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Jul. 11th, 2009 06:16 pmDisclaimer: 99% or more of drivers in Portland are polite and courteous to me as a cyclist.
But argle fargle nargle bargle did I run into a jackass today.
Shawn and I were going from my house to Chaos Cafe on SE 26th and Powell. We turned onto 26th, and because we were going to be making a left after a single block, we stayed in the middle of the one lane instead of using the bike lane. The light was red, and we were going to go into the left-hand turn lane to wait.
A guy behind me honks and yells "Get out of the way!!"
Dear douchebag: the light here is RED. There are cars already stopped. You're going to have to stop anyway. Secondly, I'm about to turn left, so if I'd been in the bike lane before, I would be moving over right about now anyway. Thirdly, it's a fucking stupid idea to honk when you're behind a cyclist in traffic--if you startle me bad enough and I fall over, will you be able to stop before you run over me?
You new in town or something? Maybe visiting from the suburbs? HEY! THERE'S BIKES IN THE ROAD! Get used to it or leave.
I'm gonna cross post this (with some minor editing) to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
damnportlanders, I think.
But argle fargle nargle bargle did I run into a jackass today.
Shawn and I were going from my house to Chaos Cafe on SE 26th and Powell. We turned onto 26th, and because we were going to be making a left after a single block, we stayed in the middle of the one lane instead of using the bike lane. The light was red, and we were going to go into the left-hand turn lane to wait.
A guy behind me honks and yells "Get out of the way!!"
Dear douchebag: the light here is RED. There are cars already stopped. You're going to have to stop anyway. Secondly, I'm about to turn left, so if I'd been in the bike lane before, I would be moving over right about now anyway. Thirdly, it's a fucking stupid idea to honk when you're behind a cyclist in traffic--if you startle me bad enough and I fall over, will you be able to stop before you run over me?
You new in town or something? Maybe visiting from the suburbs? HEY! THERE'S BIKES IN THE ROAD! Get used to it or leave.
I'm gonna cross post this (with some minor editing) to
damnportlanders, I think.
