Scumbag Cyclist Faking Accidents in Canada

We are very familiar with cyclists purposefully causing and inventing accidents in order to gain sympathy for their cause. Here is another one caught red hand-handed. Marko Jurisevic has had 9 cycling accidents, among others, in the past 17 years.

He was caught on surveillance faking injuries he suffered from an accident, carrying his walker and throwing it into the back of a truck.

Never forget this is very common for cyclists, and take any accident you hear about from a cyclist, or read about involving cyclist. While not always the case, there is an excellent chance the cyclist faked the accident. Make sure you give the benefit of the doubt to those who are involved in these accidents.

Once again, I beg of you, do not get road rage and hurt cyclists. I understand that when some douche bag is going 35 MPH under the speed limit and making you late for work, or keeping you from getting home to your family, it can be very tempting to take matters into your own hands. This is what they want. Cyclists ride their bikes on busy, high speed, high traffic roads, they are not afraid to be injured, or even die, for their pitiful cause of wreaking havoc on our roadways. They will go so far as to make the accidents themselves, injuries and all. Always be careful and alert, you never know when a cyclist will try and fake an accident, either to clean you out in court, but more importantly to get political capital to make new laws that give cyclists even more power to make our roads even more dangerous.

Links http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2013/05/14/bc-cyclist-lawsuit-dismissed.html

Atlanta Cyclists Riding on Capitol

Today Atlanta cyclists are riding on the Gold Dome in Georgia. Their goal? To raise awareness of cycling. Newsflash: when your goal is to create havoc every where you go and cause every one else on the roads to slow down to a crawl in an attempt to get around you... every one is well aware of you.

Here we ago again, cyclists trying to use politics and legislation to push their agenda and make the roads less safe for everyone. In this event local politicians come from around the state to hear cyclists ask for bike lanes they won't use, laws that make it impossible to pass them when they are driving 35 MPH under the speed limit, and overall increase chaos on our roads.

I live in the Atlanta area, and like in most metro areas cyclists are a huge problem. We waste millions on bike lanes they refuse to use. And in return we get cyclists riding in large groups, plowing though stops signs and red lights while slowing traffic to a crawl.

Make sure to let your local politicians know that cycling on roads, specifically high traffic, high speed roads, is something that has to stop and makes the roads safer for all of us.

Link: http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/story/21792497/group-rides-to-gold-dome-to-improve-conditions-for-cyclists

Wasington Politcian Wrong About Cyclists, or Is He?

A Washington state lawmaker got into a tiff with a bike store owner over cyclists trying to get out of paying the same taxes all other vehicles pay to use the roads. While arguing for taxing cyclists for using roads, Ed Orcutt made a pretty idiotic comment that cyclists pollute by breathing heavier. This is pretty stupid.

A couple of points here though. Getting cyclists to pay taxes is something more politicians need to get on board with, and despite these moronic comments, I commend this guy for taking this stand. Despite tax revenues being down for most state and local governments, and our public infrastructure crumbling before our eyes, cyclists want to avoid paying taxes for their death traps, depsite claiming to want equality on the roads.

But more importantly he is almost right here. While cyclists' breath does not add to pollution, they do increase gas usage by causing all other vehicles on the road to expend more gas by having to slow down to pass them. We've covered this before.

So yes, this guy is an idiot. But he also is right about a couple of things. Cyclists need to pay taxes if they want to use the roads, and they absolutely do increase pollution by increasing gas usage. Let's get them off the roads and make everyone happy. No taxes for cyclists, less gas and pollution.

http://news.yahoo.com/washington-state-lawmaker-backpedals-saying-cyclists-pollute-breathing-034008925.html

Cyclists Continue to Use Political System to Spread Chaos

As we well know cyclists like getting laws passed that make it even easier for them to create havoc on the streets. Whether it is a 3 foot law that makes it harder to pass them, or having their local governments spend millions to build bike lanes they won’t use, cyclists love to manipulate the political system to feed their own sick pleasures.  Here are some of the latest ways they are doing just that.

First comes a new law spreading out west that allows cyclists to yield at intersection where they would otherwise have to stop at red lights or stops signs. For starters this is a huge waste of legislative time by local governments because cyclists do not stop at these intersections to begin with. But let us pretend that cyclists actually obeyed the rules of the road. This would let cyclists decide if they think they need to stop when they come barreling through an intersection. This is not letting a car turn right without coming to a complete stop if the coast is clear, this let’s cyclists plow through an intersection without stopping. This is currently being proposed in Aspen, and was already law in Idaho for several years. Check out that link for some hilarity.

As dumb as this law is, in rural areas like Idaho it is probably not that big a deal, but imagine laws like this in heavy traffic areas and metro settings. Absolutely amazing someone would want this to pass, even crazier, some actually voted for it to do so. Just further proves the last thing cyclists care about is safely getting from A to B or enjoying a peaceful bike ride. It is 100% about being a menace on the streets.

Next comes cyclists wasting more money by asking for special traffic lights just for them. These can be used for a variety of reasons and mean different things depending on where they are set up, but essentially they are more tax dollars wasted at cyclists’ requests. Cyclists do not obey red lights or stop signs, why spend money to create separate lights for them? 

Cyclists excel at using the political system to their benefit. They get laws passed to make it easier to harass pedestrians and motor vehicles while tying up traffic even more and overall spreading disorder on our nation’s roadways.  And while cyclists are constantly claiming they wanted to be treated as equals on the roads and they seek to have the same rights and rules of the road as cars, they constantly contradict themselves by asking for special treatment because they are on bikes.  The examples keep piling up.

 

Links:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2242412/Bicycle-traffic-signals-green-light-U-S-motorists-beware-green-mean-go.html

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/state-news/aspen-may-ease-bicycle-stop-sign-laws_16479013_

http://bikeportland.org/2009/01/14/idaho-stop-law-faq-13387

Armstrong Interview Shows Cyclists' True Colors

The Lance Armstrong sit-down with Oprah this week got only a fraction of the coverage it should, thanks mostly to Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te’o and his imaginary girlfriend. From the coverage of the interview we did get it was pretty much unanimous, Lance came across as an arrogant ass and looked like an even bigger lying douche bag than before. My question is why were you so surprised? He is a cyclist.

Brooklyn Cyclist Fined $1500

This happened last fall (Oct. 22) but it bears commenting on. A cyclist in Brooklyn was slapped with tickets totaling over $1500 and surprisingly, he is outraged that he should have to pay fines for breaking the law. He admitted to running multiple red lights and riding with headphones on, both of which are incredibly unsafe. But feels the fines are too much.

Boo-hoo. Again, cyclists claim they want the same rules and rights of the roads as motorized vehicles. But when it comes to stopping at red lights, they conveniently forget about those requests for equality. 

NYC cracked down on cyclists in 2011 but is still trying to aggressively ticket those who are being dangerous, which is most cyclists. This should be an example to other cities and towns and hopefully we will see more aggressive ticketing of cyclists  nation-wide, it will help get them off the roads. 

See full story here:

http://gothamist.com/2012/10/08/1555_in_fines_from_biking_in_willia.php#photo-1

Happy New Year

It's 2013 and hopefully everyone enjoyed the Holidays with their families. I know many cyclists are very lonely people but hopefully those few who do have friends and family, spent the time with them and not trying to cheese off cagers. I am sure a number of cyclists took to the streets on Dec 24, Dec 35, Jan 31, and other days trying to keep those with loved ones from spending time with them, but hopefully most of us got where we were going safely and timely.

If you are a cyclists hopefully you make your resolution to get off the bike and stop risking your life, especially if you have people who care about you. Get on the stationary bike if you need exercise, or ride on trails or other places where you aren't slowing down traffic and commerce.

Happy New Year from Spare the Road.