The Surly, Long Honk Trucker
12-18-15, 02:23 PM
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AlmostTrick: the street is 6 lanes wide with no bike lanes and bumper to bumper traffic during rush hour. The lights for the side streets are sensor detector triggered by cars (not bikes) and unless I end up behind a car, I have to go up on the sidewalk and press the crosswalk button to get the light to change. I can't remember the last time I saw a fellow bike commuter riding on the street in that intersection. Although I don't like riding on the sidewalk, it really is the only safe option available. My main beef with the idiot semi driver was that he didn't bother to look before backing up on the sidewalk. It could've just as easily been a pedestrian out walking a dog or with a baby stroller. People out walking in the morning shouldn't have to worry about morons driving on the sidewalk. Also, the guy who honked at you sounds like a major jerk. We all share the road. I had a guy honk at me repeatedly for riding in the center of the lane (I was about to turn left) and he didn't want to wait 3 seconds for me to get out of the way.
https://goo.gl/maps/CYDHA2NwfhT2
12-18-15, 05:01 PM
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Did this happen somewhere near S Capitol and Potomac Ave? That's not you on the bike in this street view is it? https://goo.gl/maps/CYDHA2NwfhT2
https://goo.gl/maps/CYDHA2NwfhT2
The crosswalk to the left of the drivers was where the semi backed up and almost squashed me.
12-18-15, 05:47 PM
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Ha, when I saw the title of this thread I thought Surly had a new frame out called the Long Honk Trucker... 
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12-20-15, 05:11 AM
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Are you saying there are a higher percentage of psychotic people in that area than in other areas? Because in my experience, even when people get pissed off, they don't just go ramming into other people, or cars. Not unless they're psychopaths. And those types of people are really quite rare. I'd like to see some stats of bicycle/car collisions from that area, because my thought is that it's like when people say "people in so-n-so city are the worst drivers!!" when in reality they're about the same as in any other American city.
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12-20-15, 05:23 AM
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12-20-15, 09:36 PM
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Agreed, except that this guy was more than your run of the mill Big Dummy. More like quite the Instigator. *groan*
Thanks, but many posters have complimented me for this already. What are you, some kind of Straggler? 
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12-20-15, 10:25 PM
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How do make the mental leap from self-entitled myopia to psychosis? And where did I say they are the worst drivers? Hell, what PLANET are you on that you extracted this silliness from what I said?
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I guess we know where you stand on mirrors.
12-21-15, 08:17 AM
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How do make the mental leap from self-entitled myopia to psychosis? And where did I say they are the worst drivers? Hell, what PLANET are you on that you extracted this silliness from what I said?
Don't answer, I don't want to hear from you again...you're dangerously unbalanced.
Don't answer, I don't want to hear from you again...you're dangerously unbalanced.
