Thursday, April 25, 2019

Self-entitled motorists really get on my nerves!

Yesterday, I was riding home from Towne Drugs and someone in a black SUV yelled at me saying I should be on the sidewalk. It was on Western Ave. between 3rd S. and 4th St. As annoying to cyclists as they are, there is a reason for having stop signs at every intersection. Their purpose is to discourage through traffic. This self-entitled motorist was clearly through traffic. He drive the entire length of Western Ave. just to turn right onto 5th St. and left onto Center Ave. I yelled, "Why don't you stay on f***ing Freeport Rd.! another block!" As far as I know, there is only one stop sign in one direction the entire length of Freeport Rd. which is about 20 miles, while Western Ave. has four stop signs in both directions. The whole street is 1/4 mile long. Why do these imbeciles insist on cutting through a neighborhood with narrow, stop sign filled streets so they can endanger myself and my neighbors. If he was in such a hurry, he should have stayed on Freeport Rd., one more block and turning left directly onto Center Ave. Parking is banned on the western side of Center Ave. so there is more room to maneuver around cyclists. We seriously need more enforcement of this stuff as well as education so the people will stop harassing other people who are fulfilling their transportation needs.

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