Bike Rant
2010-04-27
Hello drivers!
While I am on my bike …
1) I make eye contact with you not as a challenge but so you do not run me over.
2) Yes, in city traffic I frequently move as fast as you and in congestion faster. Please don’t honk at me because I am in front of you. If I go any further toward the car in front of me I will be in its trunk.
3) Please don’t yell at me and threaten to run me over. You have 4,000 lb. of steel I have 20 lb.
4) When I signal to get over don’t feel like you have to cut me off.
5) In Ontario, bikes are not required to ride in the bike lane. I move far faster than most other bicyclists and, generally, at the speed of traffic. Relax take a deep breath and don’t threaten me in your native tongue. I may not know what you are saying but I get the point. I will get back in the bike lane after I pass others.
6) Please please, look before you open your door.
7) Be nice. I am just trying to get to work like you.
Hello bicyclist!
I know you have not climbed on your bike in 3 months but please remember ….
1) Sidewalks are not for bikes unless you are walking them. In fact you might think it is safe but it is the most dangerous place for you to be. Every driveway is an intersection.
2) Cross walks are for pedestrians.
3) Please don’t move in front of me while we are stopped at a red light. I have already passed you twice.
4) Stop for the damn street car doors. You are going to kill someone someday.
5) Don’t pass a right turning car on the right even if there is a bike lane. What the hell is wrong with you!
6) I know you think you can stop on your shinny new fixed gear with out a brake but one day $30 leather toe strap is going to break.
7) Be nice. I am just trying to get to work.
