u/teneralb

When I told him it was dangerous to have an unleashed dog on a multi-use trail, he told me either to have a nice day or suck his d***, honestly couldn't tell which. In any case he didn't immediately leash his dog, no surprise.

If I could have another exchange with him, I'd say: have you considered that it's disrespectful to your fellow trail users? Every cyclist that passes you is going to be concerned with whether your dog might dart unexpectedly across the trail, and every fellow dog walker is going to be concerned with how your dog might interact with theirs. You may know your dog is well trained, but nobody else does. Besides--do you know your dog won't dart across the trail if a rat or squirrel does? You SURE about that?

I'm mostly just massively curious why someone would do this. The other day I was cycling southbound in the bike lane on West Virginia Ave and started to overtake a young woman on an electric scooter, a lightweight razor-esque one. She was wearing a helment and probably doing 13-14 mph--in the street. Not down the middle of the street, but hugging the side of the lane, next to the bike lane. When a car came up behind her, after a few seconds with the car on her tail she moved into the bike lane to let the car pass. I moved into the street to pass her then too, and right as I was passing her she almost steered into me as she tried to merge back into the street. For no apparent reason, as far as I could tell.

When I got further down WV Ave I looked back and there she was, riding in the street hugging the bike lane again.

Just.. why? Why would someone do this? The bike lanes on WV can be a little bumpy I guess? Is that enough reason to ride in the street with cars on a lightweight scooter going well below traffic speed? What would possess someone to do that! Maybe I should have asked her while I was overtaking her but I was too busy making sure she didn't collide with me lol