Hollywood Bus Driver Attacks Cyclist, LAPD Handcuff Cyclist (and Wife!)
[As having more then one MTA driver drive in a similar manner around me and received similar comments from MTA drivers that I don't belong on the road (implied that they have a right to run me off the road) this article is very disturbing. While negotiations are still continuing with MTA to include routine how to drive safely around cyclists training I would like to remind everyone this is a very real problem not just locally but nationally as well. BTW all professional drivers and drivers convicted of aggressive driving in Maryland are taught ... (are you sitting down) cyclists are obstacles, which should do wonders for their tolerance of us on the roadway and our safety.]A cyclist westbound on Hollywood Boulevard hears a loud horn behind him as he rides in the right side of the #2 lane, alongside a row of parked cars and dangerously close to the door zone.
The motorist with the heavy horn hand turns out to be Metro Bus Driver #XXXXX and she passes the cyclist so closely that his left hand touches the side of the bus as it speeds past him. The number #1 lane is empty and nothing serves to prevent the bus driver from changing lanes to pass the cyclist except for a failure on her part to acknowledge the cyclist <a href="http://laist.com/2007/09/24/hollywood_bus_d.php">http://laist.com/2007/09/24/hollywood_bus_d.php</a>;
If this story was not outrageous enough there is more stuff happening in Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills SUV Driver Attacks Bicyclist, Only Bicyclist Gets A Ticket
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