Third day in a car and he can’t stand it anymore, he wants out! Yehuda, you’re my hero: I can only drive one day to work before I get bike withdrawal syndrome!
mirco is right, though I have found it isn’t hard to exempt bikes from my road rage. Just seeing a fellow comuter really mellows me. I like the fact that I ride to and from work, but dispise the fact that I drive a company car all day long visiting people better served via email, phone calls and direct mailing, but few companies understand how the sales business has changed.
I gotta admit, when I drive my car I spend a good deal of time swearing about people on bikes.
But before you write me off as a self-loathing cyclist, I want you to know its more like:
“STOP GOING AGAINST TRAFFIC! [STOP GOING THE WRONG WAY ON A ONE-WAY STREET!",
"D@MNIT! HE'S GOING TO RUN THAT RED LIGHT [STOP SIGN]!!! <jamming on brakes>”, or
“HEY CHUMPSTAIN, YOU ARE MAKING IT WORSE FOR THOSE OF US WHO FOLLOW THE F&$^ING RULES OF THE ROAD! YOU’RE THE REASON DRIVERS THINK WE SHOULD BE ON THE SIDEWALK!!! ARGH!”
Of course, I only yell these things inside the car, which is why I’ve never confronted these folks when I’m out on my bike! Because in reality I am a coward, but inside the car I have no sense of shame!!! I can’t wait until I move somewhere much more urban, as I can ditch the car altogether and rely solely on the bike and public transit. The car is just about the only place that I am impatient, what a life it will be without one!!!
When I have to drive I get mad at bikes sometimes if they do something really crazy and stupid. I get a lot madder at cars being crazy ans stupid because either way they are more likely to kill or injury me.
From a car you CAN say such stuff as:
“Your single, half-dead, red LED is next to invisible to me”
“Hey, I had the right of way there and you know it”
If you know the person you may also roll down the window and yell, “HEY HIPPY GET A F***ING CAR!” and if time allows, “I DON’T DRIVE ON YOUR SIDEWALK, DON’T BIKE IN MY STREET WHICH I PAID FOR WITH CAR TAXES (which is actually covered primarily by property tax here in WA)”
Did anyone notice blue SUV in the 7/11 and 8/26 strips nearly match the SUV in the 3/10 and 3/11 strips and the one in the 3/10 strip has damage on the front?
Someone yelled “Hey, tree hugger, get off the road!” at me the other day, but then I recognized a smiling co-worker (and fellow tree hugger), so it was okay.
I’m right there with Yehuda: put me in the driver’s seat and I’m swearing and spraying spittle and angry with the world. Dr. Jeckyl/Ms. Hyde-the-Car-Keys-ASAP.
Speechless
oh dear.. this is just hilarious
hmmm, Yehuda’s going through bike withdrawl, the lack of excersize is going to his head, literally.
The power of the automobile to warp ones mind!
It may be more acute with Yehuda since he is driving exclusively this week.
Or perhaps he is more easily affected, like someone who can’t hold their liquor.
Cage-rage!
I love his look in the third frame. He looks like a combination of horror, rage, and wanting to just cry. This story line has been hi-larious!
Wow, 10 panels and he hit the road-rage point. Sure glad he doesn’t drive most of the time. Great strip for sure.
Third day in a car and he can’t stand it anymore, he wants out! Yehuda, you’re my hero: I can only drive one day to work before I get bike withdrawal syndrome!
Nothing worse than discovering you are the enemy of your own desires.
Amazing. The same thing happens to me when I start driving. It’s a physical effort to avoid it. (The insto-fat aside, mind you)
mirco is right, though I have found it isn’t hard to exempt bikes from my road rage. Just seeing a fellow comuter really mellows me. I like the fact that I ride to and from work, but dispise the fact that I drive a company car all day long visiting people better served via email, phone calls and direct mailing, but few companies understand how the sales business has changed.
OMG!
LOL!!
I gotta admit, when I drive my car I spend a good deal of time swearing about people on bikes.
But before you write me off as a self-loathing cyclist, I want you to know its more like:
“STOP GOING AGAINST TRAFFIC! [STOP GOING THE WRONG WAY ON A ONE-WAY STREET!",
"D@MNIT! HE'S GOING TO RUN THAT RED LIGHT [STOP SIGN]!!! <jamming on brakes>”, or
“HEY CHUMPSTAIN, YOU ARE MAKING IT WORSE FOR THOSE OF US WHO FOLLOW THE F&$^ING RULES OF THE ROAD! YOU’RE THE REASON DRIVERS THINK WE SHOULD BE ON THE SIDEWALK!!! ARGH!”
Of course, I only yell these things inside the car, which is why I’ve never confronted these folks when I’m out on my bike! Because in reality I am a coward, but inside the car I have no sense of shame!!! I can’t wait until I move somewhere much more urban, as I can ditch the car altogether and rely solely on the bike and public transit. The car is just about the only place that I am impatient, what a life it will be without one!!!
When I have to drive I get mad at bikes sometimes if they do something really crazy and stupid. I get a lot madder at cars being crazy ans stupid because either way they are more likely to kill or injury me.
=v= Apparently Yehuda doesn’t have a Chrome bag …
he’s just get too fat to unbuckle himself…
http://www.notquitewrong.com/rosscottinc/2008/07/03/the-system-2/
@sasha: I don’t think the ever telling a bicyclist that they are making you, as a fellow cyclist, look bad, while you are in a car is ever going to work. Your credibility is blown. This happened in Portland: http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1215660313233830.xml&coll=7
From a car you CAN say such stuff as:
“Your single, half-dead, red LED is next to invisible to me”
“Hey, I had the right of way there and you know it”
If you know the person you may also roll down the window and yell, “HEY HIPPY GET A F***ING CAR!” and if time allows, “I DON’T DRIVE ON YOUR SIDEWALK, DON’T BIKE IN MY STREET WHICH I PAID FOR WITH CAR TAXES (which is actually covered primarily by property tax here in WA)”
Did anyone notice blue SUV in the 7/11 and 8/26 strips nearly match the SUV in the 3/10 and 3/11 strips and the one in the 3/10 strip has damage on the front?
Sorry, I meant the 8/28 strip not 8/26.
Someone yelled “Hey, tree hugger, get off the road!” at me the other day, but then I recognized a smiling co-worker (and fellow tree hugger), so it was okay.
I’m right there with Yehuda: put me in the driver’s seat and I’m swearing and spraying spittle and angry with the world. Dr. Jeckyl/Ms. Hyde-the-Car-Keys-ASAP.