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At least this guy has a sense of humor about it.

I have to admit, I laughed pretty hard when he goes into the truck.

/RM

Yeah, and ticket the goddamn riding against traffic spawning salmon motherfuckes.
I often say, loudly but in a non aggressive voice, "You're doing it wrong!"

Idjits, feggin' idjits the lot of 'em.

Asshole motorists obstruct bike lane without good reason.
Slightly less asshole cyclists obstruct motor-vehicle lane without good reason.

The problem is that, unless you get traffic jams in the bike lanes, bike lanes won't get better. Yeah, the cop should go after motorists blocking bike lanes, and that really is a bit more important than keeping the bikers out of the motor vehicle lanes.
But on the other hand, unless the bike lane actually is obstructed, or otherwise unusable, I don't think cyclists should be in the motor vehicle lanes. With bike lanes on either sides, roads are seldom wide enough for long enough to allow safe overtaking in urban settings. Traffic jams, unsafe overtaking-manouvers against oncoming traffic, etc. ensue, and safety margins melt away. Slow vehicles that have the option of moving out of the way should and must do so, this includes bicycles.

Bicycle paths should really be bicycle freeways, where cyclists can zoom through cities without having to deal with metal death machines or pedestrian nuisance, likewise all public transit within cities should be grade separated to keep it out of traffic jams (and to keep those damn recessed rails out of the road), while the innermost cities should be car free on the surface, but that's just me dreaming. The best way to organize traffic while allowing people to chose how to move about is to have separate but equally far-reaching networks that function independently of one another, thus serving as true alternatives. Taking the tram or the bus only to be stuck in the same traffic jam as the cars and the bicycles (because the bike is blocked by someone stuck in a right-turn at a jammed intersection) is really annoying.

Here, it's shared use and you get a lane on a bike. I'm fine with it until they need to overtake one another in the lane. Then they pop out into traffic (not once have I EVER SEEN A SIGNAL OR AN OVERSHOULDER CHECK) to pass each other. Fine if you're going my speed, elbows out if you're not.

Don't get me started about the self important-fixing the enviornment son-of-a-bitch that runs every light down the block then yells at the car that has to come to a screetchin halt not to hit his punk ass. "Asshole, you should get rid of your car and this wouldn't happen!" Makes me want to ride elbows out down the whole damn lane.

Then, I take a deep breath and remember all the times I've been classified as one of those motorcyclist that pisses everyone (even other mcers) off. All is well with the world and I am at peace with my two pedaled brethren.

piccini9 wrote:Yeah, and ticket the goddamn riding against traffic spawning salmon motherfuckes.

+1