Here they go again – accusing others of putting their fingers in their ears etc. Just more bicycle babble from the self righteous pedal pusher rebels that advocate they can do no wrong and egotistically want to play God by taking the law into their own hands. The bicyclist killed at Interstate and Greeley was violating the basic rule of the road – traveling too fast for the conditions - possibly even attempting to race the garbage truck down the hill to the intersection. The bike skid marks prove that. Sharing the road also means sharing the responsibility, including the financial responsibility whereby bicyclists are directly taxed to pay for the privilege (not a right) of being provided the specialized bicycle infrastructure they use. Yet bicyclists continue their animated chorus of reciting a long worn out and recycled list of excuses for not owning up to and accepting any responsibility along with opposing being licensed and directly taxed. Just where do bicyclists think the federal dollars for bicycle infrastructure that is spent in Portland and elsewhere comes from? Any knowledgeable person would know those dollars come from the Federal Highway Trust Fund paid into by motorists through the federal gas tax. Riding a bicycle contributes ZERO dollars to this fund. Therefore, without a local bike tax, bicyclists receive a 100 percent subsidy for bike infrastructure. Coupled with continuing attitude to willfully ignore traffic control devices, the bicycle babble hardcore bicyclists spew simply lacks any credibility.

When suggesting that other taxpayers pay for bicycle infrastructure such as bike boxes and the excessive costs (as presented at Sam’s town halls) for bicycle boulevards where stop signs are aligned so bicyclists can be immune from ignoring traffic laws, Commissioner Adams himself indirectly admits his acceptance for elite bike privileges, legal immunities and lawless bicycle mayhem while bordering on discrimination towards other road user groups who are taxed and for the most part abide by rules of the road. Objectiveness is totally lost and must be questioned when a politician possesses such an obvious bias towards the motoring public (the majority of taxpaying of users) and wants to increase taxes on non-bicyclists to help bolster bicyclist anarchy.

Furthermore, if anyone else viewed the KGW TV story, it was the people and families walking in the Ladd’s Edition Neighborhood that had fears of being struck down by bicyclists blowing stop signs.