Originally Posted by
GTALuigi
Morning ride was nice, almost froze my naked fingers, until i stopped by and swapped on my winter gloves.
(i knew it was a good idea to pack them in, just in case)
Night commute was...mostly okay, except for the Damn driver BEEPING for just being plain stupid.
Here's why.
It was 3 bikers, including me, in a one way street, so we were nearing the end of the street and preparing to stop.
So we all 3 pretty much took the entire street, it's not unusual in a red light.
And that's the key IT WAS A READ LIGHT; "can't you see?" that's what went through me head.
So since 2 of us were heading north, and the other guy to south, we split our own way and off we go.
By the time we started moving, the guy HONKED again, like WTF?
Oh the most funny thing, to Top it off, there was a Taxi stopped at the Red light, in front of all of us.
so after we left, the guy at most moved 10 inches and had to stop again, behind the Taxi.....
So drivers are just ridiculously stupid....
In the afternoons, I have a left turn leading to a mild downhill with two left turn lanes. 8 times out of 10 I end up at the first person in the right most left turn lane waiting for the light to change green. Occassionally I get honked at by some one arriving behind me. But most often the cars will line up 12-15 deep in the other lane rather than pull up behind a biker!
Wednesday, a delivery van driver who is frequently at that light with me, was laughing at all the cars lined up behind him with none behind me. He said to me "They ain't seen you get off the line when this light changes or they'd be behind you, not me." So naturally, I found a few extra watts for Wednesday's green light.
He was still laughing when he passed me on the uphill about 1/2 mile later.