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From: knf@druxo.UUCP (FricklasK)
Newsgroups: net.bicycle
Subject: Re: Car driver asks for advice from bicyclists
Message-ID: <1023@druxo.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 20-Oct-85 19:52:25 EDT
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Posted: Sun Oct 20 19:52:25 1985
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>     A couple of nights ago I found myself sharing a dark road with a bicyclist
> wearing jeans and a dark jacket.  He had no reflectors on his bike, and no
> lights.  Within a quarter of a mile I watched him ride in circles on a road
> with a 45mph speed limit, run a red light, and cut from the right-hand side
> of a busy road to the left, where he proceeded to ride against the traffic.
>         Fred Wamsley    ihnp4!sol1!s255

In Boulder, where I live, I find some of the bicyclists are INCREDIBLY
self-righteous about their riding.  By this I mean that if they are allowed
to use the right lane, even when the road narrows to one lane they will use
the single lane, riding dead center, rather than moving to the right to let 
cars pass or going onto the sidewalk.  If they are going to make a left turn, 
they will ride dead center of the left lane for the 1/4 mile or so leading up
to the turn. Etc., etc.   This is usually ok, except for when they get a little
rediculous about it- in other words, riding the right lane even when they
have a bike path.  
  Occasionally, you even see a "violent biker" -- these guys seem to  
intentionally get in your way when driving just to cause you grief.  Last
summer I saw the worst example of this yet.  A car was waiting to make a 
right turn at an intersection, and a biker pulled up along side of him.  The
car pulled out and started to make the turn, cutting off the biker.  The
biker pulled out his frame pump and started to ram on the car with it! The
car driver opened his window and told the biker to stop it, but this seemed
to only piss off the biker more, and he now got off his bike and started to 
kick the guy's door, putting a fairly large dent in it.
  The drivers solution: he backed up, drove over the guys bike, wrecking it
completely, and drove off.  
  The punchline: the biker (according to a friend) tried to sue the car driver
for destruction of property.

  Has anyone else seen anything like this?

   '`'`
   Ken
   `'`'