So, lots of asshat cyclists around where I live, cycle and drive. Riding the wrong way on the road (this is a big one), doing stupid suicidal things at intersections, running traffic lights and stop signs, you name it, they do it.

Being that the wrong-way cyclists pose more danger to other cyclists than they do to anyone else but themselves, I do my best to correct this behavior when I see it. Problem is, when I’m in a car, it’s difficult for cyclists to hear what I’m yelling, and they probably chalk it up as “she wants us off the road! How dare she!”

And when I’m on a bike, I’m often too out of breath to do a proper job of yelling. The offending wrong-way nitwits are either too far away on the other side of the road to hear me, or, if they’re on the same side of the road as I am, we pass each other too quickly for them to hear me.

I do my best, but I don’t think that yelling at individual offenders is the way to fix a widespread edumacational problem. Blah.

I admit that when i was younger i used to either ride through red lights etc or go on the footpath to avoid them, but lately (last couple of years) i’ve been obeying all laws as though i were in a car (including keeping left and keep looking behind).

Sort of ironic that i now get annoyed(ish) when i’m on a bike and someone else on one just rides right through the lights or whatever like the rules don’t apply for them.

Anywho, good on you for sticking up to the person on the bike.

I wonder how much it would cost to mail it to all driver’s licence holders.

Prime examples-

I pass a biker without incident in my car. Pull up to a four way stop. Stop completely. Begin to make right turn when I see in my rear view mirror that said biker had no intention at all of stopping, even though I had a clear right of way. Slammed on my brakes to avoid critically injuring him (he also wasn’t wearing a helmet). Yeah, bikes have a right to be on the road. They still have to follow the rules of the road. That guy waved angrily for me to turn. I considered decking him.

Similar story – making a proper left at a three way stoplight, biker blows right through the red light. I think he was wearing a helmet, but since I nearly kissed him with my fender, he probably could have kissed his legs goodbye.

Usually it’s pretty harmonious. I mean yeah, sometimes you get stuck behind a biker simply because of space and that’s annoying … but that’s certainly no reason to get angry.

We do however have quite a lot of cycling paths as well…