lilyan

add taxi cabs to that list. fuck cabs. Written on 8/5/07

My Comment:

JaneCopland

I hear you. I always think, "now, careful of the taxi, because he has nothing to lose..." Written on 8/5/07

My Comment:

Fluxx

Cabs are the worst drivers on the road. Period. Written on 8/5/07

My Comment:

sportrider

What about motorcycles?

And don't buy a hybrid. They're still pieces of shit. You will NEVER get 60 mpg in a hybrid. An RS250 (sportbike) on the other hand, regularly gets over 70 mpg. Stays in its lane, unless its passing you, and doesnt clip your mirrors when it does, and looks like this.

Written on 8/5/07

My Comment:

sportrider

Did I mention that it can also do 0-60 in 3 sec?
And that it sounds like sex? Written on 8/5/07

My Comment:

JaneCopland

Motorcycles will be allowed for the reasons you've specified. I've never almost killed / been almost killed by a person on a motorcycle.

See? I'm flexible! Written on 8/5/07

My Comment:

tiburonbite

I bet I could get all the way to work in Jane-Land without even rolling down my window.

What's the deal with recumbent bikes? These things look stupid even to other spandex-wearing, protein-bar chomping cycle dorks. Why would you pick an activity that is already pretty stupid looking and decide to do the stupidest version of it?

And to the people reading this and thinking, "Oh, man. I know everything about recumbent cycles and i'll let this guy know exactly why he's wrong!"; save it. They are stupid.

Sportrider: Do you ride a motorcycle? It's hard to tell, but I think you might ride a motorcycle. Written on 8/5/07

My Comment:

sportrider

'99 Suzuki GSX-R 750. In case the avatar, most of my comments, and my name don't give it away. Written on 8/5/07

My Comment:

tiburonbite

Thanks for clearing that up. Written on 8/5/07

My Comment:

Killer

I couldn't agree more. Dallas, TX has some of the worst drivers in America (I'm sure many other cities can claim the same), and when things are already infuriatingly congested, the last thing anyone needs is a freakin' cyclist shutting down an entire lane!! But I'm a little more flexible than you, Jane. I say if you can bike the speed limit, feel free to partake of the right lane. But if you're doing 10mph on a 45mph-limit street, you're going to hear me honking as I pass you with only inches to spare. And here's another thing - if you're going to take to the streets and demand to be treated as a car (which I reject), then follow the damn traffic laws like everyone else!! Don't you dare ride between lanes to get to the front of a stop light. And don't feel like your exempt from stoplights altogether. One of these days I'm going to watch a biker get slammed trying to run a stoplight and I'll be hard pressed to find any sympathy.
Many cities have bus lanes (Dallas isn't one of them), and I think they work quite well. In that case, I'm cool with buses. Cities ought to also have bike lanes . . . and the cyclists should stay in them!!
And sportrider is right. My dad drives a prius (I call it the roller skate) and it usually gets around 50mpg at best - not the 60mpg it advertises. As for cool-looking ecofriendly cars, I'm looking into the Tesla roadster. I'm not sophistocated enough to include a hyperlink, but try this URL: http://www.teslamotors.com/index.php?js_enabled=1 Written on 8/5/07

My Comment:

girlinlove

hey! i was just going to post my own blurb about Tesla! They are sexier than a Prius, so Jane, you can maybe look into it. It also costs like 150,000 dollars. But they are supposed to be coming out with more affordable versions in upcoming years. What would suck is if their more economical versions come out looking like Prius's anyway. Written on 23/5/07

My Comment:

sportrider

See, on a bike, u can ride up next to the offending biker, nod ur head in dismay, then gun the engine, and leave him behind in a trail of exhaust smoke, and noise.

If ur really good, u can start a rolling burnout in front of the offending biker... petrolheads should know what happens next :D Written on 8/5/07

My Comment:

unbelievable

As a cyclist, I'd like to say, please don't fuck us - we already get way more sex than car drivers do anyway. :-)

Whoops - gotta go get some now! Written on 9/5/07

My Comment:

KileySquared

Who wants to have sex with a chafed perineum? Next! Written on 9/5/07

My Comment:

unbelievable

Well, how long have you got?? Written on 9/5/07

My Comment:

girlinlove

also, guys who ride bikes usually have testicle problems! Written on 23/5/07

My Comment:

JaneCopland

Oh my God, what a fantastically hilarious pun! That's just so funny! I'm going to remember that one and use it later, for sure. Wow, cyclists are just so awesome. Written on 9/5/07

My Comment:

tiburonbite

Not sure sarcasm is being picked up in this thread, Jane. Mine sailed high. Written on 9/5/07

My Comment:

JaneCopland

Yeah, why do I bother? Written on 9/5/07

My Comment:

KileySquared

I honestly love you. As a fellow Seattle driver, I laughed my ass off when someone first told me about third avenue being closed during rush hour except for transit and bicycles... the laughter quickly turned to unadulterated rage. Ever tried driving out Lake Washington Boulevard on a weekend and being stuck behind a gaggle of nine to twelve cyclists?

I'm thinking my next upgrade will be a cow catcher. Written on 9/5/07

My Comment:

JaneCopland

If I hit them, it's my fault. If they hit me, it's my fault. You know what pisses me the fuck off the most? When they throw their arm out and yell "Comingnghthwtrough!" and swerve out in front of you.

I yelled at one bitch this morning, "Hey, asshole! Red lights apply to you too!" I can't wait to see one of them creamed by a bus when they're breaking road rules.

My rage is growing. But at least I don't look like a dweeb in multi-coloured spandex. Written on 9/5/07

My Comment:

ScottWill

Weekend? Hell, I get stuck behind cyclists on Lake Washington Boulevard at least 4 days a week. There are BIKE PATHS through the arboretum that will get them to the same place without backing up a line of 15 cars!! Written on 9/5/07

My Comment:

Bananas

A cow catcher... YES! Or maybe a snow plow. Written on 18/5/07

My Comment:

blitzhund

Fuck cabs, fuck big lorries, fuck buses, fuck bicyclist and a BIG FUCK OFF to 'Chelsea' Tractors aka SUVs. The next time an SUV pulls out almost side-swiping and thus murdering my entire family because you're too busy doing your hair/talking on your phone/reading the Economist/etc there's going to be a statistic occuring on Britain's roads.

Come to think of it...don't fuck buses, if I could take bus or train to where I work I'd never drive in rush hour traffic on the Edinburgh bypass again.
Written on 9/5/07

My Comment:

Grandjester

The weekends are even worse, as herds of these fuckers come out and ride together, double wide.

Schwetty balls stuffed in spandex with the sex jamming them up your ass, are these guys even capable of sex? Written on 9/5/07

My Comment:

MildlyDisturbed

Hrmm, maybe it's just here, but I never see an issue with buses or bikes.

Perhaps just advocating arming people and shoot any bad drivers/bikers would be a decent solution. Saves a lot of time and keeps people paying attention to what they're doing. Written on 9/5/07

My Comment:

JaneCopland

Sometimes I just wish I could point something sharp at them and say, "Watch it." That alone would make me feel better. Cyclists are now tied for first place in my Hate List with sorority girls. Written on 9/5/07

My Comment:

MildlyDisturbed

For Nashville, the hate list goes

1. fuggers who try to merge on the interstate in stopped traffic by going at a 90 degree angle across a giant no-merge strip, stopping all traffic because they want to get onto the interstate.

2. idiots in large vehicles that tailgate me at 80 mph while I'm on my bike.

3. Tourists (the only people who wear cowboy hats and boots in Nashville are the tourists and the people catering to tourists)

4. The idiot in front of me in line who I now know all about his and "Gloria"'s business while waiting for him to put down the freaking phone and order a sammich so I can order mine. Written on 9/5/07

My Comment:

scottieJ

OOOH, Holy Fuck. Let me add to this.

So, about two weeks ago I was going to a Seattle Mariner's game. I live around South Lake Union (just north of downtown) and it took me a GODDAMN FUCKING HOUR to get to Safeco (just south of downtown)...what should have taken 15-20 minutes tops. You know why? some group of 50 or so cyclists were riding around downtown causing so many fucking traffic jams at 6 PM on a Friday. Just joy riding down second, then first, up to third....just to be assholes I am sure. Now, I own a bike...and I am ready to burn it. I hate them. And whilst I was stuck on 1st in Pioneer Square watching those sons-of-bitches on the other side of the median....I was stuck behind a bus! I was so entirely pissed off. My buddy called me from the field and got ten minutes "Fucking bikers fucking fuck biker fucks"

I always love stories of bikers running a red light and getting creamed by a bus.

whew.

and yes. Why do buses take up a half of two lanes instead of just one lane? Written on 10/5/07

My Comment:

anagrammar

yes, none of us should ride buses or bicycles. if you're too poor to own a car, FUCK YOU!

this is the stupidest thing i have ever read. and i never ride a bike, but really. did you ever stop to think if people weren't in buses and on bikes there'd be twice as many cars on the road, driving like assholes, causing just as many if not more traffic delays?

Written on 10/5/07

My Comment:

sportrider

yes, but you see... cars have the distinct advantage of an engine. Now while they may not be as thermodynamically efficient as the human metabolic system, they can hustle pretty damn fast.
Bernoulli's principle. In order to keep the same flowrate, if you increase the volume of fluid, you must increase the velocity of the fluid. Just raise the speed limit to 150 mph. Then all the idiots will kill themselves, and us smart people can take over the world. First order of business, kill Cheney. That guy scares the fuck out of me. Id rather be in a small munitions room with Osama Bin Laden, than be in the same city as Cheney. Written on 10/5/07

My Comment:

anagrammar

really the problem is a lack of a decent bike path system in this country. in northern europe it's easy as hell to bike around. here, you get a foot-wide lane on the side of a busy highway or some bullshit.

anyway, asshole drivers piss me off way more than cyclists. Written on 10/5/07

My Comment:

JaneCopland

Your comment is the fucking stupidest thing I've ever read. Did you ever stop to think that nothing on Drivl should be taken remotely seriously? That everything we write is tongue-in-cheek?

Fuck off back to the serious corner of the Internet from where you crawled. Written on 10/5/07

My Comment:

anagrammar

oh, i get it now.
it's supposed to be FUNNY that you hate cyclists and buses.
oh my god. that's so fucking hilarious.
can't. stop. laughing.
[/sarcasm] Written on 11/5/07

My Comment:

JaneCopland

So you think it's okay for buses to run into other cars by taking up two lanes (as one did to my co-worker), for cyclists to hold up long lines of traffic every morning, run into people on the sidewalk (as they've done to me, twice), and for them to boldly break road rules by running read lights and stop signs?

You are a fucking idiot. Written on 11/5/07

My Comment:

anagrammar

yes.
that is exactly what i said.
you are a fucking genius. Written on 11/5/07

My Comment:

girlinlove

JANE!!

What is drivl doing wrong that all these serious people are stumbling upon it and getting angry??

how about this: write an article about how fucked up it is to post on Drivl about how stupid and totally unserious the posts are, forever requiring everyone to comment "Geepers, it's a joke!!" That's like bursting up out of the audience at an SNL taping and shouting "This is a farce! All you're doing is making fun of people, sometimes not even that well!! I'm leaving!"

so leave.

Poor Jane. Keep on getting pissed off and ranting. It amuses me. Written on 23/5/07

My Comment:

JaneCopland

I don't know where all these Serious Susies came from, either! "Meehhhrr, abortion is wrong. Meehhhrrr, cycling isn't bad. Meehhrrr, you damn liberals."

Seriously. Get over it already! Written on 24/5/07

My Comment:

bikerchick

Hmm while I personally never ride on the sidewalk, I must say that I do believe in karma. Written on 13/6/07

My Comment:

birdseatbugs

We're angry because we're sick of watching people who should know better (bicyclists who appear to be older than eight; men and women with passenger-class commercial driver's licenses) trying to get themselves or others killed.

I too live in Seattle and I cannot tell you how many times I have seen dimwits on bikes (usually without helmets) running stop lights and stop signs. It's one thing if it's midnight and there's no traffic for a quarter-mile in any direction; it's another entirely to do it at four o'clock on a Friday afternoon before a Mariner's and/or Sonics game. I mean, if I have to fucking obey the traffic laws, why don't they? What makes _them_ so special?

Look, I don't care if you want to ride your bike (regular or recumbent) from here to Barrow. I don't care if you wanna take the bus from here to Fort Lewis. What I care about is _not_ having to witness death and mayhem in the wake of some self-centered asshole who can't be bothered to respect the fact that my Washington state DOL-issued plate means I have just as much right-of-way as they do, or that they're above red lights and stop signs.

And just for the record: bicyclists riding in the streets are by law required to respect all of the rules of the road, so sayeth the Washington State Department Of Transportation.
Written on 14/5/07

My Comment:

JaneCopland

I yell at them when they break road rules. And I yell loud. Written on 17/5/07

My Comment:

Aleksandra

1) This is why all major cities need subway trains.
2) If you're only going two miles, frickin walk.
3) Not everyone on the road drives like an asshole. Cyclists all ride like assholes. I'm sure they'd be better behind the wheel of a car. Written on 18/5/07

My Comment:

Matt

Do you by any chance live in Burlington, Vermont? After eight years here, I've come to believe that this is the capital of annoying, arrogant cyclist douchebaggery. The worst is when they choose which rules they want to follow. They'll stop at red lights when they don't need to, but they'll still weave in and out of traffic. Mind boggling. Written on 17/5/07

My Comment:

JaneCopland

Douchebaggery is the new favourite word. No, I live in Seattle, but I'm learning that cycling douchebags are everywhere.

Apart from Houston. There are none in Houston. Everyone drives Hummers there. Written on 17/5/07

My Comment:

Bananas

Ok, this post TOTALLY MAKES MY DAY. This is exactly what I think all the time. Cyclists drive me crazy. They think they can be a pedestrian (GIVE ME RIGHT AWAY) AND a car (I CAN TAKE UP A WHOLE LANE). They are constantly causing near-accidents and making people late to work. The other day my little son and I were crossing IN A CROSSWALK (the CARS had stopped) and we were literally just about hit by a bicyclist who refused to stop, and who then turned around to YELL AT US. Oh, I'm sorry, is my crossing in a crosswalk a problem for you? AAARRRGGGHHH!!! Written on 18/5/07

My Comment:

JaneCopland

Today in Seattle, apparently, was Ride To Work Day. They had a tent set up near the University of Washington and were giving away shit to the cyclists. There were possibly 70% more of them out and about, creating havoc. Today was not a good day.

I got hit once by a cyclist who came riding around a corner on the sidewalk and slammed into me. He rode off. I wish I'd chased him down and shoved him off the fucking thing. Written on 18/5/07

My Comment:

jorn

Around my home are a myriad of bike paths. Often, there will be a bike path on both sides of a street.

These bike paths are expensive. I know this. I have paid for them a few times on my property taxes. Okay.

Do the cyclists use them? No. They ride on the road. That's right; the too-cool cycle dweebs fuck up traffic on the congested byways while traveling parallel to a pair of new, smooth, unused bike paths. Bike paths.

Why?! Written on 25/5/07

My Comment:

bikerchick

Perhaps if the people creating these bike paths actually consulted with actual cyclists before they created them that might help. If the bike path is separated from the roadway like a sidewalk it becomes quite dangerous to ride on at anything more than a tottering speed because it puts the cyclist into conflict with turning vehicles at every intersection. Its also funny how people don't realize what is actually fucking up traffic... Written on 13/6/07

My Comment:

wiccan3

All bikers feel they are above us all because they love
the enviroment sooooo much.
Makes me sick. They want the respect of other drivers, then they should behave as other drivers. We stay in our
lanes and we don't go up the fucking middle and
then cut in front of cars to make turns. Most bicyclists
are ivory tower liberals who refuse to accept the idea of the law of the jungle.
It is obvious to me that bicyclists are NOT physics
majors. 1 ton car hitting a 100lb human on a 3lb aluminum
bike, guess who wins the intertia award there?
All asholes.
Written on 19/6/07

My Comment:

JaneCopland

I'm a bit of an snotty liberal, but I just can't stand cyclists. One of them whacked the back of my car yesterday afternoon with his fist because my car, stopped at a light, was too close to the parked cars on the side of the road for him to sail on by.

Scott saw one get creamed a few weeks ago when it was tailgating a van badly enough that the van's driver couldn't see it, and the van turned left. Awwwwwwwsome. Written on 11/7/07

My Comment:

FLYBYU

What exactly is funny about someone getting hit by a vehicle? Just wondering what type of sick twisted humour one needs to have to find that funny. I guess if I were to adopt your train of thought, then I would find it hilarious if you got into a car accident and were injured or killed, hell I'd be rolling on the floor laughing that would be so hilarious. Why don't you pull your head out of you self absorbed ass for a minute and try being a decent person for a change. By the way, Fuck car drivers, they're all assholes anyway. Written on 15/12/07

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