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Saw this on R&R today.
This driver could have killed the cyclist or somebody else
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PDX Bicyclists. OMG! (PDX)
So I am driving to work this AM and ahead of me is this bicyclist blowing through the red lights. I patiently wait, us usual, for the light to turn green for me. Finally, I'd had enough. I caught up with the bonehead bicyclist and blew by him through the red-light that he was running. Whoo-hooo. We get upto Broadway and he pounds on my passenger fron window, in which I roll down. He says you Fu*king ran that red light! I said I decided to follow your example. Why do you think it's OK for you to run the lights and expect everyome else to not get agitated watching bikes blow lighjts. So then he says he's part of the "Bicycle Alliance" who are exempt from the traffic lights - he says we just need to look and go! I said you keep doing that and you're gonna make a nice hood ornament.
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Has anyone heard of this? Some "Special Rules" for bicyclists? Anyway, he's wrong. Thankfully, there are some great bike riders but this example wasn't one of them.
Some respect for the law you have there, Mighty Motorist! PDX Bicyclists. OMG! (PDX)
So I am driving to work this AM and ahead of me is this bicyclist blowing through the red lights. I patiently wait, us usual, for the light to turn green for me. Finally, I'd had enough. I caught up with the bonehead bicyclist and blew by him through the red-light that he was running. Whoo-hooo. We get upto Broadway and he pounds on my passenger fron window, in which I roll down. He says you Fu*king ran that red light! I said I decided to follow your example. Why do you think it's OK for you to run the lights and expect everyome else to not get agitated watching bikes blow lighjts. So then he says he's part of the "Bicycle Alliance" who are exempt from the traffic lights - he says we just need to look and go! I said you keep doing that and you're gonna make a nice hood ornament.
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Has anyone heard of this? Some "Special Rules" for bicyclists? Anyway, he's wrong. Thankfully, there are some great bike riders but this example wasn't one of them.
This driver could have killed the cyclist or somebody else
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Some respect for the law you have there, Mighty Motorist!
This driver could have killed the cyclist or somebody else
Maybe I'm not understanding the situation, but it sounds like the motorist is no more wrong than the bicyclist. I'd like to hear more about this "Bicycle Alliance" as well.Originally Posted by agent pombero
Saw this on R&R today.Some respect for the law you have there, Mighty Motorist!
This driver could have killed the cyclist or somebody else
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In the eyes of the law, yes, they are both equally at fault, Geapel731. But who had the potential to cause MORE harm from running the red light?
And the cyclist, if s/he did indeed say that, is BS. The BTA wants cyclists to follow the same rules as everybody approach.
And the cyclist, if s/he did indeed say that, is BS. The BTA wants cyclists to follow the same rules as everybody approach.
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It is just some TROLL!
Maybe I do. Plenty of drives write rants about cyclists on R&R PortlandOriginally Posted by CB HI
You really believe the CL post?It is just some TROLL!
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And do they all sound as fictitious as that post?Originally Posted by agent pombero
Maybe I do. Plenty of drives write rants about cyclists on R&R Portland
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Whoo-hooo. We get upto Broadway and he pounds on my passenger fron window, in which I roll down. He says you Fu*king ran that red light! I said I decided to follow your example.
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So then he says he's part of the "Bicycle Alliance" who are exempt from the traffic lights - he says we just need to look and go!
Pure made up BS.Whoo-hooo. We get upto Broadway and he pounds on my passenger fron window, in which I roll down. He says you Fu*king ran that red light! I said I decided to follow your example.
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So then he says he's part of the "Bicycle Alliance" who are exempt from the traffic lights - he says we just need to look and go!
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Originally Posted by CB HI
Pure made up BS.
Yea actually it is the "bicycle empire" and we don't blow thought lights we use our decoder rings to change them from 100m
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Agreed.Originally Posted by CB HI
Pure made up BS.
I think folks here should create a "sticky" listing ALL the do's and dont's(laws/statutes) for each state, so folks can at least get a better understanding of what they can and cannot do. A sort of reference guide.
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https://www.bikeleague.org/action/bikelaws/Originally Posted by barnabyjames
I think folks here should create a "sticky" listing ALL the does and songs(laws/statutes) for each state, so folks can at least get a better understanding of what they can and cannot do. A sort of reference guide.
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The driver probably made up the story about the cyclist saying he was exempt for waiting at red lights because of the BTA (Bicycle Alliance). And there is a 50% chance the cyclist did probably say it, I dunno.
But it is completely believable that the cyclist ran the red light, that the motorist then ran the red light, and that the cyclist caught up to the driver and pounded on the window.
But it is completely believable that the cyclist ran the red light, that the motorist then ran the red light, and that the cyclist caught up to the driver and pounded on the window.
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But it is completely believable that the cyclist ran the red light, that the motorist then ran the red light, and that the cyclist caught up to the driver and pounded on the window.
Sounds like some PDX people will say and/or believe anything said or read.Originally Posted by agent pombero
The driver probably made up the story about the cyclist saying he was exempt for waiting at red lights because of the BTA (Bicycle Alliance). And there is a 50% chance the cyclist did probably say it, I dunno. But it is completely believable that the cyclist ran the red light, that the motorist then ran the red light, and that the cyclist caught up to the driver and pounded on the window.
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So we should have a sliding scale of "how illegal" it is based on potential damage? Maybe we can make it based on the GVW of the vehicle... $100 for the first 100 lbs. and $10 for every 1000 lbs. after that! Originally Posted by agent pombero
In the eyes of the law, yes, they are both equally at fault, Geapel731. But who had the potential to cause MORE harm from running the red light?
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Why not? We already have a much more subjective sliding scale: That of very fallible human police officers, often with a grudge against bicycles and motorcycles (ask me how I know) who write tickets in a much higher percentage for much less danger and smaller actual infractions. If the cops were to know that spending the same amount of time would only cost the bicycle $20, but an auto driver $120, do you think they would also ticket a little more proportionally?Originally Posted by Kactus
So we should have a sliding scale of "how illegal" it is based on potential damage? Maybe we can make it based on the GVW of the vehicle... $100 for the first 100 lbs. and $10 for every 1000 lbs. after that!
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Good idea actually, based on the potential damage the violation is likely to cause. It would be similar to assault with your hands vs assault with a gun.Originally Posted by Kactus
So we should have a sliding scale of "how illegal" it is based on potential damage? Maybe we can make it based on the GVW of the vehicle... $100 for the first 100 lbs. and $10 for every 1000 lbs. after that!
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How do you know police officers often have a grudge against bicycles and motorcycles?Originally Posted by Notso_fastLane
That of very fallible human police officers, often with a grudge against bicycles and motorcycles (ask me how I know)
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because they sit in a car all day eating donuts and breaking the traffic laws that they're supposed to uphold. lolOriginally Posted by I-Like-To-Bike
How do you know police officers often have a grudge against bicycles and motorcycles?
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No doubt that is your idea of a great truth, just like the OP's report. Lunatics LOL at their own stupid remarks.Originally Posted by kmv2
because they sit in a car all day eating donuts and breaking the traffic laws that they're supposed to uphold. lol
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Cops are different all over, but my experiences with the local mounties have been very positive as a cyclist. Not so much as a motorcyclist...
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There's a cop sitting across from me eating low fat yogurt. He says donuts are bad for you.Originally Posted by kmv2
because they sit in a car all day eating donuts and breaking the traffic laws that they're supposed to uphold. lol
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"Bicycle Alliance" I like that. It sounds like a group of superheros. We're already wearing tights after all...