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- From: dmiles@carson.u.washington.edu (David Miles)
- Subject: Audible greetings (was)Re: Drafting etiquette?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.205346.25770@u.washington.edu>
- Sender: news@u.washington.edu (USENET News System)
- Organization: University of Washington
- References: <4531@sicsun.epfl.ch>
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 20:53:46 GMT
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- fraser@icphp1.epfl.ch writes:
-
-
- > While people are on the subject of drafting etiquette-
- > As a European who cycled a fair bit during two months in Boston, I
- >should like to make the following remarks:
- {about American bicyclists not acknowleding greetings}
- > So I'd be interested to have some feedback from US cyclists.
-
- I've been riding a bike for fun and commuting in the US for 35 years and
- also notice people don't talk much on bikes, nor ring bells or do anything
- else audible. I think that we are so used to automobile travel that many
- people aren't really aware that it is possible to hear each other and talk
- to each other when riding bicycles. You'll see people on this group
- advocating soundlessly whipping by pedestrians on multiuse paths, for instance.
- I find it much safer to call "Bike on your left" and at least once a week I
- get thanked. And drafting without talking seems almost ridiculously dangerous,
- yet people seem to do it all the time.
-
- David Miles dmiles@u.washington.edu (in Seattle)
-