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A bullet for every driver

A bullet for every driver

Imagine cycling down College Street on a sunny autumn day, doing your part for the ozone layer by filtering hydrocarbons through your lungs, navigating the streetcar tracks, the potholes, the drag of moving traffic, and then, up ahead on your right, you see the car parked in the cycling lane. Approaching, you check the driver's seat in anticipation of getting the deadly door prize and then, suddenly, the cyclist in front of you turns her head every so slightly toward the obstacle and horks on its windshield.

Interesting article seen via ebikes on radical cyclists in Toronto. Not sure I agree with all of it, but I certainly understand the sentiment. It really pisses me off when cars and trucks park and double-park in the bike lane. Maybe NYC needs the equivalent of Get out of the bike lane!

Incidentally, hork is slang for spitting. Soomeone on ebikes says that making the "I'm about to spit something disgusting" noise often gets jaywalking peds out of your way