Additional to yesterday’s publish about drivers operating into individuals, a reader informs me that Subaru has launched a brand new cyclist-coddling airbag:
Doesn’t that look comfortable? Now hitting a bicycle owner will likely be much less like vehicular assault and extra like placing a child down for a nap:
I sit up for the up to date model that performs soothing music and deploys a blanket to maintain the sufferer cozy till first responders arrive.
And but clearly the airbag division and the physique design division at Subaru don’t work together with one another in any respect, as a result of on the identical time they appear to be redesigning the entrance ends of their vehicles to maximise cyclist-battering functionality:
See how a lot flatter the grill is getting?
What good is that doggy mattress airbag when you don’t wind up on it within the first place?
Anyway, wanna see a swish entrance finish? Now it is a swish entrance finish:
With the climate as pleasant because it’s been just lately I couldn’t resist commuting by bicycle yesterday, and the spring hues have been sufficient to make you wanna puke:
As have been the numerous different individuals having fun with themselves:
There’s nothing I hate greater than seeing individuals having fun with themselves.
Whereas nowadays I’ve turn into a type of “woosie” occasional fair-weather bicycle commuters, it’s necessary to do not forget that I singlehandedly invented just about the whole city biking lexicon:
Whereas this in itself is ironic, what’s doubly ironic is that there’s a standard false impression that shoaling is one more cultural instance of males asserting their dominance over ladies:
Nonsense. As each a person and the one who coined the time period I can guarantee you that gender has nothing to do with it and that ladies shoal me on a regular basis:
Although I used to be driving the Homer, and perhaps there’s simply one thing quaint and endearing a few Rivendell that screams “shoal me.”
Sure, some issues in New York by no means change. One in all them is shoaling, and one other is the Holland Tunnel visitors on Varick Avenue, which has as soon as once more been clumpy and thick regardless of congestion pricing:
The result’s blocked crosswalks when the sunshine modifications:
That’s just about the Doge meme in actual life, and it’s even in a Tesla for optimum poignancy:
Clearly the canine and the pedestrian really feel fairly in another way concerning the scenario:
And eventually, talking of my contributions to society, I’m happy to announce I’ve succeeded in utterly bending the narrative round each the Trek Y-Foil and George Plimpton to my will:
And after I say utterly, I do imply utterly:
They are saying historical past is written by the victors, however I believe it’s largely written by the wiseasses.
