[NMCycling] The punishment pass and close calls

[David Porter via Bike-racers]

It's the "blowing through" that upsets them. If one comes to a stop 
first, then proceeds, the hackles come down a notch.. Consider the slow 
down an opportunity for a sprint interval and add to the training 
regimen. ;~)


On 10/26/2016 10:04 AM, New Mexico Sports Online via Bike-racers wrote:
>
> Ya, there are some crazys out there and always will be. We even have 
> been shot at. And with txting the close calls happen even more.
>
> I do understand why some drivers hate cyclist so much…. For all the 
> stop signs and lights we blow through.
>
> I ride on Tramway almost every weekend and watch many cyclists, novice 
> and team riders run many lights. I have seen drivers throw their hands 
> in the air as the cyclist blow right through. Many times you can tell 
> the rider is trying to get in their AT workout and on record pace and 
> don’t want to stop.  It looks so bad as 20 cars are waiting at the 
> light and the cyclist just keeps on rolling.  The other maneuver is 
> the, “light turns red and you take a quick right, cross the street, 
> take a left then another right to keep on going. Some hide it better 
> than others (you have to go up the street a little further)
>
> The other spot is Constitution an Chelwood as many riders scream 
> through there as cars are approaching as they know the car has to stop.
>
> As we all know it only takes a few cyclist riding poorly and we all 
> get the bad wrap.
>
> AND YES, I have run a few stop signs in my past…. I always felt a 
> little guilty…. Now I try to ride so cars don’t have a reason to hate me.
>
> I’m all for the Close Call Database as long as we are rider better and 
> obeying all the laws ourselves.
>
> J
>
> *From:* Bike-racers [mailto:bike-racers-bounces at mailman.swcp.com] *On 
> Behalf Of *Doug via Bike-racers
> *Sent:* Wednesday, October 26, 2016 8:50 AM
> *To:* bike-racers at mailman.swcp.com
> *Subject:* [NMCycling] The punishment pass and close calls
>
> /My experience is there are way too many drivers who want to punish 
> bicyclists for being on “their” road by swerving in front of me or 
> driving dangerously close when passing. You have likely experienced 
> the same driver harassment and endangerment. The *close call database* 
> seems like one tool for punishing drivers who harass and endanger 
> bicyclists with driving behavior. Read more about it by clicking on 
> the Close Call Database link below./
>
> /From VeloNews:/
>
> /“I was riding one day, and police were out in the town of Hygiene, 
> Colorado ticketing cyclists that didn’t come to a complete stop 
> <http://velonews.competitor.com/2015/05/news/legally-speaking-with-bob-mionske-the-idaho-stop_371067> 
> at an intersection. They ticketed some cyclists that came to a stop, 
> but didn’t put their foot down 
> <http://www.oregonlive.com/commuting/index.ssf/2013/08/joseph_rose_no_need_for_bicycl.html>. 
> I didn’t get a ticket and was enjoying my ride. About three miles 
> later, an RV swerved two feet inside the white line at 60 mph and 
> nearly killed me. I could see the driver laughing in the side mirror. 
> That’s when I had the first epiphany that led to the database. The 
> police were doing a great job of protecting cars from cyclists, but it 
> was the cyclists, not the cars, that needed protection.”/
>
> Boulder cyclist and software developer Ernest Ezis was writing to tell 
> me about the close call that led to the creation of his “Close Call 
> Database. <http://closecalldatabase.com/>” The RV driver was making a 
> blatant “punishment pass.” The entire point is to shave it as close to 
> the cyclist as the driver can, to teach the cyclist a lesson for 
> riding on “their” road and being in “their way.” In this case, the RV 
> driver went out of his way to shave it as close as he could.
>
>
>
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