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My Least Favorite Excuse
Written by Boston Biker on Jan 11So here is a little something for everyone who drives a car to think about. Driving your car is not a right, George Washington didn’t suffer the indignity of wooden teeth so you can ply your SUV through the streets of Boston. God didn’t send Jebus down to die for your right to be uppity in your Prius. And It sure as hell doesn’t say anywhere in any of our founding documents that you get the right to life liberty and the pursuit of a Honda.
It’s a privilege, one you need to EARN. You have to pass a test, have to get a license, mostly because cars are big, heavy, and dangerous. It is pretty damn easy to hurt yourself or someone else with one. If at some point you fail to live up to the fairly simple set of rules set forth by the powers that be, you shouldn’t be allowed to continue to operate said vehicle.
So that is why, when the plain clothes Cambridge police officer, pulled across two lanes (and the bike lane) in Harvard square nearly hitting me and two of my friends, I was very disappointed to hear my least favorite excuse come out of his face when I confronted him about it.
“I didn’t see you.”
No shit d-bag, I mean I gave you enough credit to assume that you wouldn’t have tried to run three people over if you had seen me, that’s not the point. The point is ITS YOUR JOB TO SEE ME. If you can’t be bothered to look before changing TWO lanes (and a bike lane) perhaps you are not up to the task of driving. There could have been a puppy in that lane, or a bus load of nuns, or a child, or hell even another car. Your a cop for Pete’s sake, I expect more from you than the average person.
From this point forward, the phrase,
“I didn’t see you”
shall be replaced by
“I am a moron and I no longer deserve the right to operate my multi-toned vehicle, please punch me in the face, because I am an idiot.”
If you are not looking, you shouldn’t be driving. You are going to get yourself or someone else killed.
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