Put Up or Shut Up!

by Freemason Cyclist

This is for anyone who thinks cyclists should never ride on public roadways and should only be confined to sidewalks and trails. This is for anyone who constantly says to cyclists get off of the roadways and on the sidewalks and paths. This is light of the recent vulgar, threatening, rude, crude and bad comments made on certain newspaper web sites about cyclists who were hit and injured by drivers.

First I'm going to say; put up or shut up!

Now let me explain that. Anyone with this attitude loves to run their mouths with all kinds of B.S. rhetoric, yet take no action to resolve the problem. Here is an opportunity to put your money where your mouths are.

Do I have a deal for you!

If you want me and other cyclists off of the public roadways then do more then just spout your B.S. rhetoric. Here is how you can do that. Push for and get legislation passed that will provide funding at the local, county, state and federal levels to provide for every piece and bit of infrastructure needed to provide for cyclists nationwide. Provide for wide sidewalks paths that will accommodate cyclists and pedestrians in every neighborhood. Provide for crossings with smooth transitions were the paths cross the roadways. Provide for traffic light controlled intersections that work well enough to allow the path users to safely cross, whether they be pedestrians or cyclists.

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The problem with these idiots who love to spout this B.S. rhetoric is they do not understand or care that the paths do not go everywhere cyclists need to go. Often it is illegal for cyclists to ride on sidewalks because the width does not allow for safe passing of pedestrians and cyclists at the same time.

Well there you have it, a solution. Put up or shut up, put your money where your mouths are. You want us off of the roadways then agree to provide for all needed and possible infrastructure to stay off of the roadways. I am sick and tired of listening to your B.S. rhetoric. If you agree to this solution then I promise you I will never ride on another public roadway ever again as soon as the infrastructure is done being built. Until then I will ride on public roadways and that is something you'll have to get used to and learn to deal with.

So I ask you; Deal or No Deal?

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