I was irritated ...

... by what I saw on my commute this morning, so naturally, I blogged about it:

Come on People!

I'm sure I'm preaching to the choir here, but thought I'd throw that out anyway...

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Permalink Reply by Lisa Curcio on May 7, 2015 at 8:00am

Skip, I usually ride in between 7:30 and 8:00 and the behavior you describe has exploded since the fair weather commuters have come back.  It just proves that there are "special" people using all modes of transportation.

Permalink Reply by David P. on May 7, 2015 at 8:40am

Lord yes, it is rampant now!

Permalink Reply by Skip Montanaro 0mi on May 7, 2015 at 8:59am

Two things, I think.

  1. I normally ride to and from work before the people I observed today (in by 0700, out by 1600). There is generally much less traffic of all types (cars, peds, bikes) during my normal commute times, so there are fewer opportunities to hit school kids or be hit by cars.
  2. The onset of warm weather -- as Lisa suggested -- seems to have brought out all the bikies who forgot their manners over the winter.
Permalink Reply by V W on May 7, 2015 at 9:12am
I love this forum for things like this. It's good to vent with people who can relate. I just try to find silver lining to things like this and laugh about it when I can. Like yesterday I saw some kid riding, he had no bike seat at all and no brakes and was using the soles of his shoes to skid to a stop at red lights.
Permalink Reply by V W on May 7, 2015 at 10:06am
He didn't even have a seat post and the hole where the seat post should've been had some metal cap on it for no apparent reason.
Permalink Reply by Adam Kitzmann on May 7, 2015 at 2:33pm

The LFP is starting to turn into a Cat 4 Crit again. 

Permalink Reply by Skip Montanaro 0mi on May 7, 2015 at 2:42pm

Agreed...

Permalink Reply by Tricolor on May 8, 2015 at 4:05am

Yup. It's only a matter of time before I see my first wreck of the season. This morning I got passed by someone on an electric bike that was going even faster than the racers. Someone's going to *really* get hurt by one of those, soon.

Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on May 8, 2015 at 6:03am

Seems likely to happen, unfortunately.

Permalink Reply by Skip Montanaro 0mi on May 8, 2015 at 6:18am

Maybe la polizia will hand out a few tickets before that happens. One could hope.

I know there probably isn't an official "speed limit" on the LFT, but if the reckless driving statute applies there, that might be usable as a device with which to bring reckless riders to heal.

Permalink Reply by Lisa Curcio on May 8, 2015 at 9:01am

Hope springs eternal . . .  Actually, I think the police avoid the LFT because it is too dangerous. :-)

Permalink Reply by V W on May 8, 2015 at 6:20am
Although I think its only the really expensive electric bikes that can go really fast. There's electric cruisers and trikes that have more modest top speeds.

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