What’s up with the bike rage?
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Anonymous
| Speed limits on the paths should have a max of something like 10MPH, and users should yield to slower moving objects (like on water speedboats versus sailboats — speedboats have to maneuver around the sailboats). The subset of aggressive bikers are 80% or more of the problems on the trails. Today I watched another bike group on the W&OD take a crosswalk at high speed while the light was green for oncoming traffic. It’s like they have a death wish. The was green for awhile and the bikers had a “do not walk” sign. Idiots. |
Anonymous
+1. Speed on trails is definitely an issue. And why do they insist on passing so close to runners like me on the trails, when I’m all the way to the freaking right. White male thing for sure. The entitlement to space is unbelievable. |
Anonymous
That describes 95% of males in the area. |
Anonymous
These same ones mashing their spandexed balls on a bike seat are probably the ones who manspread on the Metro. Most cyclists are ok but the ones that are annoying are the ones who want all the rights of cars with none of the obligations of cars. Like the PP with the four-way stop; if you're a cyclist and see that it's all-clear to blow through a four-way stop, good for you, but if it's not all clear then you have to stop and take your turn. |
Anonymous
| That is my neighborhood. There used to be a sign that said bikers had to dismount and now there’s one that says you need to yield to pedestrians (or something like that) because the walkway is too narrow for two bikes to pass. In any case there is just a huge attitude of entitlement and they never stop at stop signs either. I had no feelings about cyclists before I moved to that area but now I hate them all. |
Anonymous
Well said. AND they want the rights of pedestrians without the obligations of pedestrians. Like the PP who said the bike group which took a crosswalk at high speed - bunch of a-holes who think the norms are below them/don’t apply to them. |
Anonymous
| In the immortals words of Jack Nicholson, “can’t we all just get along?” |
Anonymous
| They have small packages. |
Anonymous
| I think bike license plates would help a lot - if bikers know they can be reported and held accountable for breaking traffic laws or reckless “driving,” harassment, whatever, they might just behave better. |
Anonymous
This seems like a very good idea. |
Anonymous
+100 |
Anonymous
| I ride that bridge on the road. |
Anonymous
LOL at you thinking reporting cars works. |
Anonymous
| I've posted this before but I actually had a cyclist follow me after a a near accident followed by a verbal exchange. He came up next to my car and tried to cut me off and block my car from turning into a retail garage. He tried it twice and the second time I reached for my phone to call the police and only then did he leave b/c he knew he was harassing me at this point and was in the wrong. |
Anonymous
How about choosing to disagree politely and offering your own ideas. It’s definitely appreciated and more productive. Sticking to the facts, there is a deterrent effect even if reporting doesn’t work. Personally I’ve never tried it so I don’t know if it works. If you have, well that’s one anecdote but I’ve never seen the data. |