I think in general that drivers everywhere are more aggressive. We are a society that is growing accustomed to having what we want instantaneously....that includes our destination.
I'm more leery of drivers here than in Houston though. :roll:
Driver Pulls Gun on Cyclists This Morning
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I think in general that drivers everywhere are more aggressive. We are a society that is growing accustomed to having what we want instantaneously....that includes our destination.
I'm more leery of drivers here than in Houston though. :roll:
While I certainly agree with your part about "instantaneously", I certainly disagree with what you say about Houston and its drivers. It is the worst city I've ever driven in and that says a lot because I've driven in many, many cities here and abroad. As for the cyclists, it only takes a few seconds to slow down for them and give them the courtesy they deserve. You will find you are always able to pass them quite safely if you just bide your time for an instant or two.
I too rode my bike today and did notice the motorists were more aggressive. I had several close passes which usually doesn't bother me. One of them was a lady driving a Silver BMW X5 baring a SoWal sticker on the right side of the back window and a 30A Radio sticker on the left side. Was this you FL Girl. You sped up to pass me (I was rolling 22 at the time) only 100' before the intersection the Seagrove Market and 30A. Funny thing you tried to jump before your turn in the intersection and I ended up right beside you. You never know who you are going to run into in SoWal
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I forgot to mention that the time was 9:30AM CST.
I also had a couple of meat heads on a maroon minivan yell at me. Actually they might have been cheering me on. I couldn't tell because one of my favorite songs was playing on my IPod.
Now lets talk about the "Multi-use Path". Back in June one of my friends had rented one of our High Pointe units. She and her 12 year old daughter were tooling down the Multi-use Path when a motorists pulled across the path without looking and hit the 12 year old girl knocking her off her bike to the ground. The Popo was called my friend declined to press charges because she felt it could have happened to anybody. Kudos to her.
:funn: I don't drive a BMW!
I wish, but both sides need to be willing to listen and come to some kind of agreeable compromise.
No.
Wow! I could have sworn that I posted that words are much more effective? I don't have road rage, and since dad was a constable, some of the deputies do know who I am.
Frankly, I could care less! I will continue to speak to try to bring some equity to the poor, and those who suffer because of the selfishness of others. Regardless of whether I win the election or not! This position is elected by the majority of voters, and the majority will decide. I don't care for Jimmy Buffet, by the way. My tenants are people trying to make a living against the odds. If you read the Time Magazine article, July 21, it brings a lot of things to light. We need other industry beside tourism!
I have a great compromise...I'll keep coming down to my house on a regular basis and leaving money in the businesses (except the art galleries) in exchange for being allowed to walk on a path, ride a bike on the road, or do any other thing that is legal here or anywhere else.
I'm just poor and downtrodden too; that's why we bought in Seagrove and not Rosemary...
BTW- I love this thread!!!
I'm just poor and downtrodden too; that's why we bought in Seagrove and not Rosemary...
BTW- I love this thread!!!
I currently live England and talk about narrow roads! Sometimes two cars can barely fit side by side much less two cars AND a cyclist, but I see it all the time. Not to mention parked cars in the street, mopeds and even farm tractors on the motorways. I've lived here for four years and I have never seen any road rage directed toward cyclists (no guns because they are illegal over here but that's a topic for another day!). People just accept that cars don't own the roads. Try driving in Holland - that poor man in the orange pick-up would have had a coronary with cyclists come at him from all different directions – he wouldn’t have known who to point his gun at first!
My husband & I recently spent the weekend in Paris and rode bikes all around the city. It was great fun. Instead of charging a congestion charge like London, Paris instead installed bike stalls all over the city. You can rent a bike at one location and return it to another. And people from all economic classes do this. It is ridiculous to try and defend that man’s actions – he was so in the wrong. I don’t understand how anyone cannot see that.
My husband & I recently spent the weekend in Paris and rode bikes all around the city. It was great fun. Instead of charging a congestion charge like London, Paris instead installed bike stalls all over the city. You can rent a bike at one location and return it to another. And people from all economic classes do this. It is ridiculous to try and defend that man’s actions – he was so in the wrong. I don’t understand how anyone cannot see that.