Cupcake Ride

This dude is what I stereotype as the Bad E-biker. This guy couldn’t stand being passed by anyone! After I passed him for cruising slowly in the bike lane, he couldn’t take the fact that someone had passed him and in turn had to pass me. And in a typical fashion, obviously slowed down in front of me once he passed.

He then thought he could overtake a car that had slowed down to allow another car to come out of the parking lane and rode out into the fast lane to pass but couldn’t get enough speed. He ended up being dangerously caught between two lanes (riding along the white lines) until the car he wanted to pass graciously slowed down so that he could go back into the bike lane.

I don’t believe that cyclists should be licensed (although there have been times when I’ve wished that bicycle licenses were required along with expensive insurance just to keep ignorant, selfish, too-cool-for-school cyclists off the road), but when it comes to ebikes I really think that licenses should be issued. (And when I talk about ebikes, I’m referring to the ones that are like low-powered scooters, not bicycles that come with an electric assist where you actually need to pedal.)

Many times ebikers conveniently forget the rules of the road and use the streets as both a bike and a car – the speedier option wins. If licenses were required, there would at least be a minimum level of knowledge that I assume would come from the licensing process which would make things safer for everyone.

In my hierarchy of road users that I hate, Bad E-bikers come second to the Selfish Cellphone-Using Driver. That is how much I despise them.

On that positive note, I hope everyone has a great weekend free of douchey ebikers!