Mary Cheh wants to make it legal for bicyclists for blow stop signs and stop lights

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Anonymous wrote:Not quite, the proposal is to allow Idaho stops which lets cyclists treat stop signs as yield signs. It is actually associated with fewer cyclist injuries.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idaho_stop

Wow. Who knew stop signs were so dangerous? And here I was thinking they made the roads safer.

Because getting up to speed on a bike takes longer and drivers often don't see or ignore a stopped cyclist. Everywhere that has tried it has seen a decrease in injuries.

+1000 you only need to commute to work on a bicycle for a week to understand this. If you haven’t, it is just too difficult a concept to understand for the average person with a car mindset.

Maybe you shouldn't be riding a bike next to cars on the road where cars are if it is dangerous for you to follow simple traffic regulations. Have you ever thought of that? Maybe if you drove a car for five minutes you would understand this. Bikers make driving like playing Frogger. Use the trails provided.

I have yet to meet. a cyclist who has never driven on a road. But I have met many drivers who have never biked on a road. So who do you think has the clearer picture?

And do you really think a cyclist actually PREFERS to bike on the road with other cars rather than on a separate bike path? We are trying to get to places just like you, on the roads we pay taxes for, just like you.

Except when we are getting somewhere on bike, we are not adding to the air pollution, using up fossil fuel, adding to our earth's carbon footprint, adding to traffic congestion, or killing pedestrians and cyclists at the rate of about 7000 a year in the US.

And by the way, be sure to thank that cyclist on the road for subsidizing your daily car use with her tax dollars. You are wearing the roads down with your 1.5 ton vehicle, so that she can pay taxes for the road crews to fix YOUR wear and tear. You're welcome.

Are you really this stupid? Roads in this country are financed by the gas tax which is included in the price of gasolines. Drivers pay for roads. Cyclists are freeloaders. Actually even worse than freeloaders since DC has spent more than a billion dollars on bike infrastructure that’s used by roughly 12 people.

You pay for part of the highways, which I am happy to not bike on.

Local roads in DC are largely paid for by local taxes.

Also, you're pulling numbers out of your rabbit-hole.

Look at the budget. The amount of money the city spends on bike lanes is obscene. If we spent money on poor black kids like we spend money on white bikers, there would be no childhood poverty.

And yes the gas tax pays for roads. That’s why the gas tax exists.

Ok troller.

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Anonymous wrote:Not quite, the proposal is to allow Idaho stops which lets cyclists treat stop signs as yield signs. It is actually associated with fewer cyclist injuries.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idaho_stop

Wow. Who knew stop signs were so dangerous? And here I was thinking they made the roads safer.

Because getting up to speed on a bike takes longer and drivers often don't see or ignore a stopped cyclist. Everywhere that has tried it has seen a decrease in injuries.

+1000 you only need to commute to work on a bicycle for a week to understand this. If you haven’t, it is just too difficult a concept to understand for the average person with a car mindset.

Maybe you shouldn't be riding a bike next to cars on the road where cars are if it is dangerous for you to follow simple traffic regulations. Have you ever thought of that? Maybe if you drove a car for five minutes you would understand this. Bikers make driving like playing Frogger. Use the trails provided.

I have yet to meet. a cyclist who has never driven on a road. But I have met many drivers who have never biked on a road. So who do you think has the clearer picture?

And do you really think a cyclist actually PREFERS to bike on the road with other cars rather than on a separate bike path? We are trying to get to places just like you, on the roads we pay taxes for, just like you.

Except when we are getting somewhere on bike, we are not adding to the air pollution, using up fossil fuel, adding to our earth's carbon footprint, adding to traffic congestion, or killing pedestrians and cyclists at the rate of about 7000 a year in the US.

And by the way, be sure to thank that cyclist on the road for subsidizing your daily car use with her tax dollars. You are wearing the roads down with your 1.5 ton vehicle, so that she can pay taxes for the road crews to fix YOUR wear and tear. You're welcome.

Are you really this stupid? Roads in this country are financed by the gas tax which is included in the price of gasolines. Drivers pay for roads. Cyclists are freeloaders. Actually even worse than freeloaders since DC has spent more than a billion dollars on bike infrastructure that’s used by roughly 12 people.

You pay for part of the highways, which I am happy to not bike on.

Local roads in DC are largely paid for by local taxes.

Also, you're pulling numbers out of your rabbit-hole.

Look at the budget. The amount of money the city spends on bike lanes is obscene. If we spent money on poor black kids like we spend money on white bikers, there would be no childhood poverty.

And yes the gas tax pays for roads. That’s why the gas tax exists.

Gas taxes have not covered more than half of the cost of highways since the 1970s. But yeah. All those pesky cycylists you see out there taking up YOUR share of the HIGHWAYS are SOO annoying.

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Anonymous wrote:If we took all the tax dollars of all the people who used bike lanes, we could…buy a stop sign? Their money doesn’t amount to jack shit.

You sound grumpy. You should bike more.

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Anonymous wrote:If we took all the tax dollars of all the people who used bike lanes, we could…buy a stop sign? Their money doesn’t amount to jack shit.

You sound grumpy. You should bike more.

I run. Biking is for pussies.

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Anonymous wrote:If we took all the tax dollars of all the people who used bike lanes, we could…buy a stop sign? Their money doesn’t amount to jack shit.

You sound grumpy. You should bike more.

It is a beautiful day for biking. I might take my kids out biking, especially because they don't pay taxes.

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Anonymous wrote:If we took all the tax dollars of all the people who used bike lanes, we could…buy a stop sign? Their money doesn’t amount to jack shit.

You sound grumpy. You should bike more.

I run. Biking is for pussies.

I run also. Half marathons. But thanks for that mature comment. I can see your courage just oozing out of the screen.

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Anonymous wrote:If we took all the tax dollars of all the people who used bike lanes, we could…buy a stop sign? Their money doesn’t amount to jack shit.

You sound grumpy. You should bike more.

I run. Biking is for pussies.

I run also. Half marathons. But thanks for that mature comment. I can see your courage just oozing out of the screen.

DP. I also run and bike! Had a great commute today back and forth from petworth to the eastern market area biking. So glad to have the ability to commute in a green and clean fashion in DC

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If we took all the tax dollars of all the people who used bike lanes, we could…buy a stop sign? Their money doesn’t amount to jack shit.

You sound grumpy. You should bike more.

I run. Biking is for pussies.

I run also. Half marathons. But thanks for that mature comment. I can see your courage just oozing out of the screen.

DP. I also run and bike! Had a great commute today back and forth from petworth to the eastern market area biking. So glad to have the ability to commute in a green and clean fashion in DC

That makes me smile hope you had a beautiful hater-free ride today!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If we took all the tax dollars of all the people who used bike lanes, we could…buy a stop sign? Their money doesn’t amount to jack shit.

You sound grumpy. You should bike more.

I run. Biking is for pussies.

I run also. Half marathons. But thanks for that mature comment. I can see your courage just oozing out of the screen.

DP. I also run and bike! Had a great commute today back and forth from petworth to the eastern market area biking. So glad to have the ability to commute in a green and clean fashion in DC

That makes me smile hope you had a beautiful hater-free ride today!

It was a great day!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If we took all the tax dollars of all the people who used bike lanes, we could…buy a stop sign? Their money doesn’t amount to jack shit.

You sound grumpy. You should bike more.

It is a beautiful day for biking. I might take my kids out biking, especially because they don't pay taxes.

Ok it was a beautiful day and the kids loved it. Probably reveling in their scofflaw use of roads they didn't pay for. Bwahahaha.

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Wait a second-local drivers don't pay taxes???? Who knew?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not quite, the proposal is to allow Idaho stops which lets cyclists treat stop signs as yield signs. It is actually associated with fewer cyclist injuries.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idaho_stop

Wow. Who knew stop signs were so dangerous? And here I was thinking they made the roads safer.

Because getting up to speed on a bike takes longer and drivers often don't see or ignore a stopped cyclist. Everywhere that has tried it has seen a decrease in injuries.

+1000 you only need to commute to work on a bicycle for a week to understand this. If you haven’t, it is just too difficult a concept to understand for the average person with a car mindset.

Maybe you shouldn't be riding a bike next to cars on the road where cars are if it is dangerous for you to follow simple traffic regulations. Have you ever thought of that? Maybe if you drove a car for five minutes you would understand this. Bikers make driving like playing Frogger. Use the trails provided.

I can’t tell you how many times my husband has wiped out on his bike due to bad judgment because he HAS to have that ride. Ice, snow, darkness. It’s ALL about the ride, speed, etc. The mindset is “I want to live in xyz place and ride my bike, so change everything to make it all about my ride”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not quite, the proposal is to allow Idaho stops which lets cyclists treat stop signs as yield signs. It is actually associated with fewer cyclist injuries.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idaho_stop

Wow. Who knew stop signs were so dangerous? And here I was thinking they made the roads safer.

Because getting up to speed on a bike takes longer and drivers often don't see or ignore a stopped cyclist. Everywhere that has tried it has seen a decrease in injuries.

+1000 you only need to commute to work on a bicycle for a week to understand this. If you haven’t, it is just too difficult a concept to understand for the average person with a car mindset.

Maybe you shouldn't be riding a bike next to cars on the road where cars are if it is dangerous for you to follow simple traffic regulations. Have you ever thought of that? Maybe if you drove a car for five minutes you would understand this. Bikers make driving like playing Frogger. Use the trails provided.

I have yet to meet. a cyclist who has never driven on a road. But I have met many drivers who have never biked on a road. So who do you think has the clearer picture?

And do you really think a cyclist actually PREFERS to bike on the road with other cars rather than on a separate bike path? We are trying to get to places just like you, on the roads we pay taxes for, just like you.

Except when we are getting somewhere on bike, we are not adding to the air pollution, using up fossil fuel, adding to our earth's carbon footprint, adding to traffic congestion, or killing pedestrians and cyclists at the rate of about 7000 a year in the US.

What you all want is the paths to be clear of anyone but bicycles because it ‘ruins your experience’. When I ride on the roads, I have to deal with slow cars, lights, trucks, traffic, construction, etc. Often times that adds extra time to my drive. If you get your own dedicated bike paths, fights will break out because you all will want other slower bikers off the paths

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not quite, the proposal is to allow Idaho stops which lets cyclists treat stop signs as yield signs. It is actually associated with fewer cyclist injuries.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idaho_stop

Wow. Who knew stop signs were so dangerous? And here I was thinking they made the roads safer.

Because getting up to speed on a bike takes longer and drivers often don't see or ignore a stopped cyclist. Everywhere that has tried it has seen a decrease in injuries.

+1000 you only need to commute to work on a bicycle for a week to understand this. If you haven’t, it is just too difficult a concept to understand for the average person with a car mindset.

Maybe you shouldn't be riding a bike next to cars on the road where cars are if it is dangerous for you to follow simple traffic regulations. Have you ever thought of that? Maybe if you drove a car for five minutes you would understand this. Bikers make driving like playing Frogger. Use the trails provided.

I have yet to meet. a cyclist who has never driven on a road. But I have met many drivers who have never biked on a road. So who do you think has the clearer picture?

And do you really think a cyclist actually PREFERS to bike on the road with other cars rather than on a separate bike path? We are trying to get to places just like you, on the roads we pay taxes for, just like you.

Except when we are getting somewhere on bike, we are not adding to the air pollution, using up fossil fuel, adding to our earth's carbon footprint, adding to traffic congestion, or killing pedestrians and cyclists at the rate of about 7000 a year in the US.

And by the way, be sure to thank that cyclist on the road for subsidizing your daily car use with her tax dollars. You are wearing the roads down with your 1.5 ton vehicle, so that she can pay taxes for the road crews to fix YOUR wear and tear. You're welcome.

Are you really this stupid? Roads in this country are financed by the gas tax which is included in the price of gasolines. Drivers pay for roads. Cyclists are freeloaders. Actually even worse than freeloaders since DC has spent more than a billion dollars on bike infrastructure that’s used by roughly 12 people.

You pay for part of the highways, which I am happy to not bike on.

Local roads in DC are largely paid for by local taxes.

Also, you're pulling numbers out of your rabbit-hole.

Highways are covered in the Constitution. Bike paths aren’t

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not quite, the proposal is to allow Idaho stops which lets cyclists treat stop signs as yield signs. It is actually associated with fewer cyclist injuries.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idaho_stop

Wow. Who knew stop signs were so dangerous? And here I was thinking they made the roads safer.

Because getting up to speed on a bike takes longer and drivers often don't see or ignore a stopped cyclist. Everywhere that has tried it has seen a decrease in injuries.

+1000 you only need to commute to work on a bicycle for a week to understand this. If you haven’t, it is just too difficult a concept to understand for the average person with a car mindset.

Maybe you shouldn't be riding a bike next to cars on the road where cars are if it is dangerous for you to follow simple traffic regulations. Have you ever thought of that? Maybe if you drove a car for five minutes you would understand this. Bikers make driving like playing Frogger. Use the trails provided.

I have yet to meet. a cyclist who has never driven on a road. But I have met many drivers who have never biked on a road. So who do you think has the clearer picture?

And do you really think a cyclist actually PREFERS to bike on the road with other cars rather than on a separate bike path? We are trying to get to places just like you, on the roads we pay taxes for, just like you.

Except when we are getting somewhere on bike, we are not adding to the air pollution, using up fossil fuel, adding to our earth's carbon footprint, adding to traffic congestion, or killing pedestrians and cyclists at the rate of about 7000 a year in the US.

And by the way, be sure to thank that cyclist on the road for subsidizing your daily car use with her tax dollars. You are wearing the roads down with your 1.5 ton vehicle, so that she can pay taxes for the road crews to fix YOUR wear and tear. You're welcome.

Are you really this stupid? Roads in this country are financed by the gas tax which is included in the price of gasolines. Drivers pay for roads. Cyclists are freeloaders. Actually even worse than freeloaders since DC has spent more than a billion dollars on bike infrastructure that’s used by roughly 12 people.

You pay for part of the highways, which I am happy to not bike on.

Local roads in DC are largely paid for by local taxes.

Also, you're pulling numbers out of your rabbit-hole.

Highways are covered in the Constitution. Bike paths aren’t

You're pretty funny