I have a special kind of hatred for those who ride their bikes in the road. Especially when there’s a perfectly good sidewalk 2 feet over where all the other pedestrians are located. I don’t know when our society shifted its opinion on cyclists, to the point that we seem to believe someone riding a bike is closer to being a car than a walking person. Is it the two wheels that confuse everyone? Personally, when I see a cyclist, I just see a person moving a wee bit faster than the walking people. So why, oh why, do they suddenly get to ride in the road? I don’t get it.
BUT let’s just say for the sake of the argument, our society now believes cyclists belong in the same category as cars. That’s why they get to ride in the car lanes, and use their arms to signal (very safe by the way) and make everyone have to drive in constant fear of knocking this person off the bike to their death. Fine. Cyclists are like cars. If this is true, why in God’s name do so many cyclists seem to think none of the rules of the road apply to them? For fuck’s sake, if you’re going to drive in the road like you’re a car, at least act like one. These cyclists – you know the douchebags I’m talking about - they switch back and forth between road and pedestrian rules, like some sort of double agent outlaw of the streets and sidewalks. What kind of horseshit is this? The cyclist decides to alternate between street and sidewalk, as seen convenient for them. Whichever set of rules or road identity get them there the fastest, that’s the one they go with.
Personally, I think it makes a lot more sense for the cyclists to be on the sidewalk. Until their bikes are sporting an engine – you know like a MOTORCYCLE, they can just stay put there. If there is an accident of some sort, I can pretty much guarantee there will be less of a mess if it happens on the sidewalk than on the road.
Along with being the douchebags that they are, these cyclists are opening up doors for others. The other day I saw a girl rollerblading in the road. Rollerbladers get to be in the road, really? Because ya, she’s pretty much like a car right? She is on 8 tiny little wheels, after all. What’s next? Skateboarders in the roads? Why don’t we just have people doing their morning jog smack dab in the middle of traffic? Oh I don’t know, maybe cause that would be bloody retarded. Aside from all my rage, I would also like to draw attention to another point. How is it that drivers can get tickets for going too slow, since it’s important that drivers keep up with the speed of traffic etc etc, and yet bikers get to go way below the speed of traffic? There’s pretty much no chance of a bike being able to keep up with the cars around them, unless the cars are crawling due to traffic. But apparently, that’s okay. On the road, we’ll just treat the bikers like we treated the “special” children in class, with their own set of privileges and unfair rules.
