I was stopped at a red light on the south side of the University Bridge at the infamously dangerous intersection of Eastlake Ave E and Fuhrman Ave E when a female bicyclist came barreling by me on my right (the bike lane) and proceeded to run the red light. ... A bicyclist died at that intersection last month and this dumb fuck just positioned herself to become #2. ... [S]he was wearing ... brown knickers ...
Shocking. Read the whole letter from a hot tipper (who has obviously just moved here from his pig farm in Arkansas where such hooliganery would never stand) to see how he breathtaking unfolds the shocking tale of criminal behavior. And brown knickers.
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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 10:34 am
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I think it's funny that I almost got hit today by a car who was gunning it from behind me to "make a yellow" that was long red by the time he barreled through. People are stupid, no matter what vehicle they drive.
surlykat
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 10:46 am
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Aw man, I saw "brown knickers" and thought it might have been me. But I wasn't there at 7:50, and I wasn't wearing a black shirt with a red long-sleeve shirt underneath it... and I ran the red light at Harvard and Eastlake, passing a driver on the left, not the red at Eastlake and Fuhrman passing a driver on the right. Because I ride like a douchebag.
I actually don't run the red light at Eastlake and Fuhrman that much anymore... too many people make a left turn there. The only condition under which I run that red is if the bridge is up and traffic is backed up and stopped.
laura
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 10:54 am
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Raindog wrote:
This just in from SLOG ...
letter to SLOG wrote:
tattle, tattle, tattle ...
Seriously, are we in 2nd grade again?
Motorists, you aren't all perfect and as a collective you do stupid things day in and day out, sometimes in places "notorious" for accidents. I heard I-5 at rush hour can be a real "killer" and as a result, I bet all drivers make sure to especially obey the laws between 6-9 and 4-7pm M-F.
Cyclists, you aren't all perfect and as a collective you do stupid things, too.
Pedestrians - same to you!
Taking an individual, isolated incident (or even a couple incidents which still isn't a representative example of anything) and getting on a moral high horse is annoying.
The SLOG is annoying.
This post is probably annoying.
surlykat
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 10:56 am
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laura wrote:
And for the last time, it's a BIKE LANE there on Eastlake on the right people.
For some definition of "bike lane". It's been my experience over the past few weeks that it's not really safe, and I usually just take a lane for the stretch of Eastlake between Harvard and Fuhrman (hopping back onto the bike lane for the bridge). Less gravel, fewer holes, and (perhaps most importantly) fewer dump/cement trucks sticking out into the lane.
The metal plates in the road arent' doing anything to make me feel safer on that street, for sure.
vaticdart
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 11:21 am
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laura wrote:
Pedestrians - same to you!
One thing I never noticed before I started biking everywhere is that most peds don't do what their mothers told them: look both ways. They listen and then if they hear something, then they look. Otherwise they just stroll right out into the street, often right in front of me.
Maybe I should start writing on the SLOG every time a motorist runs a stop sign and almost hits me. I got to yell at two yesterday!
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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 11:34 am
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vaticdart wrote:
They listen and then if they hear something, then they look. Otherwise they just stroll right out into the street, often right in front of me.
That'll teach all you mothers to keep your bikes well-maintained. If your bike doesn't sound like some unholy combination of forks on chalkboards and a weed-whacker, then pedestrians won't know you're coming and therefore you're being unsafe!
Mike
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 12:36 pm
Joined: 28 Jun 2007Posts: 22Location: pill hill
laura wrote:
Raindog wrote:
This just in from SLOG ...
letter to SLOG wrote:
tattle, tattle, tattle ...
Seriously, are we in 2nd grade again?
Motorists, you aren't all perfect and as a collective you do stupid things day in and day out, sometimes in places "notorious" for accidents. I heard I-5 at rush hour can be a real "killer" and as a result, I bet all drivers make sure to especially obey the laws between 6-9 and 4-7pm M-F.
Cyclists, you aren't all perfect and as a collective you do stupid things, too.
Pedestrians - same to you!
Taking an individual, isolated incident (or even a couple incidents which still isn't a representative example of anything) and getting on a moral high horse is annoying.
The SLOG is annoying.
This post is probably annoying.
Annoying maybe, true definitely.
A favorite isolated incident: Last Spring, I was riding down Capitol Hill toward Eastlake, daughter-in-childseat onboard, on my way to the Fremont Solstice Parade, and had a guy -- also on a bike with child -- roll out mid-block right in front of me. I skidded, managed to avoid swerving into passing traffic, and said something brilliant like "Jesus, Dude -- you trying to kill me?" No response, just a blank look. Later, the same guy skims me as I'm trying to avoid hitting people walking on the Burke-Gilman.
Moral? There's nothing about a bike that magically transforms jerk into non-jerk. However, I would submit that basically thoughtful people who get too stressed in traffic can see substantial improvement by giving up car for bike.
the dreaded ben
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 12:57 pm
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john
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the dreaded ben wrote:
I love you Ben.
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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 4:44 pm
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The alterna-conformity cops step in and Zing! Like the unfortunate hero in the Hipster Olympics (see Craigslist thread) I now feel bad about myself. Or at least like I'm supposed to. Bye funny hipsters.
the dreaded ben
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 4:59 pm
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Mike wrote:
The alterna-conformity cops step in and Zing! Like the unfortunate hero in the Hipster Olympics (see Craigslist thread) I now feel bad about myself. Or at least like I'm supposed to. Bye funny hipsters.
ah, alright dude, but for clarification's sake the joke was about the thread/stranger, not you.
Happy Stick Person
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 5:01 pm
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the dreaded ben wrote:
Mike wrote:
The alterna-conformity cops step in and Zing! Like the unfortunate hero in the Hipster Olympics (see Craigslist thread) I now feel bad about myself. Or at least like I'm supposed to. Bye funny hipsters.
ah, alright dude, but for clarification's sake the joke was about the thread/stranger, not you.
ben you fucking hipster, quit scaring off the n00bs...
surlykat
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 5:05 pm
Joined: 05 Jul 2007Posts: 658Location: in the CD
Happy Stick Person wrote:
ben you fucking hipster, quit scaring off the n00bs...
/me giggles at the irony of Stick calling BtAH a hipster
Wait, you were going to the solstice party in spring?
My telepathic connection to Jack Horkheimer is going crazy right now!
TrikerTrev
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 5:29 pm
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the dreaded ben wrote:
great costumes!
Ben, which one is Henry?
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mos6502
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 6:42 pm
Joined: 20 Sep 2007Posts: 21
Oh man. They didn't pick my tip as their letter of the day....
Quote:
Dear The Stranger,
Today I saw a cat in my neighbors yard. It had stripes.
Just couldn't believe it.
Mike
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 11:08 am
Joined: 28 Jun 2007Posts: 22Location: pill hill
Matthew wrote:
Wait, you were going to the solstice party in spring?
My telepathic connection to Jack Horkheimer is going crazy right now!
I wondered why there was no parade when I got there.
Re: Dreaded Ben: clearly I didn't get the photo joke and I correctly feel a little stupid at the moment. Yesterday was a long day, what can I say. Anyway, I have no doubt you all will help clear my karmic slate by flipping me well-deserved shit when I have the nerve/time to show my face at a future ride.
Aaron
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 8:16 pm
Joined: 25 Jul 2005Posts: 4645
[/quote]
PUSSY FUCKING FUCKERS! (car drivers that is)
I was in PDX last weekend. A woman was KILLED in the same manner as Bryce was. There are still some bike lanes that come to the intersection on the right hand side of the street. Most, however, have been converted to the much safer model of the bike lane being moved to the LEFT of the right hand turn lane. That way cars can turn right without any "going straight" cyclists on their right. Right turning cyclists simply take the right lane and "block" traffic while turning right.
WE NEED MORE EDUCATION.
Education for all and less cat fucking around. It makes me want to poke BtAH's eyes out.
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