Shek's Footprint

The harrowing experience of the insolent and un-uniformed policeman in patrol car 818 is still fresh in my mind as I write this post. I was riding up a bridge over I95 hauling Laya in her trailer on a narrow road with no room to pass and a policeman commanded me to ride on the sidewalk. There was no room left for legitimate and gentlemanly talk regarding his decision. My innocent pleas about cyclist rights and safety were taken as argument.

Later that day, a motorist barreling down my neck honked at me in an abusive and threatening manner to which I politely gave the finger. The passenger later was in my face ready to pick a fight.

Today, I returned home from the grocery store after numerous honks and abuses by inconsiderate pricks of motorists. I am usually good at letting their rude and abusive behavior pass as immaturity and lack of general intelligence quotient but my patience may have plateaued. I do not want to encourage anyone to be subjected to this kind of behavior on the road.

I started this website to log my efforts of being more environmentally conscious. My one large decision was to take up bicycling. It has rewarded me immensely, health and financially. So huge were the improvements to my quality of living that I decided to use this website as a part time advocacy channel for bicycles. Not any more. This city cares a fuck about bicycles. One council man with one plan on one road is a good start but does not even begin to change the face of bicycling. Jacksonville Florida is in the bicycling Paleolithic age, complete with square wheels and no fire, when compared to only a few more cities in USA. The Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee has been disbanded and the citizens are in charge of three thousand pounds of steel and maybe have an equally plateauing patience for me slowing their arses down from getting to their cul de sac turd holes.

I hereby stop advocating for bicycles as transportation in any part of a city other than its urban core. I will be involved with the bike valet service with bikejax only because it successfully continues to encourage more people to ride their bikes to events that usually occur in neighborhoods of a higher polupation density. I will respond to questions as a moderator on Bikejax forums.

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