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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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I had an extra special moment the other day. I was riding south on Damen approaching 94th - pretty quiet street with almost no traffic, even at noon on a Saturday. I approached the 4-way stop at 94th and was slowing down to stop. A minivan was approaching from the right. There was NO other traffic. 

She looked towards me, appeared to see me, and was slowing down.  I paused very briefly, then started to roll, and then she started to roll right at me - without ever coming to a stop. I yelled out "STOP!" She said "I'm sorry" but still didn't stop, just swerved to avoid hitting me as she made her right turn.  

We were following the same route for the next few blocks.  She stopped at the red light at 95th - only because she had to (stopped traffic ahead). When the light turned green, she continued south on Damen. I slowed so she would pass me quickly and get the hell away from me. She slowed slightly at the next intersection (4-way stop) and blew through it, making a left turn. And how would she like it if a driver just like her ran over her kid or dog due to inattentiveness? Probably not so much.

Me heading S.B. on the LFT @ 8am meet you as you were riding north at the North Ave parking lot entrance. It was a red light for us there was me on the north side and another gentleman on the south side waiting patiently for the intersection to clear. What gave you the idea that you should not stop? Is it the hipster in you that is counterculture, you did have a neat looking 10 speed and a White Sox shirt pin you slowed and looked at the cars that had the green looking for them to yield for you even though they have the right of way. I called out"don't be that guy" to you, after forcing them to stop being a"stereotypical" rider taking room where there is none to take you looked at me and said "what, they stopped why wouldn't I go". Why you ask... it's a dick move. Sorry if you felt my calling you out was annoying but I got a sweet thank you from another motorist who was at the light waiting to travel west.

Jeff,

Must be something about pickups in the Loop that cause bad incidents. I witnessed a pickup right-hook a guy on a motorized wheelchair at the corner of LaSalle and Randolph two weeks ago. Luckily, the victim was not seriously injured.

To the dude on the electric skateboard in the bike lanes on Milwaukee this morning: 

Stay the hell out of the bike line.

I'm sorry that you don't have any safe places to ride your gadget to work. I recognize that it is more eco-friendly than a car or a motorcycle. But you have no effective brakes, and the fact that you were passing every cyclist you came across means you were moving way too quickly to be safe among the large numbers of cyclists on Milwaukee during rush hour.   

Brrr. Cold one today!

I know the  sun was not in your eyes cab 2929. You were headed east bound on Hubbard around 6:40 pm last night. Those going westbound may have had a legitimate reason to fail to notice that they had a red light. They may have had sun in their eyes. Still, they waited at the light. You, cab 2929, you sauntered right through the intersection of  Hubbard and Dearborn where the pedestrians, drivers and cyclists going northbound on Dearborn looked in amazement.  I hope the fellow in your backseat was not too scared when he saw this or when he heard me curse you. I hope you survived your misadventures on your job to live to read this.  You clearly have good fortune.  Despite your inattention or mal-intention at a very busy time of day, the rest of us were on our game and you did not come close to killing anybody...this time.

Boy I would have felt bad.   I nearly hit a bicycle with my car last night.   I needed the car due to the fact that I had to make a fast trip to Michigan City and back.   I was on Lawrence heading eastbound and was about to pull into a driveway.  I carefully slowed and confirmed that no one was in the Bike Lane behind me.  I checked and saw no pedestrians in either direction.  I rechecked the bike lane and started to turn.  I slammed on the brakes and barely avoided a very fast young bicyclist (early 20's) with headphones charging down the sidewalk to the West (in other words the wrong way) with headphones on oblivious to all traffic.  Wrong way, on the sidewalk, very fast with headphones...  on Lawrence....



David Barish said:

I know the  sun was not in your eyes cab 2929. You were headed east bound on Hubbard around 6:40 pm last night. Those going westbound may have had a legitimate reason to fail to notice that they had a red light. They may have had sun in their eyes. Still, they waited at the light. You, cab 2929, you sauntered right through the intersection of  Hubbard and Dearborn where the pedestrians, drivers and cyclists going northbound on Dearborn looked in amazement.  I hope the fellow in your backseat was not too scared when he saw this or when he heard me curse you. I hope you survived your misadventures on your job to live to read this.  You clearly have good fortune.  Despite your inattention or mal-intention at a very busy time of day, the rest of us were on our game and you did not come close to killing anybody...this time.

You a kid blowing by me on my left as I had to slow because of the car running the red or half parked half into the lane on Armitage at Western, a simple "on your left" would have been nice. Luckily I didn't swerve quickly. I know you regretted what you did and knew what you what you did was wrong. . . because you kept nervously looking over your shoulder at me. And then when I caught up with you, you looked terrified. In the future, a simple "on your left" will suffice. 

Yesterday I encountered a rider (you know who you are) riding the *wrong way* on the Jackson bike lane between Loomis and Halsted. I said "Wrong way, my friend." I couldn't hear your reply, but it didn't sound conciliatory.

This "I am exempt from traffic laws" attitude only works as long as the police look the other way and cyclist numbers are relatively low. If either of these factors changes, so will your riding style. Cheers!

Steve

What a fucking ride home! From 5:10 pm to 6 pm.

To the fat, black, bitch that all most hit me twice on Division/Clybourn just to park by the projects: You've had your 2 strikes. 1 more and you will lose parts off your car!

To the aggressive biking, butchy ,white, chick that doesn't know to not follow close. You hit my rear tire. I stopped and asked if you were all right because I found it amusing. The words you are looking for are "I'm sorry." I let you pass me at the light cause you AREN'T FAST! I was more than amused when when the frat-guy lookin, asshole shoaled you. You looked SO MAD. You kinda suck at life honey.

To the black, chick in the white SUV at Damen and Sunnyside that got mad at me cause I stopped at the stop sign when YOU had the right of way. Learn to drive.

We need less humans on this planet.

I've said it so often I should be gettinpaid but Few Distillery makes a Rye that is outstanding! Scarlett, if i see ya on a ride i'll share whatever I have.



Hello Scarlett said:
i like all this catharsis. saddle up to the bar gabe, and lemme pour you some whiskey so we can bitch about all the morons we encountered today.
Soccer mom in the silver minivan driving past a school while looking down at your cell phone. If your phone requires that much attention, pull to the curb and stop before you murder some kid. At least consider stopping at the stop sign and not rolling through it full speed into me when I have the right away. Or, if you're going to roll it, just keep going so I can swerve behind you, instead of stopping directly in front of me leaving me stuck in the intersection. Then, when you suddenly turn right with no signal, don't drive next to me while slowly inching closer until I'm wedged between you and parked cars, forcing me to scream, "What the f@#$ are you doing?"

Y'know what? Just put down the phone and none of this would have happened, you self-centered jerk.

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