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Most of the time the joggers/walkers I pass are very courteous and nice. But there have been a couple times where they were obviously trying to make a point to show their dominance of the bike lane.
Not really sure what makes people like this tick, but I always think to myself... "Now if I were to actually HIT you who would take the worst of it?"
I almost hit a guy coming around a corner once (he was walking in the bike lane) because it was a blind corner and he was actually walking against traffic. But fortunately that's only happened once.
rich00 wrote:I will take a guess and say it's Manor Rd. Tough intersection for cyclists who don't want to wait more than one traffic light cycle behind lots of cars. I don't normally split lanes, but I will if there are over 6-10 cars at the light. It's a grey area to me. Yeah it's not the safest thing to do, but it can be done with relative safety. Running the red light looks really bad though.
All I can say is if you do split the lane to get to the front, you better haul a$$ once it turns green. Jumping to the front and then holding traffic up at 15mph is really lame. I saw that at Manor/35 a few weeks ago.
Splitting the lane seems kind of selfish to me. The last car in the line might have to wait through two lights, why should you on your bike have greater privilege? The lead car won't go, or better not go..., until you do, so everybody behind you is held up one start regardless of how quickly you try to take off. And, no, its not safe.
Don in Austin
To me this is a matter of situation.
I think sometimes it's safer to split the lane and go to the front. If I go to the front and can get out of everyone's way (cars) that are behind me when the light turns green then it's better than sitting in the line and holding up the cars behind me and preventing them from making the light because I can't move out of their way in the lane.
Just depends on the intersection.
Also the idea of it being "selfish" really has nothing to do with it. Is it "selfish" that cars pass you when you're biking down a road? I mean you were ahead of them right? So why shouldn't they just ride behind you and not pass you?
Cars are faster, that's why they pass us which totally makes sense, it's no more "selfish" to split the lane and get out of that traffic when you (the bike) is faster.
This could be part of the crackdown on victims announced by APD a couple of weeks ago.
That's funny... and a cop just hit a pedestrian two days ago!
Perhaps they should heed some of their own advice?
http://www.officer.com/video/10741589/t … -crosswalk
And I love how they were suspended for a whole day and three whole days!!
Now that's what I call justice!!
That's cool that they didn't pull you over. I didn't come to a complete stop, I slowed down to an almost stop, but definitely didn't completely stop.
The guy that gave you the reply was probably the first guy that talked to me hehe.
If the cops used that line on me ("You want the same rights as cars then you WILL follow the same rules"), I'd counter with, "If you want cyclists to follow the same rules, then you WILL cite drivers who break the same rules." When a driver ran a red light and killed cyclist Ben Clough, the police didn't even give her a traffic ticket. But fail to put your feet down at a Stop sign on a bike, and suddenly the police treat you like a mass murderer.
Wow that's pretty awful... they didn't even give her a ticket? That seems odd. Seems like she would have been arrested or at the very least have to go to court on manslaughter charges.
Yeah the first officer was not nice at all. The second one was nice and was obvious he was just doing his job... but the first really seemed angry from the start.
I know we've all encountered people who, for whatever reason, don't like cyclists. I think he was likely in that camp, or was having a really bad day.
Yeah they were behind that big tree :)
I'll definitely keep a look out for them at Olsen thanks!
I bike through there at least twice a week commuting to work.
So I had a new experience on a bicycle today. After riding more than ten years I was pulled over (relative term) for failing to come to a complete stop at a stop sign on Spicewood Parkway and Cedar Crest.
I'm guessing that maybe some people in the neighborhood complained about cyclists or something because the first officer (who wasn't very pleasant) said, "You want the same rights as cars then you WILL follow the same rules, THAT is what this is about."
So I'm guessing they were there specifically for cyclists.
I only got a warning, I suppose because I had never been stopped before.
I told the first officer that I wasn't aware that I had done anything wrong... he was pretty belligerent and said, "OH really?" as if I must have known I was a complete criminal for my offense.
Anyhoo... he passed off my license to the second officer (I assume because he didn't want to deal with me) who was very nice and just said that I needed to come to a complete stop next time. Took my info and made me sign the little UPS looking thing and I was on my way.
Just as I was about to leave two more cyclists came through but they didn't even slow down at the sign (they wen't straight and didn't turn) and the first guy (the not so nice one) was off to get them and he grumbled something as he left that I couldn't understand.
I'm guessing he didn't like cyclists too much. Which seemed odd since they were both motorcycle cops... but anyway.
If you're riding on Spicewood Parkway make sure you come to a complete stop :)
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