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October 02, 2006
The wisdom of a St. Paul Taxi Driver
Today a cab driver tried to turn right while I was to the right of him, leaving me no room to ride. He hit his brakes and yelled through his window, "Darwin is going to get you!" I proceeded ahead and he sped past me. I caught up to him at the light and he again tried to tell me that "Darwin is going to get you!"
I asked him where he got his driver's license and if he knew what the law was concerning passing bicycles. I also told him that it wasn't Darwin that's going to get me, but drivers like him that are willing to risk the lives of other human beings because they are in too much of a hurry.
To prove something to me, he stepped on the gas when the light turned green, and sped on ahead. I rode the rest of the way home in the smog of cab driver wisdom.
Posted by carl1236 at October 2, 2006 10:35 PM | Attitude
Comments
John,
Sorry to hear that you had an ugly motorist
encounter.
I have negative experiences while cycling about every month or so and sometimes, eventhough it is "unmacho" to admitt it.. kind of scary...
And yet, as I pedal away and the fear goes away, I wonder how much cyclist contribute to this sort of behavour.
Every day that I ride to work in the early morning darkness, at least half of the cyclist have no lights.
I see cyclist riding though red lights and stop
signs, and riding against traffic.
How can this not contribute to motorist thinking that "cyclist need to get off the road for me" and "ride on the sidewalk" and sometimes acting/ driving with this attitude?
regards
eric
Posted by: Eric at October 7, 2006 03:03 PM