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- Path: sparky!uunet!nwnexus!amc-gw!davep
- From: davep@amc.com (Dave Petro)
- Subject: Re: Need to read : Are you an idiot?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec31.164110.11527@amc.com>
- Organization: Applied Microsystems, Redmond, WA
- References: <1992Dec30.105216.4788@admin1.memst.edu>
- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 16:41:10 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec30.105216.4788@admin1.memst.edu> jasmith@admin1.memst.edu (John) writes:
- > The facts are that a car's weigh over a ton and a bike weigh
- > less than 25 pounds. So, my question is who are these idiots that
- > get out on busy streets and ride in the street? I see these people
- > out around rush hour on the most travel roads in Memphis. The traffic
- > is almost bumper to bumper, and you have some idiot on his bike in the
- > right hand lane slowing traffic up. All I want to know is who are you
- > people? What is going on in your head? Your asking for trouble doing
- > stupid stuff like that. I see these people and some times I'd like to
- > open my passenger door and knock them down or just run them off the
- > road.
- > <ego-babble deleted>
- > It's not safe, because there is more chance for an accident and there is a bigger
- > chance somebody is going to run you off the road.
-
- Question: I've always wanted to ask types like you this. If I were in my car
- traveling along at bike speed, in the same scene you painted, would you tap my
- bumper or run me off the road? Probably not. You would just swear, and wait for
- a time to do a legal pass. I believe the law says you have to give a cyclist
- the same treatment. Do not let over a ton of steel place you in jail someday
- (Boy would I love to press the charges and sue you for that TREK to boot).
- Legal passes of cyclist are even easier than legal passes of slow moving
- autos. JUST DO IT!
-
- Clue: Some people actually commute to work by bike. That means they are
- exercising not only their body but their right to use the road at rush hour.
-
- May you never meet a like-minded driver while on one of your rides....
- But then again maybe if you did....
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