Re: Spandex alert!!
Posted: Aug 29th, 2017, 11:15 am
cr125 wrote:I think all sport bicycle riders, i.e., triathlon, biathlon, and whatever else Lon these bicycle people have to engage in, should have to pay to register their "ride" with I.C.B.C , say, $100.00 per year to use the roads and highways. They are not paying any road tax. bully for them by not using any fuel. Motorists are helping pave the roads, peddlers they think they have a right to ride on the painted fog line, and ride side by side. I think if you took a survey, the majority would say keep the events on a special closed course, say, like Area 27 in Oliver.
At least then one would not have to hammer on the brakes because some "spandex wearing person" had to pass his fellow spandex buddy on a blind corner, with traffic coming from behind. (Oh, and by the way, some of you should not be wearing spandex)
Do these people realize they will be on the *bleep* end of a collision with a vehicle?
When I was growing up, Mother always said, "When a car is coming, get your *bleep* off the road as far as possible"
They can pay a tax to I.C.B.C. , and use that money to widen the roads, for the bicycles. Those that choose to put on these events, Cities and sponsors, should make sure their event is as safe as it can be. Auto racing, motorcycle racing, on and off, They have designated facilities, off the main and secondary highways, so as not to endanger the motoring public, and much safer too, I might add..
We are told to give 3ft when going around a bicycle, if we did that we would be over the center line, and heading for on coming traffic
The people who organize these events should take whatever entry fees, if they charge such a thing, and use the money to create a closed course,( and I don't mean the highways,) or use the funds to widen the road for their "race". Maybe a seminar before the race, and remind them of the rules of the road
They should also be policed like motorists , and fined for riding side by side. And take those stupid ear phones out, so you can at least hear if a vehicle is coming up behind you.
The saddest part of it all, is one of these cyclists is going to get run over, and die, by no fault of the motorist, yet it will be the motorist who will still have to live with what happened for the rest of his life, all just so a
spandex wearing "person" had to go faster than his buddy. Hwy 97 and other BC roads are hard enough to try and travel on, without having to worry about a group of peddlers "practicing" on the 2ft strip of pavement on the side of the road.
I hope you get many flat tires and your spandex rides up your crack
A Concerned motorist
Couldn't agree with you more ... those darn cyclists are always out riding their bikes so they must not have a property to pay taxes on which we all know pay for the roads we drivers own by right of might ... and since they spend all that money on high-faluting carbon bikes they must not be able to afford cars so they don't pay any gas taxes, of which, a small portion *might* go back to municipalities to help pay for infrastructure ... and why do the police ignore them when they ride side-by-side, instead choosing to go after a tax-paying citizen buying gas to run a red light almost running over the pedestrian?
Just terrible ... should just ban cycling ... even though it's been around for 200 years it's not like it'll really survive since we have all the oil that we'll need for our lifetime ... drill baby drill!
Take our streets back! I want to socialize with other like-minded drivers while I wait for gridlock to disperse ... the feeling of yelling over some diesel-heads modified exhaust pouring out next to me makes me feel alive ...