Re: Nitpicky traffic law question: ATTN Jaybird


gpsman wrote:
N8N wrote:
gpsman wrote:
Brent P wrote: <brevity snip>

Probably one of the worst things I encounter while bicycling are these
people who refuse to pass. They'll stay right behind me, tailgating me so
should anything happen, I need to brake, hit a bad pot hole and fall,
whatever I am sure to be hit. They just won't pass no matter how much
encouragement I give them.A line of vehicles builds up behind them for
no good reason, when I finally get the timid driver to pass there is
usually at least one arsehole in the line that then blames me for the
delay. Um.. sorry, but the guy passed up 12 chances to pass, not my
fault.

Coming to a dead stop at the side of the road usually is even worse, as I
have to do it very gradually as not to get hit and then the timid driver
will also stop, blocking the road.

<spit take> Yes, yes, that all sounds perfectly plausible in the
alternate universe in which you reside.

Just one point. Since you're the same guy who is so fast on a bike he
often passes and leaves behind motorized traffic howcomewhyfor don't
you just accelerate away...?!

Please, make up your mind as to which of your stories I am to believe.
They are often in direct conflict with one another and any believeable
example of human abilities and/or behaviors.

troll, troll, troll your boat...

seriously, doesn't it get old being the slightly more literate version
of Aunt Judy?

Sorry you feel that way, but anyone who swallows Brent's traffic
stories has bull*** on their breath.

And he trolls on some more....

Yesterday, at a stoplight, a bicycle is behind me in the queue. Ahead
of me is someone in a large diesel dually PU. The PU accelerates away
from the stop line, and I match speeds, and the bicycle *matches my
speed all the way across the intersection!* Oddly, as soon as we come
to a small incline, I continue to accelerate up to travel speed,
leaving the cyclist behind.

Now, niether the truck nor I gave our vehicles WOT at the green, and
the truck may have been slightly slothy, but not so much one would pay
any mind. But the power to weight ratio and torque of a bike and rider
are plenty good enough for crossing an intersection quickly.

I'm not surprised that your lard ass has never seen a bike seat - not
since you were a kid, anyway.

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