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Wait, they tell cyclists to "take the lane" -- that's... ugh, that's beyond selfish. So on a busy street with a speed limit of 35 or MPH the cyclist is encouraged to slow down all the traffic behind them? That lacks all common sense. Does this apply to horses, rickshaws, rollerbladers, unicyclists, etc... as well? Because I'm just at a loss for how someone on a bike could think that they were so special that they were entitled to take up this much public space.
Response to the guy who said drivers are eager to run lights... there was a car in front of me, so I had to stop. He slammed on his brakes as the light turned yellow, I was a little shocked. I did have to stop very abruptly.
Just got the estimate to fix my car back... $3200... there are dents and or scraps on like every back panel of my car, as well as the dents on the trunk. I am just shocked it could cost this much, but that's what my insurance company is willing to pay to get it fixed.
So I'm driving down town last night, had to make a turn on to Barton Springs and I had to stop kinda suddenly because the guy in front of me didn't believe in driving through a light that just turned yellow.
Anyway, the biker behind me ran into me. Did a face plant on my rear window. Made a helluva noise, I looked back to see if he was OK. He was yelling and banging on my car with his metal water bottle -- he slammed it on my trunk at least 10 times. Then when I made a move to get out of my car, he spun his bike around and peddled off in a different direction, yelled, "FUCK YOU!" from the distance.
It was dark, I couldn't really see him. Got home and checked out the damage to my car... several scrapes where his bike frame hit my car, plus the dents on my trunk. Just wanted to say that it's not just cars that hit bikers, sometimes bikers do the hitting and running. Probably $1000-2000 worth of damage, I'll know tomorrow after I get insurance to look at it.
Side note: I'm from Seattle, the streets there are set up to accommodate bikers but they really don't seem set up to do so here. I'm SOOO tired of some guy going 10 miles an hour and insisting on riding in the middle of the road; why don't bikers here show cars more respect and get out of the way so they can pass? They drive with some sense of entitlement and think nothing of slowing up traffic for 20 motorists. It's no wonder so many get run over!
And what's with all the douchebags biking around Town Lake at full speed? Don't they realize how lame they look taking an $800 mountain bike on a perfectly flat trail? It's crazy dangerous for little kids and dogs, as well as runners. I saw a jogger three weeks ago stop to tie his shoe and a biker ran into him. Stuff like this, I know this is a forum to promote biking, but from what I've seen it's really nuisance hobby for the vast majority of the city. Blame it on the way the city is set up, blame it on whatever, but it's putting a square peg into a round hole and sooner or later someone has to have some common sense and say, "This is just stupid."
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