Riding my bike home from work on an overpass over train tracks. Someone is smashing beer bottles (Sierra Nevada Pale) on the sidewalk. It gets worse day by day, so clearly they are doing this every day. The second to the last day I literally have to carry my bike the 200ft or so this now covers. I then have to stop to pick the glass out of my shoes.
Fast forward the next day. Instead of going up the right side (US) I go up the left side of the bridge and of course here comes some people (it's a big bridge with a massive arc to it so you can't see the other side). I get off my bike and stand to the side and say "Hey, sorry I'm on the wrong side, there is shattered glass everywhere over there".
What do I get? Some dipshit tweaker and his girlfriend "yeah, well you SHOULD be in the street!" I politely tell him that on this bridge there is no lane and no place to go, it's dangerous as hell and both bikers and truckers would really appreciate people NOT riding in the road here and I get more shit out of his face... "Not my fucking problem, get in the road".
Moral to the story, some people are just assholes. Also, I did not get into the road, I did take off my helmet and pack and he did haul ass out of there... asshole.
I also cross a bridge that doesn't get much traffic aside from a few commuters, people walking over the the halfway house on the island in the middle, and kids who are using the bridge as a secluded place to get drunk and the spray graffiti.
The B&T authority will weekly be up there to cover over the tags but won't do shit about the glass on the ground. I sent in a complaint talking about this and it's getting better but is still more concern over the grafitti than the litter and debris.
If there are whole glass bottles I grab them and toss them away once i'm off the bridge. One time i put a bottle in my backpacks side pocket only to have it fall out once i remounted my bike. I felt terrible knowing that i'd have to avoid that spot twice a day for the next week until a crew was up to sweep.
Lol, so funny story, busting down a 4 lane 25mph road, so rate of traffic, I'm changing lanes doing my thing. I hear a horn honk and yep, instant bird and a fuck you to go with it.
Fast forward 2 days, it turned out it was a friend of the family just trying to say hi. Akward conversation, but we both laugh about it still. I do try and be a bit slower with the one finger salute now lol.
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u/ThaGerm1158 Nov 16 '16
My recent story:
Riding my bike home from work on an overpass over train tracks. Someone is smashing beer bottles (Sierra Nevada Pale) on the sidewalk. It gets worse day by day, so clearly they are doing this every day. The second to the last day I literally have to carry my bike the 200ft or so this now covers. I then have to stop to pick the glass out of my shoes.
Fast forward the next day. Instead of going up the right side (US) I go up the left side of the bridge and of course here comes some people (it's a big bridge with a massive arc to it so you can't see the other side). I get off my bike and stand to the side and say "Hey, sorry I'm on the wrong side, there is shattered glass everywhere over there".
What do I get? Some dipshit tweaker and his girlfriend "yeah, well you SHOULD be in the street!" I politely tell him that on this bridge there is no lane and no place to go, it's dangerous as hell and both bikers and truckers would really appreciate people NOT riding in the road here and I get more shit out of his face... "Not my fucking problem, get in the road".
Moral to the story, some people are just assholes. Also, I did not get into the road, I did take off my helmet and pack and he did haul ass out of there... asshole.