I’ve Moved!
November 20, 2008
So I’m sure that most people have noticed that the site has been offline for a few days. There’s a reason for that, which I will get to shortly. But first, let me just say this:
In fact, I am blogging at a new site I have just finished setting up: kennethhynek.net. A full explanation for the reasons behind the move can be found here
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That said, this is not the end of Time Immortal. My wife Grace has expressed interest in taking over blogging at this domain, and I am working to make sure that she gets set up here as soon as possible.
Also, my profound apologies for the modification to the site face; the move was not as seamless as I would have hoped, and many of the image files for this theme, and in the gallery, were corrupted during the course of their evacuation from my previous web host’s servers. Until such time as I have repaired them, I’ve put a clean-looking template in place of the previous one.
Update: for the purposes of further traffic shaping, new posts from kennethhynek.net will be excerpted below. Full articles can be read at the new blog.
Cyclists
July 14, 2008
As a (currently “former”, soon-to-be “active”) cyclist myself, I have to say that were I to collect my thoughts on my fellow two-wheelers, they would read almost exactly like this:
As a cyclist for the past 30 years, I hate cyclists. They think they are so good that the rules don’t apply to them.
They dress themselves up in helmets and ridiculous face-masks to stress how brave and vulnerable they are. They complain (with some justice) that they are treated like dirt by drivers.
But they in turn treat pedestrians like dirt.
They invent slimy, self-serving excuses for riding straight through zebra and pelican crossings — but are glad enough of the protection which red lights give them at junctions.
They ignore ‘no cycling’ signs in parks and swear savagely at anyone who asks them to obey the law.
In theory, bicycles are supposed to behave in like manner to other vehicles. More often than not, it has been my observation that cyclists have absolutely no intention (and seemingly no ability) to behave in such a manner; many fail to respect even basic traffic regulations such as stop signs and yields. The ones who ride on the sidewalks are often worse still. And rare indeed is the cyclist who will not pretend to be as a pedestrian when it is convenient to do so.
But for the fact that to do so would severely wound (if not kill) someone, I would transform into action my temptation to give errant bicycles a few “love taps” with the bumper of my car.
