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Originally Posted by Locke
I want to clear one thing up, I posted what I drive not as a measurement of ego or cost, but rather in your initial post you mentioned the hassles involved in slowing down or coming to complete stops because of gearing issues and the fact that your feet are clipped into your pedals.
I was merely pointing out that I drive something that isnt the easiest daily driver in the world either, but I still have to obey traffic laws with it or I'm endangering the other people around me.
Whether that cyclist gets home faster than me or whatever really doesnt bother me, I'm not Peter from 'Office Space' raging that the old man with the walker is going faster than me. Now, if the old man with the walker is trying to jaywalk across Deerfoot, then we've got a problem.
Other things like the biker going all the way to front of the line at a light is insane. Now all these vehicles have to constantly pass a slow moving cyclist. Is he doing that for his own safety? Cant possibly be, because by making cars pass him over and over and over again hes simply just upping the odds of a potential accident and making up his own rules again.
For me its not an ego, cost or jealousy thing, the cyclist is just trying to get to work, just like the rest of us. Its the idea that the cyclist's commute to work is more important than mine and thus he should be allowed to do whatever he damned well pleases, all in the name of safety mind you, to get there while the rest of us are expected to preserve his safety at all costs while having no idea what the cyclist is going to do next.
As for your challenge, I dont work downtown and I dont particularly enjoy biking so I dont think so.
And I'll reiterate, the ultimate problem with cyclists is a lack of respect for the rules of the road, and the lack of a definitive set of rules that they must adhere to. Switching between pedestrian and motorist on a whim while at speed and expecting everyone around you to just deal with it is the problem. They are inconsistent, unpredictable and inconsiderate of others on the road, we might as well have fast moving hand grenades running around with a pin that could fall out at any second.
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The bolded parts of your comment are exactly what I have been trying to say.
I drive on Bowness road often. It is not a very wide road so why would a person a bike risk it? Especially when there is a designated bike route through the community. I can only assume the person on the bike takes Bowness Road because it is faster for them to get home. But then they run the red lights and the stop signs and bitch about the drivers breaking the rules. LOL