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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThis is classic. Bicyclist in DC making his own counter-protest to truckers. From @ShutDown_DC
I hope that protester is wearing ear plugs. The horn blowing from the truckers is deafening
This is classic. Bicyclist in DC making his own counter-protest to truckers. From @ShutDown_DC
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SunSeeker
(51,511 posts)liberalla
(9,224 posts)Too funny!
LakeArenal
(28,802 posts)IcyPeas
(21,841 posts)L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)I really like the pedestrian crossing idea, a small group walking back and forth. Freedom!!
Link to tweet
Link to tweet
Link to tweet
LonePirate
(13,408 posts)wnylib
(21,335 posts)the belligerent mentality of truck protesters.
But it's given me an idea. What if a whole cycling club came out to do their own protest instead of just one?
Ferrets are Cool
(21,102 posts)soldierant
(6,791 posts)Was it Florida or Virginia which recently made it legal to run down protesters? I'm glad he's not doing this either one of those places.
spooky3
(34,405 posts)They arent honking for safety reasons, which are the only acceptable reasons.
http://dcrules.elaws.us/dcmr/18-730
In VA the police would pull over drivers who honk without good reason; not sure about enforcement in DC, but Id love to see them enforce their law.
NullTuples
(6,017 posts)muriel_volestrangler
(101,265 posts)so doesn't this just aid them? It's not as if they've got anywhere to be.
Maraya1969
(22,462 posts)muriel_volestrangler
(101,265 posts)The only difference here is who's controlling it.
BlueIdaho
(13,582 posts)L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)crickets
(25,952 posts)TNNurse
(6,926 posts)It is probably hard to pedal that slow and keep your balance.
Cozmo
(1,402 posts)NullTuples
(6,017 posts)calimary
(81,109 posts)Those thug truckers were deliberately disturbing the peace - as loudly and obnoxiously as possible.
I would have slowed down, too.
Demovictory9
(32,421 posts)Tree Lady
(11,425 posts)That flipped Trump off. I would never have that kind of courage.
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,290 posts)Cyclist who flipped off Trump wins county supervisor seat representing his golf club
By Paul Schwartzman
November 5, 2019
A legion of reasons propel political neophytes to run for office, but none may be as unusual as what inspired Juli Briskman, the cyclist who gave President Trump the finger two years ago and found herself without a job and at the center of a national uproar.
On Tuesday, Briskman got a new job, winning a seat on the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors ousting a Republican in the process.
Its feeling fantastic, its feeling surreal, Briskman, 52, a Democrat, said by telephone as she celebrated her victory. The last two years have been quite a ride. Now were helping to flip Loudoun blue.
[She famously flipped off the president; now she is running for office]
In 2017, Briskman was engaged in a different form of flipping, this one involving her middle finger, which she raised as she rode a bicycle alongside the presidential motorcade as Trump departed his golf club in Sterling.
{snip}
By Paul Schwartzman
Paul Schwartzman specializes in political profiles and narratives about life, death and everything in between. Before joining The Washington Post, he worked at the New York Daily News, where he covered Rudolph W. Giulianis rise as mayor. Twitter https://twitter.com/paulschwartzman
Tree Lady
(11,425 posts)Standing up to Trump paid off.
BlackSkimmer
(51,308 posts)FakeNoose
(32,579 posts)I've done it a few times myself (not in DC) (not on a bike). This guys has some brass balls!
niyad
(113,052 posts)COL Mustard
(5,870 posts)If you want to talk about tough, dont talk about balls, talk about vaginas. Those things are tough!
niyad
(113,052 posts)BidenRocks
(826 posts)to wake up a texting driver.
This was not a toot! Book 'em Danno!
redstatebluegirl
(12,265 posts)IronLionZion
(45,380 posts)I'm sure people are watching to see if they break any traffic laws
Blue_playwright
(1,568 posts)I assumed they were gone. What a bunch of idiots.
Catherine Vincent
(34,486 posts)Old news.
keithbvadu2
(36,655 posts)Convoy trucker::: But officer, those bicyclists were obstructing traffic.
They were inconveniencing my obstructing traffic.
PatSeg
(47,260 posts)Perfect!
Historic NY
(37,449 posts)1.(a) Every motor vehicle, operated or driven upon the public highways of the state, shall be provided with adequate brakes and steering mechanism in good working order and sufficient to control such vehicle at all times when the same is in use, and a suitable and adequate horn or other device for signaling, which horn or device shall produce a sound sufficiently loud to serve as a danger warning but shall not be used other than as a reasonable warning nor be unnecessarily loud or harsh.
I am sure DC has such
twodogsbarking
(9,674 posts)Six hundred miles of seeing where truckers work. No thanks.
PatSeg
(47,260 posts)Old Crank
(3,525 posts)Blasting your horn when there is no emergency is illegal.
Cha
(296,824 posts)oldsoftie
(12,489 posts)AdamGG
(1,285 posts)not flipping them off when they sound the truck horns