i don't get it

[lauralh]

Can someone explain to me why people on bicycles feel the need, for example, to flip you off if you come within three yards of them? Or take up an entire line while not wearing a helmet and wearing headphones? Myself, I'm completely terrified when I ride a bike in the city and am very respectful of people in three-ton killing machines. Especially after Reg's Accident.

Comments

[kamakhai.livejournal.com]

Legal or not, biking on the sidewalk is a bad idea.. you're a lot more likely to, say, hit a kid or run into someone exiting a driveway. At least on the road people are generally keeping an eye open for moving objects.

And my dislike of cyclists listening to music (unless it's, say, a boombox in a basket on a cruiser) is second only to crack/meth heads on bikes (which come to think of it could account for the first guy). Yuppies in neon tour outfits poorly operating $5000 rides are a close third.

[herbaliser.livejournal.com]

just to give you more ammunition, the guy with headphones later did get on the sidewalk.

[kamakhai.livejournal.com]

I bet he was on meth too!