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Originally Posted by Nostril Cheese
Coming from a bicyclist in Portland.
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We have a winnah!...
Seriously, I've had this same conversation with my sister. She is an avid cyclist (hell, I once was too, when I was much younger) hell bent on cyclists' "rights" in Seattle. She berates my loud Porsche, my loud Ducati, and my loud Harleys. They "shouldn't be allowed" because they are "so annoying". She thinks everything should be as quiet as her bicycle. She complains that I am (and others like me are) "ruining her quality of life".
Well, I'm sorry dear sister, but many feel the same way about bicyclists in traffic. They are not only annoying, but they are also a danger to themselves and everyone around them. Yet I'm "intolerant" when I point this out. She's not intolerant, because "no one likes loud vehicles".
"Can't we all just get along?"... Seems anything we do today has the potential to annoy someone else. Some of us put up with these endless little annoyances (or ignore them altogether) and just carry on. Live and let live. (Oh, and before anyone brings up my oft voiced opposition to bicycles on motorways, let me be clear - they can annoy me all they like. My objection is the physical hazard they present to themselves and the liability hazard they present to the rest of us. Being merely annoying has nothing to do with it.) Others start chanting "ban it ban it ban it..." firmly believing they should never be annoyed or inconvenienced. Yet nothing they do could possibly annoy or inconvenience anyone, much less create a hazard to them.
Such a glaring case of hypocrisy.