Vehicular Arrogance

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Oh! Just a bike rack, never mind that old thing!

What should I lock up to? by certifried, on Flickr

Never mind that there are a LOT of other spots open, some much closer to the building entrance…

No spots open… park in bike rack! by certifried, on Flickr

Just park wherever you want, dick.

Hey, dick. by certifried, on Flickr

@ShawnoftheDread 31621 wrote:

“It’s a shame about your paint, but my keys slipped.”

It’s a shame this is a federal installation with cameras all over.

It’s also a shame the guards like me, greet me in the morning by name, and know of my efforts to bike to work as much as possible. They’re very nice guards… too nice to have the guy towed but they did look up his plate number and call him, told him to move it.

Some others do park in this spot, there’s a BE-A-U-tiful Cobra Mustang that parks here occasionally. He parks off to the side and leaves me tons of room to park. I told him once to make sure he doesn’t scratch my bike! He shouldn’t park there anyways, and hasn’t been lately because he knows I’m biking more and more, but this prick in the photos not only took up the entire spot, but backed up so close to the rack too. I seriously almost locked my bike to his car, but figured my bike would get jacked up, and it’s my nice one (nicest I have anyway). Also, I thought WWDD, and didn’t want to escalate. I almost did pepper spray the door handle, leave him something for later LOL

@Dirt 31649 wrote:

To be fair, I encountered at least 2 dozen examples of bicycle arrogance last night riding about a mile up 15th street cycleway in NW. In general, I think it all balances out and we’ve got plenty of examples of people behaving selfishly in all camps.

I love and respect all mankind.

Dirt.

Yeah, agreed. I was thinking about that when I posted. I originally was going to name the thread “cAr-rogance”, but arrogance is far from a car driver only phenomenon. It’s horrible in the DC area and, in my opinion, is why this area is the worst. It’s arrogance, no respect or consideration for other people on the roads. Blow through stop signs/lights on any vehicle, texting while driving, hell just call it any kind of distracted driving, parking/driving any where you want..etc to hell with anyone else, you’re king of the road.

Am I throwing stones? Not before I threw a few my way, I was BAD. Aggressive, reckless even at times. Cycling has, in part, helped me accept and take responsibility for how dangerous I was. I’ve had a few different things recently in my life that have totally changed me as a person, cycling has been a big part of that (all for the good, I hope). I don’t hope to force people to change, but hopefully I can help inspire a few others to change. A little like Dirt.