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Your white entitlement is showing.

[b]The issue here is that riding a bike on DC streets is extremely dangerous and it's not up to everyone else to ensure that this extremely dangerous thing you and a tiny number of your friends want to do doesn't get you killed. [/b]

If you dont want brain damage, don't become a boxer. And if you don't want to become road kill, stay off DC streets. [/quote]

+1[/quote]

It is only dangerous because 1) our infrastructure makes it dangerous and 2) entitled drivers threaten cyclists by hitting them and/or driving aggressively around them.
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This just seems delusional. Also, I love how, when something bad happens to bicyclists, it's ALWAYS someone else's fault. The answer is never: That person was doing something really stupid. [/quote]

I think that is obvious, but you *clearly* don’t go out drinking with people who bike in DC.[/quote]

I barely know anyone who bikes in DC, but I don't hang out with white twentysomethings, which probably explains that. [/quote]

I guess I started in my twenties, but now I’m forty.  And I have no problem criticizing fellow bicyclists for doing stupid stuff.  The big difference: when they do stupid stuff they put themselves at risk. When you do something stupid in your car you put everyone at risk.  And believe me, I see all the stupid stuff you all are doing while driving.[/quote]

It's no secret that bicyclists are quick to criticize people in cars. But, I mean, do you even stop at stop signs? Bicyclists seem to believe traffic rules are for other people. [/quote]
It's a common refrain that cyclists only put themselves at risk, however it is just not true.

[b]"Woman struck by bicyclist in downtown DC dies of injuries"[/b]
https://wtop.com/dc/2017/03/woman-dies-bike-hits-downtown-dc/

And if you read their forums, like the Bike Arlington forum, you will read a lot of egregious and frankly sociopathic comments from cyclists blaming pedestrians for when they are hit by bicycles on trails or sidewalks.

Probably no better example of entitled sociopaths that think everyone should kowtow them than cyclists.

Tens of millions and more have been spent on commuter bike paths in our region and you can stand there all day and maybe count a dozen cyclists. These "investments" fail basic cost benefit analysis, but no cost can be spared for entitled white guys.

The fact is that the majority of people that ride bikes for commuting or other purposes in this and any city are poor black and brown people. But look where the money is being spent and look at who gets harassed by police and who does not.

The cycling lobby in this area is self-serving and promotes policy that is ultimately racist. So, so, so little introspection from these people.[/quote]

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