@GhostOnTheHalfShell The framing by the author, whining about bicyclists, is detached from reality given the way bicyclists are frequently menaced and harmed by reckless motor vehicle operators, often with little or any consequence.

This dude is kvetching about having to share the road with and have some consideration for bicyclists who are - gasp, shock - acting in the interests of their own safety.

@GhostOnTheHalfShell @MisuseCase

Transportation is a human right, you say. I agree.

But you would deny that right to anyone for whom bicycles or buses don’t work for whatever reason. Old or crippled? Too bad. Bus schedules or routes don’t work with your schedule? Too bad.

Someone made a meme defining privilege as the freedom to ignore problems that don’t affect you.

But you accuse me of privilege when the only job I can get is driving for DoorDash. Better think this one over again.

@GhostOnTheHalfShell @MisuseCase

Bicyclists run red lights at a far higher rate than automobile drivers. When I see a bicyclist at an intersection, I have to assume they'll disregard any traffic controls whatsoever--and with extraordinarily rare exceptions, they do.

@MisuseCase @GhostOnTheHalfShell

I *was* in Pittsburgh. And yes, there are people insane enough to ride bicycles amid all the conditions you describe (if anything, you understate them) and amid the absolutely insane testosterone-raging drivers there. I was stunned.

Those conditions were one factor in my decision to *leave* Pittsburgh. In general, it's a hateful place and the only progressive elements to be found are pretty much inside the city limits (where rents are high). I didn't realize how much Pittsburgh was stressing me out until I left.

But my experience with bicyclists spans California, where I lived for over 50 years, Pittsburgh, and Erie. I left California in 2019 so I don't really know present conditions there and that's why I refrained from mentioning it in this discussion even though, in my experience, it is where the most arrogant cyclists are to be found--many won't stop for anything.

@MisuseCase @GhostOnTheHalfShell

The accusation here is of selective observation, which can at least as easily be laid against you. In this case, it would require that I never notice when a bicyclist conforms with the vehicle code. Usually--not always--they ride as far to the right as practicable. I almost never see them stop for a stop sign or a red light and I have to notice this to avoid hitting them.

It's not like I'm driving streets with five lanes in each direction where I might overlook a cyclist in the far lane. The roads around Erie and Pittsburgh are mostly two-lane roads (one in each direction), rarely more than four lanes (two in each direction).

I see bicyclists as motorists shift left (crossing lane boundaries) to maneuver around them. I see bicyclists as other drivers take similar precautions to the ones I take. Frankly, I see bicyclists a bit more reliably than I do motorcyclists (who seem to love hanging out in my blind spots).

@GhostOnTheHalfShell You are saying this in front of a bicyclist who always stops at traffic lights, and who has never seen a bicyclist in her area blow through a traffic light.

Maybe you only take notice of certain things when you dislike them?

@GhostOnTheHalfShell @MisuseCase

They used to--when I was a kid--open the west sidewalk of the Golden Gate Bridge to bicyclists on weekends and, I think, holidays. Somehow that seemed to have gone by the wayside and I have no idea why.

Eh, Trump doesn't have a political ideology. He has a personal ideology. It's literally so _simple_ I suspect that's why some folks have missed it.

Trump's ideology is: "There is only today. Today I must come out on top."

That's it.

There's _no_ complexity to the man. _None_.

Any action he takes cast in that light is self-explanatory.

even having monkeys in charge of the White House would yield better results. When you hire amateurs:

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