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'd like to give a warm, brotherly hug to:
-the 15-year-old boy who tried to barrel across the red light right three feet in front of me at Armitage going southbound on western. You're gonna get laid down one day soon if you keep riding like that.
-the three cyclists who barreled at 15-20mph through the red light on Milwaukee at the Congress Theater in front of the confused (and, fortunately, cautious) woman in the Accent who had a green but wondered if her light was actually red because of all the bikes blasting through.
I lived for 13 years at an alley and, while it can get annoying to hear all the honking, as a pedestrian, I am grateful for the little "beep" when someone is coming out of a blind alley. I can't see them until I step into the alley and they can't see me until they pull out in front of me, so it means fewer unpleasant (and sometimes downright frightening) encounters. And I gotta say, the little honk is nothing compared to the garbage trucks when you live by the alley!
David P. said:
I don't mean honk as in lay on the horn, get the hell out of my way because I'm barreling through; I mean a very short tap. Yes, it's my responsibility to look for pedestrians and I do, but as the nose of my car edges out I can't see crossing traffic until it's already filling most of the sidewalk. Hence the audible announcement. I tend to do the same thing before backing out of parking spots in low-visibility situations.
Juan Primo said:As a person who lived in a corner apartment near an alley, people who honk at the end of an alley are rude. It's your duty to LOOK for pedestrians, including the vulnerable deaf and earbudded pedestrians. Do not honk at the end of an alley for the sake of those living there.
David P. said:I think of it as being similar in intent to tapping the horn when you approach the sidewalk at the end of an alley - you're broadcasting your presence to more vulnerable people who may not know you're there.
I've discovered that my bell freaks out the flocks of geese along my commute. Since those thuggish jerks have chased and hissed at me multiple times over the last couple of years, I now ring my bell loudly every time I come across them near the road/path. Sends them running (without actually hurting them) and makes my day every single time.
Michael Perez said:
those guys......crapped on my face once when I was laying down on the grass taking a nap from a long walk once. Scared the hell out of me but I got revenge with the flash from my dslr
Tricolor said:
Bravo!
Bez said:
I've discovered that my bell freaks out the flocks of geese along my commute. Since those thuggish jerks have chased and hissed at me multiple times over the last couple of years, I now ring my bell loudly every time I come across them near the road/path. Sends them running (without actually hurting them) and makes my day every single time.
Cool. I've been working out a way to mount some sleigh bells on my bike for this winter but I didn't think it would also make for a possible goose repellent.
Yesterday afternoon on my commute home, on State Street in the Gold Coast neighborhood.
I was called an asshole by a jogger. Where was I? On State street. Where was he? Also on State street, which means he was technically jaywalking (jay-jogging?). Not only that but he was jogging against traffic.
And I'm the asshole.
Those types could benefit from a nice blast from an air horn. Of course, they are technically pedestrians, so salmoning is correct form. But why on the street when there is a perfectly good sidewalk? It's a "look at me- I'm a runner" thing, I suspect... see my first sentence. ;-)
John Wilson 6.0 said:
Yesterday afternoon on my commute home, on State Street in the Gold Coast neighborhood.
I was called an asshole by a jogger. Where was I? On State street. Where was he? Also on State street, which means he was technically jaywalking (jay-jogging?). Not only that but he was jogging against traffic.
And I'm the asshole.
I'm using the Crane Suzu bell. They didn't seem bothered by my previous bell (some off brand).
Tricolor said:
Cool. I've been working out a way to mount some sleigh bells on my bike for this winter but I didn't think it would also make for a possible goose repellent.
There is enough room for everyone!
Not for the geese, there is no room for them.
Domenica Cresap said:
There is enough room for everyone!
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