Speeder takes time to chastise ‘Road Boulders’
QIt is funny how Road Boulders love to jump all over speeders when they, too, are not paying attention to the rules of the road. There are signs that say “Slow Traffic Keep Right,” but they can ignore that, right?
I find myself getting more angry that I am stuck with someone who thinks they are my parent or policing everyone on the road. If I choose to go a few miles an hour over the speed limit, that is my choice. Yet we speeders are always the bad guys. Road Boulders constantly cause an accordion type backup. Why being a Road Boulder is a better idea is beyond me.
When I speed, it happens when I am so frustrated that I cannot pass four lanes of Road Boulders blocking me. I have to wait for someone to go a mile or two faster than the other three lanes and allow someone to pass. It is beyond aggravating, and I have no way around unless I break another law and use the diamond lane when I am a solo driver.
Maybe these people should be courteous, and they would no longer find themselves being passed at 90 mph because someone is so mad they have been stuck 10 minutes behind them unnecessarily. Think about the safety of others and stop trying to control everyone else. — Erinn Lindstrom, Antioch
AWhoa. Relax and go with the flow, everyone. If four lanes are going the same speed, don’t push them to go faster. And don’t jump in the carpool lane.
QA question for bike commuters on BART: Why do so many seem to have difficulty understanding the “Bikes are never allowed on the first car of any train” rule? I hear that announcement at least every other day while we then wait for the person to move to another car. There can’t be that many new riders every day. Do they think the train operator won’t notice?
At the North Berkeley station, a Fremont train had to sit almost a minute while the train operator five to six times announced that bikes were not allowed in the lead car and that the passenger with the bike needed to move. — Norm Vance, Berkeley
ABicyclists are not allowed in the first cars with train operators, which have less space for passengers because of the control cab. It makes sense to have bike passengers in cars with more room.
QDo you think new Olympics license plates will come out soon? — Sherwin Rubin, Torrance
ANo. The DMV needs 7,500 requests before they approve these plates and no agency is sponsoring a new Olympic license plate yet. The games are coming to Los Angeles in 2028.