This article appears in Dec 6-12, 2007.
…Two wheels, bad-ass
To the Anonymous Asshole who wrote in last week’s Bitch that he/she will give a cyclist “a little love tap” with a truck. Go right the fuck ahead and do it, it may hurt me more than it hurts your truck, but it sure as hell is going to hurt your insurance
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They’re all talk and no show. They know just as well as you do – that the insurance won’t be able to do dick for them.
oh shut up for christs sake I doubt you can accelerate as fast as my car. Wait I know because I use to ride my bike everyday everywhere. Unless you have turn singles and brake lights I don’t want you in front of me.
If you ever drove a bike (coming from someone with a liscence but uses the bus) – THERE ARE TURN SIGNALS – IT’S CALLED ARMS…Now unless the cyclist doesn’t use it – then yeah it’s a pain in the ass….and as for brakes – once again – ARMS THERE’S A SIGNAL IMPLYING THAT YOU’RE ABOUT TO COME TO A STOP.Go re-read your drivers hand book.
And no I don’t ride a bike.
Zac, I don’t give a fiddler’s fuck whether you want me in front of you or not. I AM GOING TO BE IN FRONT OF YOU, and the law is on MY SIDE. So suck it up.
Bicycles are a junior form of transportation as compared to motor vehicles and need to know their place. If they insist on being where they don’t belong the consequences deserve to fall onto the cyclist.
According to the LAW, which incidentally is not spelled K-E-I-T-H, bicycles belong on the road. Christ on crackers, why do you people have such a hard time with this concept? You HAVE to share the road with cyclists. You have NO CHOICE. You don’t have to like it, but you do have to suck it up.
Coyote – I agree with you. Motorists need get of their high horses and realize the bikers are actually MUCH more efficient. Biking is a much cheaper, healthier alternative to driving gas guzzling vehicles. Think if everbody drove a BIKE to work in the morning – much less traffic, less chance of death on impact, less carbon being emmitted, people wouldn’t have to deal with costly dishonest garages for repairs, more physically fit people, less road rage. Keep biking, Coyote…every motorist’s insurance policy is there to protect YOU.
There’s a place for people like Zac and Keith – it’s called Calgary.
KEITH please refer to the HRM Roadwork Bitch – I left you a present. (And anyone else who wants to read it – feel free!)
Hey now, Keith is entitled to his opinion. I just want him to understand that it’s irrelevant. I could stand up and say, fat people shouldn’t be allowed to ride the bus because they inconvenience the non-fat majority. It’s a stupid opinion, nobody with a clue takes it seriously, and it has absolutely no impact on the situation under discussion. Just like Keith’s (and Zac’s) opinion that bicycles don’t belong on the road. But you boys have a right to your opinion. Just understand that the law’s not going to change because you’re an idiot.