There are few things that bother me as much as getting scolded by a vehicular cyclist. Especially when the scolding comes at 6:30am while I’m rolling slowly through an intersection when the only people on the road are me and the vehicular cyclist. Not a car in sight. I am conditioned to expect scolding from drivers and when it comes from a another cyclist it stings a bit more.
I did nothing to endanger Mr. Righteous Commuter when I went to the sidewalk on the left of him on 12th Avenue and gracefully crossed Madison and onto Union while he posted up in the left turn lane like a traffic safety instructor with one foot down smack dab in the middle of a 5-way intersection. No matter what John Forester says or what Dave Hiller wants you to do, there are ways around left turn lanes that I believe are safer for cyclists and less annoying to drivers. I meant no disrespect to his respect for the red light. In my opinion traffic signals in the wee hours are like serving suggestions and not rigid recipes to be followed to the exact teaspoon. The strict vehicular cyclist recipe won’t work for me no matter what time it is or how much traffic is on the road. I’ll cherry pick the parts that make sense and disregard the rest.
At the green light on Pike at Broadway I sat and waited for Mr. RC to catch up just to see if he really was talking to me but he had nothing more to say.
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When idiots scold me for no good reason I respond with. "If I wanted any shit out of you I'd squeeze your head." I stole that from "The breakfast club" and they most likely can't hear me but I feel better and that's important.
