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Originally Posted by jammies
That's a worse analogy because if we run short of condoms due to handing them out to teenagers, we just make more, which is not quite so easy when you are talking about roads. Bike lanes being retro-fitted onto streets that, in general, are not widened to account for their presence, are using up finite resources for the benefit of a few malcontent scoff-laws. It's especially galling when these lanes sit unused while the cyclists pedal madly down the adjoining sidewalk.
I'd rather spend the money on a few auxiliary officers detailed only for enforcing traffic laws on cyclists (and skateboarders!) in the most draconian and inflexible manner. Once these rapscallions have adjusted their habits and attitudes, then we can talk about doing something to reward them.
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Laugh. You are calling other people malcontents? The amount of anger, irrational hatred, and relentless complaining you've brought to this thread is hilarious. Talk about being a malcontent.
Anyway, on my roughly 45 minute round trip commute today, I was only honked at once as I rode on the street. My life was only in danger once on the way home, when some clown was about six inches off my handlebars. He raced past me so he could beat me to the red light.
This guy was either ######ed, clueless, or he doesn't like (hates maybe!) cyclists. So, anyone in here drive a yellow Cobalt? I have a few suspects in mind.
Bla bla bla... for all the hand-wringing and tsk-tsking about riding on sidewalks and rolling through stop signs... people like to take shortcuts. They like to get where they are going. If you never roll through stop signs in your car, if you never go over the posted speed limit, if you never have to peek up at a light you are going under, watching it turn red, then you might have a point. You are a perfect driver and I salute you. If you ever do any of these things in your car, and you bitch (however eloquently) about cyclists bending their rules, you are being a hypocrite. So, hands up... who here never speeds, never rolls through stop signs, never misses a playground zone, burns a red light, fails to signal...
Anyone?