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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / General Car Topics / May 2008Why do drivers hate cyclists?
On Mar 31, 4:03 pm, "Papa Tom" <TomMontalb...@optonline.net> wrote: > I'm not one who believes "resistance" will ever work. > > There's something about bicyclists that people just don't like. Perhaps > it's just jealousy. When the road was ruled by horse-drawn wagons, they > cursed at us and threw sticks at our spokes because we were moving too fast. > Now they do the same thing because we move too slowly. > > Perhaps when gas is $10 a gallon, drivers will start to see us in a > different light. Right now, keep your trike off the road - or face having > to pry it out of the grill of some jerk's Hummer. Man, this is eerie. That's exactly what I thought. But I think it also has to do with HATE. Yeah, they hate that other people remain free and healthy while they remain enslaved to their thirsty vehicles. They think, "Hey, if I paid 50 grands for my Hummer, no one on a bike will slow me down." And they just try to squeeze that oversized vehicle and a bike on the same lane... One day, though, the stupid dinosaurs will become extinct, and the small furry animals will reclaim the earth. Brain is better than size, right? WHY THE BANANA REVOLUTION? http://webspawner.com/users/bananarevolution Its because they are so hard to pick out of the grill when they run the red light right in front of you.  SignaturePaul Hovnanian mailto:Paul@Hovnanian.com ------------------------------------------------------------------ "Si hoc legere scis nimium eruditionis habes." (If you can read this, you're overeducated.) On Mar 31, 2:50 pm, ComandanteBanana <nolionnoprob...@yahoo.com> wrote: > On Mar 31, 4:03 pm, "Papa Tom" <TomMontalb...@optonline.net> wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > WHY THE BANANA REVOLUTION?http://webspawner.com/users/bananarevolution Drivers don't hate cyclists. But Americans are all cowardly bullies who love to pick on those weaker and when they're in a car they are bigger and stronger than any cyclist. On Mar 31, 9:52 pm, "Speeders & Drunk Drivers are MURDERERS" <beta...@earthlink.net> wrote: > On Mar 31, 2:50 pm, ComandanteBanana <nolionnoprob...@yahoo.com> > wrote: [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > > - Show quoted text - That has an element of truth, but I think the bullies only make up a minority among the cowards. Personally I try to respect the right of cyclist to use the same roads. However, some cyclists give the whole group a bad name. I know you have seen the ones I am talking about - passing cars in the gutter at lights, running lights, etc. And as for arrogance - more than a few cyclist are every bit as arrogant as the worst Hummer drivers you can find. Ed > On Mar 31, 4:03 pm, "Papa Tom" <TomMontalb...@optonline.net> wrote: >> I'm not one who believes "resistance" will ever work. [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > WHY THE BANANA REVOLUTION? > http://webspawner.com/users/bananarevolution On Apr 1, 7:41 am, "C. E. White" <cewhi...@removemindspring.com> wrote: > Personally I try to respect the right of cyclist to use the same > roads. However, some cyclists give the whole group a bad name. I know > you have seen the ones I am talking about - passing cars in the gutter > at lights, running lights, etc. And as for arrogance - more than a few > cyclist are every bit as arrogant as the worst Hummer drivers you can > find. Yeah, but they are not as dangerous. On Apr 1, 7:41 am, "C. E. White" <cewhi...@removemindspring.com> wrote: > Personally I try to respect the right of cyclist to use the same > roads. However, some cyclists give the whole group a bad name. I [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > can > find. Yeah, but they are not as dangerous. How so? I suppose you have not had one run the light in front of you. More than once I've had to take evasive maneuvers to avoid hitting a bicycle. It pretty easy to see how this could lead to an accident. Hummers are much easier to see coming... Ed On Apr 1, 8:45 am, "C. E. White" <cewhi...@removemindspring.com> wrote: > On Apr 1, 7:41 am, "C. E. White" <cewhi...@removemindspring.com> > wrote: [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > Ed Not if you are in bicycle. If you are riding a bicycle in traffic, you are a sitting duck, "nowhere to run, nowhere to hide"... http://www.sitting-ducks.com/ducks/sitduck2.jpg "Who said the good ol' times when they fought the beasts are over? Now you can ride a bike and feel the same excitement --before you die." http://www.zazzle.com/gladiator_shirt-235337870599597918 You must all have seen the movie, right? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvTT29cavKo > On Apr 1, 7:41 am, "C. E. White" <cewhi...@removemindspring.com> > wrote: [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Yeah, but they are not as dangerous. Bullshit. nate "some?" I think you meant "all but a very limited few." nate On Apr 1, 7:41 am, "C. E. White" <cewhi...@removemindspring.com> wrote: > Personally I try to respect the right of cyclist to use the same > roads. However, some cyclists give the whole group a bad name. I know [quoted text clipped - 38 lines] > > - Show quoted text - The real question is, why don't you stop beating your wife? Signature"Dave's not here, man!" - Tommy Chong Hmmm I Think maybe it could they get in the way on roads Jump red lights & are not regulated Regards Skinty > On Mar 31, 4:03 pm, "Papa Tom" <TomMontalb...@optonline.net> wrote: >> I'm not one who believes "resistance" will ever work. [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > WHY THE BANANA REVOLUTION? > http://webspawner.com/users/bananarevolution > Hmmm > > I Think maybe it could they get in the way on roads > Jump red lights & are not regulated I got hit in the post office parking lot the other day. No damage to my truck, but a guy had to swerve to miss a delivery service cyclist riding the wrong way in the lot (he entered the "exit only, do not enter" ramp). He got a nasty crease all the way down the side of his car where it dragged along the corner of my rear bumper. I felt sorry for him. The paint he left on my bumper can be sanded off, but he's got a couple of grand in body work, minimum. It would have been cheaper for him to hold his position and take the cycle under his front bumper. SignaturePaul Hovnanian mailto:Paul@Hovnanian.com ------------------------------------------------------------------ Fast wine, loose cars, old women. > > Hmmm > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > It would have been cheaper for him to hold his position and take the > cycle under his front bumper. It's a judgement call. Personal injury lawyers can be nasty. nate > > > Hmmm > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > nate Forgot to mention, you don't live in my town do you? i was just thinking that I needed to go pick up some flat rate boxes to ship some minor items and was contemplating riding over to the post office, but then realized that the only way to avoid being on a 4-lane main road with no shoulder and fairly poor pavement was... you guessed it... entering the post office parking lot through the exit. Sometimes it's a tag team between douchebag cyclists *and* poor urban planning. nate The subject of this message is really stupid. Cyclists ARE drivers.... Unless they hate themselves. |
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