BIKE: If biking is so fun, why am I so grouchy?

[Mike Dahmus]

dana_price wrote:

>Folks,
>
>I love riding my bike. But reading about and experiencing so many negative
>encounters has left me really irritable. How do you keep a positive
>attitude when you're always treated like a second class citizen?
>
>This past weekend I biked to Parks & Wildlife Expo with my son (I hate
>crowds, but I had to work). Biking there at least gets me a little
>exercise on an otherwise sedentary day and allows me to get there more
>efficiently from our home near Woodward and Congress. Because of the rain,
>the usual Expo parking lot in a field off of Burleson was closed and
>drivers had to travel way up north to catch a shuttle. So biking saved me
>a lot of time too. Only a few vehicles were being allowed onto the grounds
>and by switching between vehicular and pedestrian modes we were able to
>bypass the backed-up traffic and get to work easily.
>
>On the return trip yesterday, once we left the Expo grounds we were able
>to ride on Smith School Rd. to the intersection at Burleson with no
>problem. As I stopped at the intersection with my left-turn signal arm
>extended, one of the traffic-control people asked "where are you going?" I
>stuck my arm out more firmly, thinking "What part of a left hand turn
>signal do you not understand?" She said "we aren't allowing left turns,
>where do you want to go?" I immediately got upset. "HOME! and this is the
>only way I can get there! Now let me make my turn!" Finally someone came
>over and advised me to cross with the pedestrians (who were on the
>opposite shouder). So I did and we were soon underway. But Liam who
>witnessed this all from the trailer was disturbed by the whole thing.
>  
>
So I hope I'm getting this straight:

On the one hand, you're mad that your rights are being violated,

and on the other hand you expected to be able to turn left (as a 
vehicle) when cars weren't being allowed to do so?

- MD