To the guy in the black Acura MDX

I'm sorry you were so offended that I tapped on your car mirror. You were glued to your phone and it was the only way to get your attention and let you know you were blocking the entire bike lane (N. Deaborn @ Post Office) during the rush and forcing cyclists into traffic.

And while I think it was a little ironic to speed down the street to tell me I broke the law, I definitely think throwing a glass bottle was a bit much. However, since it shattered in your car and not on me, I'll let it slide.

I can't even fathom the courage and strength it must have took to put your foot down and whip down the block and around the corner. But boy were you red with embarrassment when I took the alley and cut you off. You must have ran out of bottles because this time you kept the windows up. I'm sure your partner will be proud of the example you set for your daughter in the back seat.

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Permalink Reply by Argonne69 on December 5, 2018 at 12:52pm

I've seen dozens of drivers illegally parked in no parking zones, bus stops, etc. The one that frosts me the most is vehicles parked in crosswalks. It p*sses me off, too.

I've been a firm believer for years that one should have to have a special license to drive downtown. If a driver is incapable of following some basic rules of the road in the city, stay the f*ck out!!!

 

Permalink Reply by David Henri on December 6, 2018 at 4:30am

+1

Permalink Reply by Tooscrapps on December 5, 2018 at 9:52am
Fo some reason I cannot reply to individual replies.

Clp:
By your logic we shouldn't have sidewalks, bus lanes, or bus stops either. If this call (but really, he was just staring at his phone, double parked) was so important, there were plenty of other places to pull over out of the moving lanes. The driver was double parked, in the bike lane. Echoing Carter: had this been a regular travel lane, I would have had the same choice: go around him into a lane with much faster moving vehicle traffic. I'm not sure how you think the driver was in the right as he was illegally double parked. And had he been travel lane, yes, I would have done the same thing. I'm tired of people putting their convenience above the safety and convenience of tens to hundreds of others. I think you are confused with who was claiming "ownership": I wasn't stopped there preventing others from using the lane.

Carter:
Thank you for the kind words. Because of the tinted windows, I did not see the child until the end. Had I, I would never engaged him after he threw the bottle.
Permalink Reply by Yasmeen on December 5, 2018 at 10:24am

Good point about the sidewalks, bus lanes, bus stops. :-) 

Permalink Reply by Tooscrapps on December 5, 2018 at 2:05pm

The funny thing is, my confrontation with him did move him out of the bike lane. Maybe next time he'll think better and not embarrass himself in front of his daughter. Maybe not.

If you want to act selfishly and put your convenience over everyone else, you should be prepared to take the abuse or in an act of God, a ticket. Sooner or later you might find that it's not worth the aggravation.

Permalink Reply by Carter O'Brien on December 5, 2018 at 10:09am
"Well A69, where do you want him to pull over to take that call?"

Here's a crazy idea - how about the driver just let the call go through to voice mail, then call back when they are somewhere appropriate. Many people actually enable an automatic reply on their text messaging that says exactly that, with the added note that it's dangerous to stop driving to address your phone.

You say (with no logic or evidence) that bike lanes are counterproductive. I say that CDOT is not, and should not be, required to consider drivers talking on the phone when designing streets.
Permalink Reply by Argonne69 on December 5, 2018 at 12:55pm

Amen.

"I'm sorry, I can't take your call right now. I'm in the middle of the f*cking city, and I'm trying not to kill somebody. I'm sure your call is urgent, and I'll call you back when I can find a safe, legal spot to park. Thanks for understanding."

Permalink Reply by David Henri on December 6, 2018 at 4:33am

Argonne, you're on a roll today, and I agree with everything you've said on this thread.

Double +1!

Permalink Reply by Carter O'Brien on December 5, 2018 at 10:11am
Well, I admire your restraint and appreciate you being able to keep your cool. On behalf of people who drive that aren't psychopaths, I apologize for this ridiculous and completely unwarranted amount of stress you had to suffer.
Permalink Reply by Carter O'Brien on December 5, 2018 at 10:12am
And doh, apparently I can't either reply to individual replies or edit. : P

Nevertheless, as a cyclist who does believe in asserting our collective right (and responsibility) to ride on the street, respect, Tooscrapps.
Permalink Reply by Carter O'Brien on December 5, 2018 at 10:47am
clp, I'd say that *your* expectation that people in a bike forum stop advocating for bike lanes is what is out of touch with reality.

Seriously, you're on the same place of delusion as the PETA types who stand in front of McDonald's and yell at their customers.

Nobody is buying your snake oil that bike lanes are counter productive. So all you're doing is repeating yourself, and in doing so coming off as tone deaf and dismissive of other's concerns. Plus you're just factually wrong. If nobody respected bike lanes we'd see dozens of dead cyclists every day.

So, good luck with the head-banging-into-wall thing you've got going on here.
Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on December 5, 2018 at 11:27am

Thank you again for being a voice of reason here. Much appreciated.

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