Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for April 26, 2023

If cyclists have rights, they also have responsibilities!

STOP RUNNING RED LIGHTS!

Calvin’s dad sure predicted the future.

Or in shorter form, “Watch the bike lanes!”

Cyclists have NO right to pedestrian sidewalks!!

So keep your d@mned bikes off them!!

I wonder why Dad even bothers with a helmet.

He has no brains to damage!!

Cyclists have no rights whatsoever, on the road or off of it.

No, it’s not up to debate.

You forfeit everything, as soon as you put on that costume.

“Share the road! This means you, cyclists!”

I don’t follow this strip well enough to know if his dad works or not, but wouldn’t it be stupid to hope that gas goes up to eight dollars a gallon if he uses the car to go to work?

Then as now there was and will be a minority that ruins thing for the majority..

This is why we can’t have nice things….

8 bucks a gallon – that’s about the price it costs in Germany.

I like cyclists EXCEPT the downtown messenger ones, who scream out “NO INSURANCE” and blast through intersections, endangering pedestrians! Jerks!

Great slogan, but it won’t fit on a bumpersticker.

And to think they want more people to ride bikes

He’s the guy Pastis is always depicting

Maybe you should stick to the sidewalks.

Dad needs to go have a smoothie with Jef the Cyclist, so they can swap traffic horror stories and just generally support each other in the belief that cyclists are superior humans.

That’s pretty much how bicyclists are around our town.

Calvin’s dad becomes more relatable every year.

The fancier the duds the bigger the a-hole they tend to be.

Actually the roads are paid for with gas tax money…

Not to worry dad, 8 bucks is within sight!

hey, Dad, now go ahead and throw away the bike, the helmet, your clothes, your shelter, and even the tofu that you eat that the evil oil industry has caused or contributed to its effect in your life…

He got his hope granted.

let’s not even go to the topic of motorcycles – (poke the bear) ＼（〇_ｏ）／ (⊙_⊙)？

Whoa, we’re halfway there

Whoa Oh living on a prayer

I’ve always gone with “Which can do more damage, the bicycle or the SUV?”

I bet he voted for John Anderson.

Is Dad packin’ a hip holster?

Having to cycle to work myself, I’m totally with Dad on this.

And before anyone says cyclists are just as bad, keep in mind we’re not driving two tons of metal, glass and explosive fuel.

I have NO problem with a cyclist pedaling along, I consider them the same as pedestrians however the worst are these E-bikes that are also delivery ubers that race through stop signs and red lights everywhere and the motorcyclist that feel that the dotted lines are for them. These are the ones that should have their tires blown out. There should be a law that if you are caught doing these things, your “vehicle” will be confiscated on the spot with NO change of regaining and you will be hit with the same infractions as a driver under the influence.

Hmm. I wonder why Fathers are the only ones who get to use sarcasm.

Where is Hobbes when we need him??

I hear “Turn around. Don’t drown.” is popular these days.

the date says 1993. Adjusting for inflation that comes to $16.71 per gallon.

I don’t know what year this was originally published, but for reference to everybody saying that gas is now $8US wherever they live, $8 in 1993 = $16.82 today, and $8 in 1983 = $24.66 today.

Roads were built for cars and trucks, not bicycles.

Gas taxes pay for the roads. Cyclists who act like they own the road are freeloaders.

Studies have shown that drivers who object to bicyclists the most typically have the worst driving records.

Hypocrite! He also drives a car!

California defeated a law which would have allowed bicyclists to run stop signs legally. A stop sign still means stop, whether you are on a bicycle or in a motor vehicle.

While you may not see the point of stopping at every sign, it is important to have the habit of stopping . We are not perfect creatures with constant awareness. Most of what we do is habit. Stop signs are not placed by rolling dice, they are sited based on traffic studies, visibility and accident data.

You live by habits; make them good habits.

Well, he’s not wrong!

I love how annoyed the dad is! At least I also give cyclists the right to the road. Also, that last part of the slogan sadly became true in some parts of the country, no thanks to supply/demand from the pandemic and then the Russia-Ukraine war jacking up the gas prices.

Your share of the road is the bit you paid for. Start paying a road tax..

In physics, a jerk is the rate at which an object’s acceleration changes with respect to time. Most accidents are a result of big jerks.

One of the cases that we studied in the one and only law course I took, involved a bicycle manufacturer.

The plaintiffs were suing the manufacturer or the product and the driver of a car for killing their son as he was cycling. They claimed that the manufacturer did not put adequate warning on their product that it should not be operated at night since it did not have any lighting.

The accident occurred on an unlit, public street at 10:30 PM.

The vehicle involved was a tricycle and the operator was alone, unsupervised and 3 years old.

The parents assumed no responsibility for the accident.

Only in America.

That is a bit long to fit on a poster.

Now we know where Calvin inherited his rants.

Why didn’t Dad just say what is on his mind? “The roads belong to me!”

This is one lady when younger did ride a bike, older no longer. Yet bike rider’s have to follow rules.

Spoken like every hard core cyclist I’ve ever known

HEY CYCLISTS!! Stop riding the wrong way on sidewalks and then running red lights or stop signs. Because when I’m turning right on red at 4 am, on my way to work, I’m not looking for some idiot on a bike running with no lights barrelling down the sidewalk heading towards my passenger side. And if I do see them I would be expecting them to stop at the stop sign or red light. And yes I know I know you don’t do that it’s the other cyclist.

If he is writing a poster for school or something he shouldn’t ask his dad for help because that could ruin his grades