I just don't fucking get it.

[mangosteen]

To the bicyclist that I almost ran over on the way home a few minutes ago:

Wearing dark clothing
on a dark bicycle
at night
making a wide turn
onto a dimly-lit street
WITH NO REFLECTORS
AND NO LIGHTS
IS NOT OKAY!!!!

NOT FUCKING OKAY AT ALL!!!!!

GOT IT?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?

Comments

[sauergeek.livejournal.com]

When on roads, bicycles are subject to all car rules unless the law explicitly says otherwise. As far as I know, there is no bicycle exception for stoplights, stopsigns, one-way signs, do not enter signs, or riding on the correct side of the street.

I would also like to see the pedestrian laws more stringently enforced. I read somewhere (can't remember where) that there has not been a jaywalking ticket issued in Boston since 1977. I am not above approaching a crosswalk in my car with the horn blaring, where I have a green light (and therefore the right of way, absent signs to the contrary), and where pedestrians are crossing against a don't walk light. It's fun to watch them scatter (and they usually do), even though I'm doing this at sufficient distance that I could easily stop before I got to the crosswalk.

Note that I am equally as aggressive as a pedestrian in taking the right of way when I'm entitled to it.