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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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This made me think of an incident I had in college.  I was late for a class and really booking down a hill on one of my old mountain bikes, and as I came around a blind corner there was a group of ducks crossing the path.  I was going WAAAAY too fast to stop, and there was no good place to swerve around, so somehow in that split second, I picked the thinnest part of the group and bunny hopped as high as I could over one of the ducks.  Luckily I cleared him with room to spare and we all went on our merry ways :)

Eric R said:

To the squirrel in the eastbound bike lane near Augusta/ Wood... RIP.

The big squirrel in the pearly tree called you home too soon.

You: Hipster dude on a Divvy heading East on Jackson bike lane. I didn’t think it was worth the effort to say “on your _____” as I passed you since I noticed your prominent white ear buds.

I guess when you pay $75 a year you aren’t required to bother with insignificant details… like the law!

Steve

I have friends that are on call for their jobs. They ride with earbuds so they know if their phone rings or get a message but don't listen to music. 

Way to cast judgement! 

Steve Weeks said:

You: Hipster dude on a Divvy heading East on Jackson bike lane. I didn’t think it was worth the effort to say “on your _____” as I passed you since I noticed your prominent white ear buds.

I guess when you pay $75 a year you aren’t required to bother with insignificant details… like the law!

Steve

I may have been wrong about "illegal" (Bike Law) as the statute seems to apply only to motor vehicles. However, the consensus among accident lawyers and the Illinois Department of Transportation is that it's dangerous.

Yes, there are different levels of "isolation"; for example wearing only one ear bud, which is all your friends would need. The Divvy rider I encountered was wearing two buds, and riding quite leisurely.

Sorry if I hurt your feelings. ;-)

Steve

Rich S said:

I have friends that are on call for their jobs. They ride with earbuds so they know if their phone rings or get a message but don't listen to music. 

Way to cast judgement! 


I wear headphones. I don't ride a divvy. I'm definitely not a hipster. And if you'd said "on your left" I would have heard you over whatever I was listening to.

Or you could just pass at a safe distance and no one would notice.

This is always an amusing debate. Ear buds or no ear buds. There is a volume control for headphones. Also far as I know it's based off the law for cars that a driver can't wear headphones so as to hear emergency vehicles.  However, cars are more and more sound proof (and they advertise as such) so who cares about headphones. Not to mention that hands free devices for cell phones mostly go in your ear.

Happy Friday!

Rich S said:

I have friends that are on call for their jobs. They ride with earbuds so they know if their phone rings or get a message but don't listen to music. 

Way to cast judgement! 

Steve Weeks said:

You: Hipster dude on a Divvy heading East on Jackson bike lane. I didn’t think it was worth the effort to say “on your _____” as I passed you since I noticed your prominent white ear buds.

I guess when you pay $75 a year you aren’t required to bother with insignificant details… like the law!

Steve

what Vilda Said dammit !

Vilda said:

I wear headphones. I don't ride a divvy. I'm definitely not a hipster. And if you'd said "on your left" I would have heard you over whatever I was listening to.

Or you could just pass at a safe distance and no one would notice.

This is always an amusing debate. Ear buds or no ear buds. There is a volume control for headphones. Also far as I know it's based off the law for cars that a driver can't wear headphones so as to hear emergency vehicles.  However, cars are more and more sound proof (and they advertise as such) so who cares about headphones. Not to mention that hands free devices for cell phones mostly go in your ear.

Happy Friday!

Rich S said:

I have friends that are on call for their jobs. They ride with earbuds so they know if their phone rings or get a message but don't listen to music. 

Way to cast judgement! 

Steve Weeks said:

You: Hipster dude on a Divvy heading East on Jackson bike lane. I didn’t think it was worth the effort to say “on your _____” as I passed you since I noticed your prominent white ear buds.

I guess when you pay $75 a year you aren’t required to bother with insignificant details… like the law!

Steve

I agree. Although I do tend to just wear one and shove the other one down my shirt so it's not flapping around. (My best friend told me to do this based on how mictrophones are wired in theatre and I realized how freaking genius that is haha.) Often for my commute I skip them, it's only 5.5 miles. But for longerrides, especially on a path, I definitely switch my sound over to mono (it's in the accessibility settings on the iphone) instead of stereo and just use an earbud. I often just need that beat to keep me not just pedaling, but HAPPILY pedaling :) 

Vilda: I'm definitely not a hipster.

Says the person with an Owl tattoo :P

This coming from a guy with a bike chain tattoo that incorporates the Chicago Stars

That tattoo is pretty sweet btw

Didn't know Owl tattoo's were "hipster." I know they are trendy.

It's a memorial tattoo for my G-ma who had the nickname Owelette. Vilda Chaya written in her hand writing in the tattoo. Means "Wild Animal" in Yiddish. Was the term that inspired Maurice Sendak to write "Where the Wild Things Are".

And for the missed connection. Dude gave me an "on your left" yesterday during my commute home but passed within inches IN THE BIKE LANE with cars passing.

As I explained earlier - giving an "on your left" is great but not needed - what is needed is passing at a safe distance you jack-wad! If I hit a pothole we're both going under a car cause you were in a damn hurry!

Putz!


Davo said:

Vilda: I'm definitely not a hipster.

Says the person with an Owl tattoo :P

This coming from a guy with a bike chain tattoo that incorporates the Chicago Stars

That tattoo is pretty sweet btw

Thank you (seriously) to the Potbelly messenger who said on your left and didn't just zoom by me on Clybourn this morning. 

On June 18, around 6:00 pm:  You were driving a Comcast van facing east on Webster.  You were stopped at Halsted at the red light with your left turn indicator on.  I was the rider of the Divvy bike that pulled up on your right.

Despite the left turn indicator, you made a right turn inches in front of me even though there are four "No Turn On Red" signs posted at that intersection.

If you would be so kind as to send me your information, I would be happy to tell Comcast customer service about your adroit driving abilities.  As a bonus, I will also tell them about how you turned from Bissell onto Webster without wasting time with your turn signal.  Your time management skills should be acknowledged by your supervisors.

Too bad you didn't get a photo with identifying info.

Jeremy S said:

On June 18, around 6:00 pm:  You were driving a Comcast van facing east on Webster.  You were stopped at Halsted at the red light with your left turn indicator on.  I was the rider of the Divvy bike that pulled up on your right.

Despite the left turn indicator, you made a right turn inches in front of me even though there are four "No Turn On Red" signs posted at that intersection.

If you would be so kind as to send me your information, I would be happy to tell Comcast customer service about your adroit driving abilities.  As a bonus, I will also tell them about how you turned from Bissell onto Webster without wasting time with your turn signal.  Your time management skills should be acknowledged by your supervisors.

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