Re: Nitpicky traffic law question: ATTN Jaybird

"gpsman" <gpsman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:1158082822.203105.168250@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:

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 it's not a very high
quality bull*** either.

If you believe automobiles follow Brent on his bicycle and refuse to
pass even when he comes to a dead fucking stop (sans room to pass for
Brent's safety) your critical thinking skills are in need of complete
overhaul.
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- gpsman



I hate to admit it, but I do believe Brent on this one. We all know there
are moron drivers out there aplenty. It's not a matter of being a sloth
or MFFY, it's just plan stupidity and inattentiveness. I enounter them
everyday, I just don't complain here about it.

Today, I was almost hit rounding a blind curve. I was confronted with a
gypsy lawn service truck & trailer taking his half out of the middle. I
was able to make an emergency stop and he just missed me. The worst part
about it was trucks are prohibited from this section of Blooming Glen Rd
for just this reason.

I was coming upon an signaled intersection. I had the green. A car coming
from the right, made a left turn in front of me. Again, I had to make an
emergency stop to avoid a colision. When I stopped, the light turned
yellow and then red. That's how much of a red light he ran.

At least once a month when driving a school bus, I signal for a left turn
and some opposing car thinks I'm making a scholl bus stop and slams on
the brakes, coming to reat in the middle of the intersection. I can't
make my left and they just sit there. I'll give you a hint, the yellows
for the stop are on the top of the bus, the turn signal is on the fender.

I've lost count of the rolling stops that have been made in front of me.

I believe Brent's story, they are the same morons we all encounter. We
just don't bitch/brag about it every single day.

Doug
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