Allow myself to introduce myself.

My name is Andy Metcalf. I live in Murray Utah and I work at the post office. My sexy wife Lori and I have three kids. Grace, Chris and Carter. Here's how I got here...

13 September 2009

I got run over the other day.

I got run over the other day. I was delivering the mail on Broadway and I walked out of a building and onto the sidewalk, and I hear, "Look ou.." and bam! Some Jack ass on a bike hits me. He says something like "watch where you're going" and rides away while I scream "Get off the sidewalk!"
Now maybe I'm wrong, but isn't the sideWALK for people to walk on?
I am increasingly having a problem with cyclists in town. Don't get me wrong, I think riding a bike is great exercise, a great way to get around, and then there's all that bull and smug self-satisfaction about saving the environment. But it's high time for a crack down.
Which set of rules apply to cyclists? Are you a vehicle or are you a pedestrian? It's time to decide, and start living by those rules. I see cyclists ride to the front of the intersection at a red light, and then when the light changes they want to hog the entire lane and hold traffic to their 15 mph speed cap. Then you have two people riding next to each other, one in a bike lane and the other in the motorized lane of travel, doing ten mph, chatting with each other like they are the only ones in the city. I can't tell you how many times I've entered a four way stop intersection, after waiting my turn, only to have some punk barrel through without stopping.
Have you ever noticed that when there's a bicycle vs. car accident on the news the automobile driver is presumed guilty? I'm tired if it. If you want to travel at more than walking speed, and you're going to use wheels of some variety in order to do so, follow the laws or assume the risk.
And if you want to be on the sidewalk, then get off and walk.