Comments on: Bikes vs. Cars

By: Porsche Blog

Porsche Blog — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:44:35 +0000

I can't imagine anyone writing a letter to the editor or standing up in a public meeting and essentially saying “I'll violate traffic laws

By: Motorcycle Insurance

Motorcycle Insurance — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:53:00 +0000

bikes. People complain about bikers breaking traffic laws. Well, I’m guilty, and I’m damn well going to keep doing it. A lot of traffic regulations make sense for cars, but just don’t for bikes

By: Sally

Sally — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 04:48:33 +0000

you know you want a bike to run him over with.

By: Sally

Sally — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 04:46:16 +0000

Can't these motorists remember riding bikes when they were kids? How could you possibly get angry at a cyclist when as a proud car owner, you assume responsibility for road safety. Defensive driving, much? *Gah* Haters.

By: Get Paid To Drive

Get Paid To Drive — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 13:40:13 +0000

People complain about bikers breaking traffic laws. Well, I’m guilty, and I’m damn well going to keep doing it

By: John Temple

John Temple — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 01:58:06 +0000

Perfectly understandable that you think that you should not abide by the same laws, however by that same token since you aren't following laws I expect you will be understanding that I will not treat your bike like a real vehicle unless you do so. Many a time I've seen smug bikers who choose to ignore all the traffic laws, so hav come to the conclusion that unless I see them obeying traffic laws I will ignore them. True they have more manuverability (I butchered that word i think) this does not give them the right to blaze through the center of traffic lanes, run lights or ride wherever they please. Last time I saw a biker doing that I simply opened my door, and the biker was outraged. Apparently its my fault he may have been injured because he was riding between two rows of cars locked in a traffic jam.

By: Sherm

Sherm — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 19:30:05 +0000

I lost all sympathy I ever had for bicyclists when one ran over my foot on the (fairly crowed) sidewalk while going at moderate speeds and made no attempt to stop, forcing me to body check him or else jump into traffic to keep him from doing it again with his rear wheel. He then had the audacity to call the police, and scream and curse at the cop when he was ticketed for riding on the sidewalk. To say nothing of the other times it almost happened, but I was able to jump out of the way. You cyclists want sympathy, try doing some self-policing. Otherwise, expect pedestrians like me to keep secretly cheering when a smug cyclist gets paid for their carelessness.

By: d

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:18:28 +0000

Why so smug about breeding? And, anyway, shouldn't ecofootprints be per capita anyway, so what exactly gets you off the hook simply for not breeding?

By: Henry13

Henry13 — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:00:46 +0000

Jeezum! Such hostility. I wonder if those of you busting wills chops never, ever exceed the speed limit. Do you come to a complete stop before making a right on red? Do you yield to pedestrians at the crosswalk? Do you come to a full stop at stop signs. Ask yourselves. Hypocrites.

The answers are simple. Everybody: slow down, pay attention, and show the other guy just a little consideration.

By: Sonny Bunch » Biking as culture, cont.

Sonny Bunch » Biking as culture, cont. — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:57:42 +0000

[...] with the sanctimonious nonsense one sees from the biking cohort, well, you haven’t read this post by Will [...]

By: Emo As Fuck

Emo As Fuck — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 07:34:16 +0000

[...] Some dork named Will Wilkinson; [...]

By: Adam

Adam — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 21:49:38 +0000

I bike to work every day (don't own a car), but after a collision with a pedestrian (in which I think I was hurt worse than the pedestrian) who unexpectedly turned on the sidewalk, I've been much more careful to ride on roads, and I've changed my route slightly (going a little bit out of the way) to go the right way on one-way streets, etc.

What I *really* *really* hate is smug motorists who honk at me and tell me I'm an idiot when I'm *right* in the middle of traffic on the street, going as fast as any car there at that time, and obeying *every single traffic rule*. It makes me want to scratch their car.

By: dfmcilroy

dfmcilroy — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 18:05:18 +0000

As a lifelong cyclist, I will only say that I think there's a Darwin Award in Will's future. Even if he has already removed himself from the gene pool.

By: theomobiud

theomobiud — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 22:15:48 +0000

You're totally right. I, for one, would not stop to call him childish because I've never been one to add insult to injury.

By: Leaps of Logic « Ms. Sassypants

Leaps of Logic « Ms. Sassypants — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 22:09:13 +0000

[...] in Uncategorized at 6:09 pm by mssassypants Will Wilkerson seems to think** that his lack of a carbon footprint compensates for ignoring all the traffic laws [...]