going in the opposite direction for them and you can see traffic not going in their direction. If they cannot understand a simple and basic road marker they shouldn't be on the road. I already have to play some dodgem with selfish people in cars I shouldn't need to do it with selfish people on bikes. You have an entire bike lane for your direction of traffic with the same set up as the side I am riding on there is simply no need to be on my small little sliver of bike lane that I still have to sometimes deal with cars in (usually buses but some people do use it to just sit in their car or drop off packages when they have two other cars lanes.