How to pee Off an Arrogant Pedalcyclist 4337On Sat, 14 May 2005 16:15:55 -0700, Scott en Aztl‡n Wow, Good post judging by the number of replies so far. Stirred up the old hornet's nest. Now for my comments. When I was much...
My wife and I went for a walk this afternoon. The sidewalk was very narrow - only wide enough for my wife and I to walk side by side. As we walked, our son (who is away at college) called, so she took the call and was talking to him, not really paying attention to what was ahead. Presently, an older gentleman riding a bicycle approached from ahead of us. When he saw that my wife wasn't paying attention (and thus was not going to step aside to let him ride past) he came to a stop, then stood there glaring at us. As we pbutted by, he very petulantly began to ring his little thumb-bell repeatedly, as if to express his outrage that we didn't get out of his way. I turned to him and said "use the bike lane, poohead." Then we walked on, shaking our heads in disbelief.
Why do supposedly mature adults think it's OK to ride their bikes on the sidewalk? Here's another couple we saw today on our walk:
There's a perfectly good bike lane (or shoulder, as Brent likes to call them) not five feet from these lard-buttes, yet they feel the need to endanger pedestrians on the sidewalk. Why?!?!?!?
People like these give good, courteous, law-abiding pedalcyclists a bad name.
-- Life is short - drive fast!
