Dear Rich Lord,

I am responding to your article found at… Linking to the Bike Pittsburgh post rather than the article itself…

I commute to work on a bike three days a week and drive the other two so I see both sides of the story that you didn’t present. From my point of view both cyclists and motorists break the law daily.

I cant remember the last time I saw someone actually obey the posted speed limit, or didn’t witness someone floor it to get through a yellow light. Every day I see at least five people on their cell phone, not paying attention to the road or their surroundings.

I challenge any of your sources to give me a day when they don’t experience these things as well.

Your sources point out a small subset of cyclists in Pittsburgh who put themselves and others around them in danger with reckless riding habits. When I am on my bike I am defensive, safe and predictable as are the majority of cyclists I encounter daily. I slow at all stop signs and I stop and cautiously go at all stop lights when it is safe to do so. I don’t obey the laws exactly as they are written, but neither do 90% of the drivers I encounter.

I believe your contributors should take a long hard look at their fellow drivers habits before they choose to criticize the way cyclists share the road. Cycling is here to stay, we are not going anywhere. Time to get used to us and work with us to make our city a cleaner, better city.

Sincerely, Ryan Sprake

Exciting news to see Pittsburgh go another step further in making the city a happy place to ride your bike.

Read about it!

There are a lot of reasons why you need to use your turn signal when driving. The main reason being people need to know where you are going! This will be an on-going series from me bitching about jerk faces who don’t use their turn signals.

Turning right when a biker is passing you in the bike lane

When you don’t use your turn signal in this case I assume your going to continue driving straight. Why would I ever assume otherwise? When you suddenly turn right and almost hit me its your fault, not mine. I saw you, I saw that your turn signal was not on and I continued riding. YOU are the one who didn’t tell me you were turning, I would have stopped if you would have said so.

Thank you jerk face.

There are a lot of reasons why you need to use your turn signal when driving. The main reason being people need to know where you are going! This will be an on-going series from me bitching about jerk faces who don’t use their turn signals.

Turning left while a pedestrian waits to cross at a cross walk

Without your turn signal on the I think your going straight. When I attempt to cross the street and you turn at the same time your not allowed to honk your horn and act like its my fault that you almost ran me over. See, I have the right away. Its a cross walk OK guy?

Use your turn signal jerk face!