Stallworth to serve 30 days

[mike340]

Originally Posted by GMScud

I cut through Rock Creek Park at least 3 or 4 days a week. I spend too much time behind cyclists. My big beef isn't so much that they're on the road. It's that they want every right a car has, and then (for the most part, but not all) they ignore things like stop signs. Just rubs me the wrong way.

I agree with you. I myself am a cyclist and it kills me when others don't follow the rules. (I've also noticed that a lot of these same jerks don't wear helmets.)
I'm sure this behavior is the reason that, when I was hit head-on in a triathlon by a motorist who insisted on entering the course, who then started screaming at me afterwards (forget an apology), they only fined him $35 for reckless driving. In fact, the police wouldn't even come over to talk to me! As for me, I was in excruciating pain for a month while I was trying to increase the range of motion in my knee to 90 degrees. And my bike was totaled of course.

(By the way, I am OK with not stopping at a stop sign on an uphill when there's no traffic there.)

[GMScud]

Originally Posted by mike340

I agree with you. I myself am a cyclist and it kills me when others don't follow the rules. (I've also noticed that a lot of these same jerks don't wear helmets.)
I'm sure this behavior is the reason that, when I was hit head-on in a triathlon by a motorist who insisted on entering the course, who then started screaming at me afterwards (forget an apology), they only fined him $35 for reckless driving. In fact, the police wouldn't even come over to talk to me! As for me, I was in excruciating pain for a month while I was trying to increase the range of motion in my knee to 90 degrees. And my bike was totaled of course.

(By the way, I am OK with not stopping at a stop sign on an uphill when there's no traffic there.)

I cut through Rock Creek on my way to my Dad's yesterday, and as I was pulling up to a stop sign, a line of bikers 6 or 7 people long was coming down the hill to my left. It was an all-way stop, and I sat there and watched all of them cruise right through the stop sign like it wasn't there while I was waiting. It was a beautiful day here in DC, so I had the windows down and sunroof open. Trust me, I let those jackasses know how I felt. My girlfriend looked at me like I was nuts. Oh well. Maybe next time they'll consider STOPPING at a STOP sign. I doubt it though.