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Bikers are dumb.
Aug. 1st, 2005 12:09 pmOk, can someone explain to me the logic of this protest? (Yonah, I'm vaguely looking in your direction) I was driving down market street friday evening, and from about 43rd to 30th street, I (and everyone else) was stuck behind about 25 people on bicycles who were lazily riding down the street, high-fiving each other and having a good time blocking traffic.
Now, I understand that bicyclists don't get a lot of respect on the road, but there are a few huuuuuuge issues with this protest.
1) It made no sense since it didn't affect anyone except a few people who happened to be on market street at 6 on a friday.
2) They had no signs or any indication of what exactly they wanted from us, or what point they were trying to make
3) I'm very sure they didn't get a permit for said demonstration, and it was thus illegal.
4) They ran every light, weren't wearing helmets, didn't signal, and generally ignored all rules of the road. (as an aside, this pisses me off. If you're on a bike and want the respect of drivers, you can't pick and choose which rules to follow. You can't decide... oh... no one is coming, I'm going to run this red. Drivers can't do that, bikers can't either).
5) It was hella dangerous. Not only did they block the official two lanes of market, but anytime anyone tried to veer around them through the center lane, they blocked them there as well, which led to some very angry drivers, which led to some very dangerous maneuvers. People were going into oncoming traffic to get around them, and one really pissed off insane tow truck driver was forcing his way through the pack. I'm shocked he didn't run over any of them.
The rest of my weekend rocked, by the way... saturday Avi and I did yardwork all day, then I went out to lolita for Brian's birthday (I was late...) with dov, brett, sam, ed, Dov's brother, and Jo. Then we went to capogiro for ice cream. I highly recommend their Crenshaw melon ice cream. Sooooooo good. Sunday we had a barbecue... really good skewers of beef and salmon and trout.
Now, I understand that bicyclists don't get a lot of respect on the road, but there are a few huuuuuuge issues with this protest.
1) It made no sense since it didn't affect anyone except a few people who happened to be on market street at 6 on a friday.
2) They had no signs or any indication of what exactly they wanted from us, or what point they were trying to make
3) I'm very sure they didn't get a permit for said demonstration, and it was thus illegal.
4) They ran every light, weren't wearing helmets, didn't signal, and generally ignored all rules of the road. (as an aside, this pisses me off. If you're on a bike and want the respect of drivers, you can't pick and choose which rules to follow. You can't decide... oh... no one is coming, I'm going to run this red. Drivers can't do that, bikers can't either).
5) It was hella dangerous. Not only did they block the official two lanes of market, but anytime anyone tried to veer around them through the center lane, they blocked them there as well, which led to some very angry drivers, which led to some very dangerous maneuvers. People were going into oncoming traffic to get around them, and one really pissed off insane tow truck driver was forcing his way through the pack. I'm shocked he didn't run over any of them.
The rest of my weekend rocked, by the way... saturday Avi and I did yardwork all day, then I went out to lolita for Brian's birthday (I was late...) with dov, brett, sam, ed, Dov's brother, and Jo. Then we went to capogiro for ice cream. I highly recommend their Crenshaw melon ice cream. Sooooooo good. Sunday we had a barbecue... really good skewers of beef and salmon and trout.
