MOPED ARMY

When we say `Ride like yer invisible.' …….we are NOT kidding. Your life depends upon believing the cager is gonna try to get out in front of you(or not even see you) or do the wrong thing.

Keep yer lights working, flashers are a good idea, and use BOTH mirrors. Helmet.

if you fear riding , why do you own a bike?

all in general

I live in a city that is practically self- policing... wonderful but sometimes maddening.

I've been angrily scolded for nonsense like ignoring a stop sign in the middle of an EMPTY 50 acre grocery store parking lot, on the Puch at about 10mph. Guy waited at the far edge of the lot near the exit just roll down his window and bitch.

Another day I stopped at, and then continued through, one of those double red lights at a railroad crossing. On a BICYCLE. No barrier boom or other. 5mi outside the city limits. I waited for the next one to go green, of course.

Guy behind me let traffic pile up behind him so he could slow down when he came up on me, roll down the passenger window, and bitch. Really creepy that one was. This dude was spittin angry. "Laws apply to EVERYONE" kind of shit.

Its like that all the time. Safe for sure, but overdone. Four way stop sign intersections are comically slow with everyone waiting for each other to make up their damn minds and take their rightful turn without imposing on anyone else.

I can even get exasperated by the overly good intentioned deference paid to non cagers. You're car is stopped at a four way. You need to go. You do NOT need to wait with a sweet smile for the moped, whose turn is clearly after you, and wave him through like you're being polite to the disadvantaged. Just GO for God's sake. (edited)

I kicked a car once, punched his mirror off and kicked out a taillight. But that was because he actually intentionally tried to run me off the road into a telephone pole. it was insane. Still, kicking the car turned out to be a bad idea because it made him much more intent on actually killing me with his car and that's not a battle you can win

I forgot to bring my stubborn aversion to change and progress.

You don't have to censor yourself here. The fascists at the FCC can't infringe on your first amendment rights here.

my akmed post was censored ;)