A plea for civility when cycling

[Anonymous]

I just witnessed the rudest, most upsetting behavior in Clarendon. A young man was double-parked WITH HIS FLASHERS flashing on Wilson Blvd at the intersection where CVS sits across from the Metro. As traffic went by, a cyclist in one of those bright yellow jackets, while stopped at the red light, screamed at the driver minding his business to MOVE his CAR. I can’t imagine how startled that motorist must have been, with a maniac yelling at him to move as rush hour cars whizzed by. Where was he going to go? Can’t we find a little bit of civility and take a breath if someone else deigns to SHARE the ROAD!!??? Wouldn’t life be better if the cyclist let the car thing go, swung out around the live-parked car and continued on his way? Instead he went ahead and poisoned EVERYONE’S afternoon to not even enforce whatever justice he thinks should exist for everyone else.

I pledge to forgive that angry cyclist man and to practice civility if I’m ever so unfortunate as to encounter him. I hope we all can do the same with those who violate some personal preference we have.

[Anonymous]

Sounds like more of an asshole problem than a cycling problem.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sounds like more of an asshole problem than a cycling problem.

asshole and cyclist are synonyms

[Anonymous]

Mamils cannot be tamed. How else is a middle aged man in lycra supposed to rekindle the aggression from his long forgotten angsty adolescence?

[Anonymous]

Was the driver blocking the bike lane, forcing the cyclist ju into traffic for no damn good reason?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sounds like more of an asshole problem than a cycling problem.

asshole and cyclist are synonyms

This. I HATE cyclists! Maybe they're just this way in Washington, D.C., but they are the biggest asses in the world.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Was the driver blocking the bike lane, forcing the cyclist ju into traffic for no damn good reason?

Such anger, definitely a cyclist.

[Anonymous]

I hate when people double park especially in rush hour traffic. Sounds like two a$$ holes.

[Anonymous]

Sounds like the driver was an a-hole, and the cyclist has a lot of anger management issues.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sounds like the driver was an a-hole, and the cyclist has a lot of anger management issues.

Par for the course. People basically expect it. They don't kowtow to it, but they expect it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Was the driver blocking the bike lane, forcing the cyclist ju into traffic for no damn good reason?

Such anger, definitely a cyclist.

Np (not a cyclist) It’s a legitimate question. Was the car blocking the bike lane?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Was the driver blocking the bike lane, forcing the cyclist ju into traffic for no damn good reason?

Such anger, definitely a cyclist.

Op probably doesn’t know if he was double parked bc they’re a jerk or bc their car broke down—and neither did the cyclist! Regardless, the world we live in has people who park like @-holes and it is not reasonable to run around shouting like a psychopath at them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I hate when people double park especially in rush hour traffic. Sounds like two a$$ holes.

This. The poor innocent driver blocking everybody’s way schtick is uncalled for.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just witnessed the rudest, most upsetting behavior in Clarendon. A young man was double-parked WITH HIS FLASHERS flashing on Wilson Blvd at the intersection where CVS sits across from the Metro. As traffic went by, a cyclist in one of those bright yellow jackets, while stopped at the red light, screamed at the driver minding his business to MOVE his CAR. I can’t imagine how startled that motorist must have been, with a maniac yelling at him to move as rush hour cars whizzed by. Where was he going to go? Can’t we find a little bit of civility and take a breath if someone else deigns to SHARE the ROAD!!??? Wouldn’t life be better if the cyclist let the car thing go, swung out around the live-parked car and continued on his way? Instead he went ahead and poisoned EVERYONE’S afternoon to not even enforce whatever justice he thinks should exist for everyone else.

I pledge to forgive that angry cyclist man and to practice civility if I’m ever so unfortunate as to encounter him. I hope we all can do the same with those who violate some personal preference we have.

This is sarcasm, right? Someone is blocking traffic with his car and your day is ruined because you heard someone yell? If the guy had been in a car and had honked at the driver would that have ruined your day as well?

Also it isn’t the biker’s responsibility to figure out where the guy blocking the lane should go- you want to drive a vehicle in a city then it is your job to find a place to legally store it

If a biker stopped his bike in front of you and you had to go around him would you go about your merry way without getting angry or honking at him?

[Anonymous]

I think we found OP