[geeks] what is the world coming to...

[Andrew Weiss]

On Wednesday, April 10, 2002, at 11:32 AM, Tom Borton wrote:

>> I always get pissed at bicycle riders who insist on using the street
>> like a motor-vehicle but then decide they will use pedestrian traffic
>> laws since it allows them to do whatever they want.
>
> Umm, I don't know about other areas, but DC has this assinine law (I've
> been ticketed under it) that bicyclists *must* use the streets.  I'd
> rather peg person + bike + 15 MPH against a pedestrian than car + 40 MPH
> against said bike.
>
Bikes are welcome in the street, but they better use hand signals or 
handlebar turn signals, and they HAVE to stop for red lights and stop 
signs.

Andrew

> And road rage gets really ridiculous at times - I've had people open
> their doors to block me when riding because they don't like the fact
> that I can pass them in traffic - and I'm on the curb.  Fscking
> ridiculous.
>
> Tom
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