Pabst Blue Robot
Well-Known Member
Today, while riding my bicycle from my home to the local trailhead for my weekly training, I came to the unfortunate realization that most drivers seem to have some misconceptions about how roads are supposed to work. Before trying to get my attention by hanging out the window of your lifted F-350 and shouting from the opposite lane "Get off the road" and a string of monosyllabic justification for precisely why I should, please give consideration to the following:
In my area, not only is it legal for a bicyclist to ride in the road with all of the same rights as a motor vehicle, it is illegal for me to operate my road bike on the sidewalk. Now I'm not one of those guys who rides in the middle of the road. I ride to the far right on a 4 lane road with a 25 mph speed limit, doing 25 miles per hour. I use signals, I obey the control devices, and I do not obstruct traffic. I am courteous and attentive to the other vehicles on the road. I only need to get about 2.5 miles to the trail where I will be out of your way for the rest of my 30 mile trek.
Hard as it may be for some of you to comprehend, bicyclists are not uniformly homosexuals, or communists, or hippies. Most of us enjoy good beer and half of us are out there because we enjoy good beer too much. My pants won't make you gay if you're not already, so please stop the dastardly shouted insults and attempts at vehicular homicide. Thanks,
Your two-wheeled friends
In my area, not only is it legal for a bicyclist to ride in the road with all of the same rights as a motor vehicle, it is illegal for me to operate my road bike on the sidewalk. Now I'm not one of those guys who rides in the middle of the road. I ride to the far right on a 4 lane road with a 25 mph speed limit, doing 25 miles per hour. I use signals, I obey the control devices, and I do not obstruct traffic. I am courteous and attentive to the other vehicles on the road. I only need to get about 2.5 miles to the trail where I will be out of your way for the rest of my 30 mile trek.
Hard as it may be for some of you to comprehend, bicyclists are not uniformly homosexuals, or communists, or hippies. Most of us enjoy good beer and half of us are out there because we enjoy good beer too much. My pants won't make you gay if you're not already, so please stop the dastardly shouted insults and attempts at vehicular homicide. Thanks,
Your two-wheeled friends