I'm BAAAAAACCCCKKKK!!!!!!!
For all of you fans who just couldn't stand it that I had not blogged for months, FOR MONTHS FER CHRISSAKE, I apologize. I realize that my words of wisdom are like drops of spring water on your parched souls. Fear not. I will never subject you to another drought (until I get depressed again).
D got two rear windows broken in her SUV tonight. She was upset of course, but what really bothered her was that the two sleeping bags in the rear of the car were not taken. It would be one thing if someone broke into her vehicle in order to get a sleeping bag that they would then use to keep from freezing to death. But it seems that absolutely nothing was taken. In other words, this was not a burglary. It was an asshole who just broke her windows for the hell of it. Welcome to San Francisco.
Welcome to San Francisco, where everyone is a little bundle of rights. Last week, as I was driving my city van, I heard a thump on the rear of the van. I stopped to see a bicyclist in the rear view mirror. I thought, did I hit him, did I nearly hit him, just what the fuck happened? He went to the other side of my van and took his bicycle and banged it against the other side of the van. Then he rode off.
I thought, "Gee, wasn't that lucky for you. I mean that you did that to me, as opposed to a psycho who would have run you over when you were right in the back of their car and decided to put his or her vehicle in reverse.
Dude, let me tell you something. This city is filled with people who are as filled with road rage as you are, and they are far more formidable than you. One of these days, you are going to fuck with the wrong person, and they are going to use their vehicle as a weapon on YOU.
I think it's time to talk about bicycle fascists in San Francisco. Among certain people, the automobile is evil. Therefore, they use bicycles. I have no problem with that. My only problem is that bicyclists think that rules that apply to motorized vehicles do not apply to them.
I remember one encounter with a biclyclist that could have resulted in serious injury to the bicyclist. He was dressed in black, riding a bike that was painted black, and that stretch of Mission Street had a blackout of their street lights. I almost ran him over because I couldn't see him. He had no lights on his bike.
Bicyclists go against red lights, they change lanes without thinking whether other motorists can see them, and they are not infrequently assholes. I was standing on the sidewalk, reading something when a bicyclist who was riding his bike on the sidewalk, ran into me. He rode away, and cursed me out for not having seen him and getting out of his way.
I think it's time that bicyclists understand that the same rules that apply to any other vehicle on the road, also apply to them. If they won't understand that, then it's time that the much larger number of vehicle owners make them understand that. A good place to start would be to ticket bicyclists who don't observe the rules of the road. Another would be to make bicyclists light their bikes after dark, and allow the police to confiscate bicycles that are not lit-on the spot.
The alternative is for motorized vehicles in the hands of people the bicyclists don't know to run them over.
D got two rear windows broken in her SUV tonight. She was upset of course, but what really bothered her was that the two sleeping bags in the rear of the car were not taken. It would be one thing if someone broke into her vehicle in order to get a sleeping bag that they would then use to keep from freezing to death. But it seems that absolutely nothing was taken. In other words, this was not a burglary. It was an asshole who just broke her windows for the hell of it. Welcome to San Francisco.
Welcome to San Francisco, where everyone is a little bundle of rights. Last week, as I was driving my city van, I heard a thump on the rear of the van. I stopped to see a bicyclist in the rear view mirror. I thought, did I hit him, did I nearly hit him, just what the fuck happened? He went to the other side of my van and took his bicycle and banged it against the other side of the van. Then he rode off.
I thought, "Gee, wasn't that lucky for you. I mean that you did that to me, as opposed to a psycho who would have run you over when you were right in the back of their car and decided to put his or her vehicle in reverse.
Dude, let me tell you something. This city is filled with people who are as filled with road rage as you are, and they are far more formidable than you. One of these days, you are going to fuck with the wrong person, and they are going to use their vehicle as a weapon on YOU.
I think it's time to talk about bicycle fascists in San Francisco. Among certain people, the automobile is evil. Therefore, they use bicycles. I have no problem with that. My only problem is that bicyclists think that rules that apply to motorized vehicles do not apply to them.
I remember one encounter with a biclyclist that could have resulted in serious injury to the bicyclist. He was dressed in black, riding a bike that was painted black, and that stretch of Mission Street had a blackout of their street lights. I almost ran him over because I couldn't see him. He had no lights on his bike.
Bicyclists go against red lights, they change lanes without thinking whether other motorists can see them, and they are not infrequently assholes. I was standing on the sidewalk, reading something when a bicyclist who was riding his bike on the sidewalk, ran into me. He rode away, and cursed me out for not having seen him and getting out of his way.
I think it's time that bicyclists understand that the same rules that apply to any other vehicle on the road, also apply to them. If they won't understand that, then it's time that the much larger number of vehicle owners make them understand that. A good place to start would be to ticket bicyclists who don't observe the rules of the road. Another would be to make bicyclists light their bikes after dark, and allow the police to confiscate bicycles that are not lit-on the spot.
The alternative is for motorized vehicles in the hands of people the bicyclists don't know to run them over.
posted by hans at 12:32 AM
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