Think of this as a Missed Connection.

You blew the red light east bound on Lawrence at Damen at 5:26 pm this evening.

 

There was enough time for the biker in front of me to make it half way into the intersection, northbound on Damen, before you came whizzing past my front wheel.

 

I yelled "You're an idiot!" at your big haired chick, self, and you looked back at me. I meant it!

 

I woulda testified for any of the cars, that managed to not kill you, if they had.

 

Keep riding like a tard!

love,

gabe

 

Witness bad behavior during your commute? Feel free to post. Maybe that lovely human can read it and think they are famous. Maybe you can also inspire the whole generation of kids to shower but we can start with small things.

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Permalink Reply by Tricolor on September 19, 2012 at 8:17am

I saw a cop at State crossing Elm this morning roll their Tahoe through a red light with traffic all around watching.  Not very uncommon, sadly.

Buses on State are actually pretty nice if you know to give them enough berth to get to their stops.

Permalink Reply by Chris Hainey on September 20, 2012 at 2:40am

Me: Riding southbound on York in Oak Brook between 22nd and 31st after 9 PM last night.

You: Riding northbound on the southbound side of the street.

Dude, this is now the second time in two weeks you have done this to me. We could recover from our injuries if we run into each other. But, you will die if you get hit head-on by one of the infamous Oak Brook Range Rovers that do 50 MPH on that stretch of road.

Permalink Reply by Vilda on September 20, 2012 at 5:06am
830 am SE on Clybourn at Wolcott. You blasted a red light with out so much as a slow down and barely missed getting creamed by an SUV that has a turn arrow. You're a standard issue male-douche on a 10speed or fixie. You are easily replaceable. Please continue riding as you do until Darwin corrects.
Permalink Reply by pat 5.5mi on September 20, 2012 at 5:57am

this was a made connection.  to the guy who twice jumped in front of the three faster riders who were stopped at red and subsequently had to pass you again a s-bound halsted.  despite your smirk, thanks for not doing it a third time after i pointed out to you what you were doing to us.

Permalink Reply by spencewine on September 20, 2012 at 6:02am

Wednesday 6:30pm....you were the guy riding a black road bike that blasted through the red light at Grand and Wells while screaming obscenities at the girl in the honda civic that had already pulled halfway into the intersection on a green. I was the runner standing on the corner waiting to cross the street. You, my friend, are an ass of incalculable proportions.

Permalink Reply by S on September 20, 2012 at 6:57am

And there's everyone in this video:

http://vimeo.com/43954522

Cool skills guys and girls. 

Permalink Reply by Dovah Cat on September 20, 2012 at 11:29am

To the cop barreling down the LFP just south of the Edgewater roundabout this morning around 9 AM - holy sheets, dude. You were definitely going over 20 mph, and did not move although you seemed to notice I was riding directly towards you, north, in the right lane of the path. We played the "which way is who going" game for a few scary seconds and you did not slow down or move out of my way. I rolled off to the right, pointing to show you I was moving away from your unnecessarily giant car, and you flew past me, no eye contact, nothing. (to the cyclist behind the cop car who acknowledged my frustration - thank you) I am not an advocate of U-lock justice, but I considered chasing you down and having a friendly conversation... especially after one of your buddies almost mowed me down by 71st last week, driving North on South Shore Drive (I think that's the street) ONTO the trail with no turn signal. While staring at an oncoming cyclist - me. Who does one call in these situations? The police? Ha! 

I thought about making this a thread when I got home. Has anyone else had similar issues with cars, specifically police SUVs, on the Path? I need a new place to ride. Yeargh.

In addition, some lovely reptilian Desperate Housewives in Beamers drove ONTO the path to roll down their windows and talk at the two-way stop by Belmont Harbor... 

I respect the trail to the extent that I won't try to sprint through a congested area or get all indignant, but cars on the trail are dangerous. I expect "stupid" on the LFP, but usually it's in a smaller, less threatening package. 

Permalink Reply by Crazy David 84 Furlongs on September 20, 2012 at 5:02pm
You were wearing black with no lights on a dark stretch of Clark street. I was in my car. You were weaving in and out of traffic.
Permalink Reply by Far'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63 on September 21, 2012 at 12:19am

Shame on you both...

David crZven said:

You were wearing black with no lights on a dark stretch of Clark street. I was in my car. You were weaving in and out of traffic.
Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on September 21, 2012 at 3:24am

In a situation like that, you can call the police but you ask for a supervisor.  Some of them are good, some are not.  It's police roulette.

Dovah Cat said:

To the cop barreling down the LFP just south of the Edgewater roundabout this morning around 9 AM - holy sheets, dude. You were definitely going over 20 mph, and did not move although you seemed to notice I was riding directly towards you, north, in the right lane of the path. We played the "which way is who going" game for a few scary seconds and you did not slow down or move out of my way. I rolled off to the right, pointing to show you I was moving away from your unnecessarily giant car, and you flew past me, no eye contact, nothing. (to the cyclist behind the cop car who acknowledged my frustration - thank you) I am not an advocate of U-lock justice, but I considered chasing you down and having a friendly conversation... especially after one of your buddies almost mowed me down by 71st last week, driving North on South Shore Drive (I think that's the street) ONTO the trail with no turn signal. While staring at an oncoming cyclist - me. Who does one call in these situations? The police? Ha! 

I thought about making this a thread when I got home. Has anyone else had similar issues with cars, specifically police SUVs, on the Path? I need a new place to ride. Yeargh.

In addition, some lovely reptilian Desperate Housewives in Beamers drove ONTO the path to roll down their windows and talk at the two-way stop by Belmont Harbor... 

I respect the trail to the extent that I won't try to sprint through a congested area or get all indignant, but cars on the trail are dangerous. I expect "stupid" on the LFP, but usually it's in a smaller, less threatening package. 

Permalink Reply by Meg Matthews on October 5, 2012 at 10:32am

You had an awesome bike path to use called the Lakefront Path, but instead you rode up the ramp and tore down our caution tape so you could shortcut through our property. When a staff member pointed out that the caution tape--and security guard you blew past--were there for a reason, and that you were biking through a film site with lots of heavy equipment (which is why we had it cordoned off), you asked her why you should care and snapped: "This stuff is a nuisance!"

Well, actually, this "stuff" is a project that's employing about 100 Chicagoans for an extended period of time, so it's only a nuisance if you prefer high unemployment levels. Also, you almost ran over staff members and you were a complete jerk. Hope it was worth the 30 seconds it saved you.

Permalink Reply by Tricolor on October 5, 2012 at 11:30am

Sic Vince Vaughn on them.

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