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 Joon Kim on October 5, 2012 at 12:28pm

Have to disagree Gabe.  I cycle to work on Lincoln from Lawrence to downtown almost every day.  I would say less than 10 percent of bikers follow traffic rules, and I'm not just talking about rolling through stop signs.  The majority of cyclists blow through red lights, even when there is clearly traffic present.  I think cyclists in the US have to change their attitude toward traffic laws if we're going to continue to increase cycling and cycling infrastructure.  The problem is not just with 'bad cyclists'.  The problem is ingrained in our cycling culture which defends, denies and excuses unsafe riding practices.  Cycling in Europe is a completely different experience and everyone is expected to follow the rules.  There are even cycle specific traffic lights.  One of the biggest ironies is that unlike in Europe, almost everyone here wears helmets.  Just wish more members of the cycling community would use the head they're protecting a bit more.

Gabe said:

Registration comes all the time and always has but implementation and enforcement would be cost prohibitive and impossible. i have 3 bikes right now. Register all? 1 plate for all 3? and when the bike gets stolen should i expect CPD to look for it like they would a car?

More fun to just howl at the moon, or in this case, bad cyclists. (ps on 848 on NPR they had a mini-bike sumit and some random asshead caller said 70-80% of all bikers break traffic laws. 20-30% obey. with no logical or noted back up. so all the people that saw the 3 bad riders we noted will remember them ridin like idiots and not us stopping.) yay!
Permalink Reply by Far'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63 on October 5, 2012 at 12:41pm

The myth of the scofflaw cyclist

OBEY!


Joon Kim said:

Have to disagree Gabe.  I cycle to work on Lincoln from Lawrence to downtown almost every day.  I would say less than 10 percent of bikers follow traffic rules, and I'm not just talking about rolling through stop signs.  The majority of cyclists blow through red lights, even when there is clearly traffic present.  I think cyclists in the US have to change their attitude toward traffic laws if we're going to continue to increase cycling and cycling infrastructure.  The problem is not just with 'bad cyclists'.  The problem is ingrained in our cycling culture which defends, denies and excuses unsafe riding practices.  Cycling in Europe is a completely different experience and everyone is expected to follow the rules.  There are even cycle specific traffic lights.  One of the biggest ironies is that unlike in Europe, almost everyone here wears helmets.  Just wish more members of the cycling community would use the head they're protecting a bit more.


Permalink Reply by Joon Kim on October 5, 2012 at 1:05pm

The reality of scofflaw drivers is no excuse to be a scofflaw cyclist.  Cyclists get nowhere fast by pointing fingers at drivers.  In fact that finger isn't going to do you a lot of good when you get hit by a driver. Yeah there are bad drivers but they're in a 2 ton machine and you're on a bike.  If you blow the red light and there's a collision, you're gonna die.  Doesn't matter if the driver sucks, isn't paying attention and didn't see you.  Doesn't matter if cyclists deserve the right of way no matter what.  Inattentive pedestrians, people who open doors without looking, rollerbladers who swerve back and forth and dumb ass drivers are no excuse for cyclists to break the rules.  Cyclists should do better than all of them because we are better.  

Don't be this guy:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/05/opinion/sunday/if-kant-were-a-new...

James BlackHeron said:

The myth of the scofflaw cyclist

OBEY!


Joon Kim said:

Have to disagree Gabe.  I cycle to work on Lincoln from Lawrence to downtown almost every day.  I would say less than 10 percent of bikers follow traffic rules, and I'm not just talking about rolling through stop signs.  The majority of cyclists blow through red lights, even when there is clearly traffic present.  I think cyclists in the US have to change their attitude toward traffic laws if we're going to continue to increase cycling and cycling infrastructure.  The problem is not just with 'bad cyclists'.  The problem is ingrained in our cycling culture which defends, denies and excuses unsafe riding practices.  Cycling in Europe is a completely different experience and everyone is expected to follow the rules.  There are even cycle specific traffic lights.  One of the biggest ironies is that unlike in Europe, almost everyone here wears helmets.  Just wish more members of the cycling community would use the head they're protecting a bit more.


Permalink Reply by Far'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63 on October 5, 2012 at 1:13pm

You read the first 2 lines and extrapolated the rest, didn't you?  Here's a hint:  You might have gotten it wrong.

Permalink Reply by Vilda on October 5, 2012 at 3:07pm

Joon, did we take a time machine back to the time of I Don't Give a Shit? You wanna debate use a different thread. This thread is clearly about Missed Connections. You only Missed the Point. :-)



Joon Kim said:

Have to disagree Gabe.  I cycle to work on Lincoln from Lawrence to downtown almost every day.  I would say less than 10 percent of bikers follow traffic rules, and I'm not just talking about rolling through stop signs.  The majority of cyclists blow through red lights, even when there is clearly traffic present.  I think cyclists in the US have to change their attitude toward traffic laws if we're going to continue to increase cycling and cycling infrastructure.  The problem is not just with 'bad cyclists'.  The problem is ingrained in our cycling culture which defends, denies and excuses unsafe riding practices.  Cycling in Europe is a completely different experience and everyone is expected to follow the rules.  There are even cycle specific traffic lights.  One of the biggest ironies is that unlike in Europe, almost everyone here wears helmets.  Just wish more members of the cycling community would use the head they're protecting a bit more.

Gabe said:

Registration comes all the time and always has but implementation and enforcement would be cost prohibitive and impossible. i have 3 bikes right now. Register all? 1 plate for all 3? and when the bike gets stolen should i expect CPD to look for it like they would a car?

More fun to just howl at the moon, or in this case, bad cyclists. (ps on 848 on NPR they had a mini-bike sumit and some random asshead caller said 70-80% of all bikers break traffic laws. 20-30% obey. with no logical or noted back up. so all the people that saw the 3 bad riders we noted will remember them ridin like idiots and not us stopping.) yay!
Permalink Reply by Crazy David 84 Furlongs on October 10, 2012 at 5:05am

I was walking up Lincoln.  You were on your bicycle stopped at the light at Grace and Lincoln.  This is not addressed to you.  This is addressed to the guy in the big black SUV who was screaming at you for no reason at all.   Voices were being raised.   You may have won the war, but I think we lost the battle.   I expect that the A------ in the SUV is going to be even more aggressive to bicyclists... certainly he just about took out a few pedestrians afterward. 

Permalink Reply by Tim S on October 10, 2012 at 5:31am


David crZven said:

I was walking up Lincoln.  You were on your bicycle stopped at the light at Grace and Lincoln.  This is not addressed to you.  This is addressed to the guy in the big black SUV who was screaming at you for no reason at all.   Voices were being raised.   You may have won the war, but I think we lost the battle.   I expect that the A------ in the SUV is going to be even more aggressive to bicyclists... certainly he just about took out a few pedestrians afterward. 


While I agree to a certain extent some times words have to be exchanged. There are plenty of times in a commute that we have to deal w agressive/aloof/stupid drivers and they need a stern talking too.
Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on October 10, 2012 at 6:08am

I was on Milwaukee Ave. riding towards the Loop.  You were standing next to a parked car, door open, bent over with your ass sticking out into traffic while on a seemingly endless fishing expedition for something on the floor.  Do you really want to be sticking that big a target out into traffic, and leaving your door flapping in the breeze?  Don't be an ass!

Permalink Reply by NYC (7.0 mi) on October 11, 2012 at 4:12am

To the middle aged woman riding down Lincoln around 8:30 this morning:  You were forcing everyone to pass you multiple times with your schoaling actions.  That's what I was talking about when I asked you to stop making me pass you on Lincoln during rush hour (3 times).  It's rude.  You are making everyone have missed connections multiple times on a busy commuter highway (car and bike).

Permalink Reply by Steve Courtright on October 11, 2012 at 4:46am

To the young man on a bike this morning at 8:05 going south on Halsted just south of North Ave.  I hope your riding through a group of preschool aged children walking in the crosswalk got you to work on time.  Everyone else - cars and bike riders - stopped at the crosswalk.  I guess those of us who stopped are all idiots.  Thanks for showing us how it is supposed to be done.

Permalink Reply by Michelle S on October 11, 2012 at 5:34am

This same guy was on Wells this morning at 7:00 am! Big hairy crack, still looking for the missing item.

Anne Alt said:

I was on Milwaukee Ave. riding towards the Loop.  You were standing next to a parked car, door open, bent over with your ass sticking out into traffic while on a seemingly endless fishing expedition for something on the floor.  Do you really want to be sticking that big a target out into traffic, and leaving your door flapping in the breeze?  Don't be an ass!

Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on October 11, 2012 at 8:19am

Oof!  Perhaps the woman from my incident has a similarly clueless cousin.  ;)

Michelle Stenzel said:

This same guy was on Wells this morning at 7:00 am! Big hairy crack, still looking for the missing item.

Anne Alt said:

I was on Milwaukee Ave. riding towards the Loop.  You were standing next to a parked car, door open, bent over with your ass sticking out into traffic while on a seemingly endless fishing expedition for something on the floor.  Do you really want to be sticking that big a target out into traffic, and leaving your door flapping in the breeze?  Don't be an ass!

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