Jello wrote: ] biochik007 wrote: ] ] Jello wrote: ] ] ] ] I take a right down North Avenue, and as it is a steep ] ] ] ] hill, I am going about 30mph as I approach the ] ] ] ] intersection of Courtland and North. A car pulls out in ] ] ] ] front of me without seeing me. It is scary. I slam on ] the ] ] ] ] brakes, and then continue to coast through the ] ] ] ] intersection. The car behind that one decides that he ] can ] ] ] ] make it, because he does not see me, because he is not ] ] ] ] looking for a bike, and comes within three feet of ] ] ] ] T-boning me before he slams on the brakes. ] ] ] ] ] ] ] ] Two lights up, a winnebago is tailgaiting me about 10 ] ] ] ] feet behind me, and honks. I dutifully give him the ] ] ] ] finger over my right shoulder. An Atlanta PD car ] ] ] ] immediately pulls up beside me, and yells not to do ] that. ] ] ] ] I yell sorry back. I decide that he does not notice the ] ] ] ] "**** the Republican Party" sticker across the front of ] ] ] ] my green army helmet. ] ] ] ] ] ] Atlanta is the WORST city to bicycle in, in America. All ] ] ] those angry hour long commuters rushing to escape the city ] ] ] to ] ] ] their racially pure suburbs really don't "have time" for a ] ] ] ] bicycle to share the road with them. Most suburbanites ] ] aren't ] ] ] even aware that you have all the legal rights in the ] street ] ] ] that they do. ] ] ] ] ] ] I swear to god, after today I'd almost like to pack heat ] ] when ] ] ] I go out on my bike... if this wouldn't garuantee that I'd ] ] ] ] flip out and pop some caps in the tires of offending cars. ] ] ] ] ] ] ] If you drive regularly in the city of Atlanta when you do ] ] not ] ] ] have to, I just want to extend a warm FUCK YOU. Jello had ] a ] ] ] ] ] bad day. ] ] ] ] ] ] I'm not gonna ride for distance in the daytime anymore. ] Its ] ] ] ] ] only safe after 8-9pm. ] ] ] ] Dude sorry to hear about the bad day, and yes Atlanta is the ] ] ] WORST city to bike in, and its not much better to drive in, ] ] with all the turkeys that are out there. God forbid there is ] a ] ] wreck or something on the side of the road, then traffic is ] ] just tied up pretty much for hours bc of stupid idiots ] ] gawking!! Its like "get a life, dumbass!" (not you jello) ] the ] ] idiots!! ;) ] ] The sad thing is that we are unable to come together as a ] community and do anything about our problems. Its only gonna ] get worse. I know, and thats the sucky part, that its only going to get worse, not better :( RE: Please nuke my city and every dirty car driving SOB in it. |