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Bus driver pushing around bicycles

I think the average driver of buses is far better trained than the average driver, and that's why they disappoint me when they engage in a rat race with bicycles. We were struggling with this bus for a mile, us trying to stay away from his fumes, and him pushing us every time we got around him. It's not who's right or wrong, but simply a matter of courtesy and common sense.. We are slow vehicles with a trailer and they have another lane. Do drivers think that much about the needs of cyclists?

Massive amounts of carbon monoxide are bad for you and so being hit by a bus. In this same place a bus driver hit a cyclist and then told the passengers not to say anything... It almost sounds comical since they got a camera on board, but he tried to be a hit and run.

A BIKE LANE would simplify things but things like that sound almost Utopian around here. I'm told they'll be here by 2025, but I'm not a fan of the future. We decided to make life a beach and we did. Mission accomplished.

I propose that where there's no bike lanes you simply take the lane. The trailer helps add mass to the argument. OVER MY DEAD BODY.

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http://webspawner.com/users/BANANAREVOLUTION

Bus driver pushing around bicycles

On Friday, August 19, 2011 1:56:02 PM UTC-4, Tom wrote:
On 8/19/11 11:00 AM, TibetanMonkey, the Beach Cruiser Philosopher wrote:
I think the average driver of buses is far better trained than the average driver, and that's why they disappoint me when they engage in a rat race with bicycles. We were struggling with this bus for a mile, us trying to stay away from his fumes, and him pushing us every time we got around him. It's not who's right or wrong, but simply a matter of courtesy and common sense. We are slow vehicles with a trailer and they have another lane. Do drivers think that much about the needs of cyclists?

Massive amounts of carbon monoxide are bad for you and so being hit by a bus. In this same place a bus driver hit a cyclist and then told the passengers not to say anything... It almost sounds comical since they got a camera on board, but he tried to be a hit and run.

A BIKE LANE would simplify things but things like that sound almost Utopian around here. I'm told they'll be here by 2025, but I'm not a fan of the future. We decided to make life a beach and we did. Mission accomplished.

I propose that where there's no bike lanes you simply take the lane. The trailer helps add mass to the argument. OVER MY DEAD BODY.

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http://webspawner.com/users/BANANAREVOLUTION

monkey boy out playing tag with a bus, Good Thinking, tell us where to
send flowers

Send them to "Wise TibetanMonkey Banana Mausoleum" to be built right next to the road. I want it to be a banana, not a torpedo shape, to symbolize PEACE.

Bus driver pushing around bicycles

On Friday, August 19, 2011 2:13:15 PM UTC-4, Conscience wrote:
On 2011-08-19 17:56:02 +0000, Tom said:

On 8/19/11 11:00 AM, TibetanMonkey, the Beach Cruiser Philosopher wrote:
I think the average driver of buses is far better trained than the
average driver, and that's why they disappoint me when they engage in a
rat race with bicycles. We were struggling with this bus for a mile, us
trying to stay away from his fumes, and him pushing us every time we
got around him. It's not who's right or wrong, but simply a matter of
courtesy and common sense. We are slow vehicles with a trailer and they
have another lane. Do drivers think that much about the needs of
cyclists?

Massive amounts of carbon monoxide are bad for you and so being hit by
a bus. In this same place a bus driver hit a cyclist and then told the
passengers not to say anything... It almost sounds comical since they
got a camera on board, but he tried to be a hit and run.

A BIKE LANE would simplify things but things like that sound almost
Utopian around here. I'm told they'll be here by 2025, but I'm not a
fan of the future. We decided to make life a beach and we did. Mission
accomplished.

I propose that where there's no bike lanes you simply take the lane.
The trailer helps add mass to the argument. OVER MY DEAD BODY.

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http://webspawner.com/users/BANANAREVOLUTION

monkey boy out playing tag with a bus, Good Thinking, tell us where to
send flowers

My wife and I recently took a bicycling safety course, Smart Cycling,
given by the League of American Bicyclists. (www.bikeleague.org). On
page 22 of the book are the statistics of bicycle crashes. Fifty
percent are due to falls, thirty-three percent involve animals, and the
minority, at seventeen percent, involve motor vehicles.

Forty-seven percent, nearly HALF of the motor vehicle-involved 17
percent cited above, are the fault of the bicyclist himself.
Forty-eight percent of the 17 percent are the fault of the driver of
the motor vehicle. Five percent is undetermined.

In other words, motor vehicle drivers are the cause of bike crashes in
only 8.16 percent of the grand total.

Obviously Darwinism plays itself out quite nicely among stupid bicycle
riders, with monkey boy necessarily being not long for this world.

I'm afraid they ripped you off in that school. That's because you should have come to my school --absolutely free-- where you learn the true Wisdom of the Jungle.

I'd be tell you right up front to dismiss the statistics and face reality. THERE ARE NO CYCLISTS OUT THERE BECAUSE OF THE FEAR CAUSED BY A DARWINIST DRIVING SYSTEM. Cars speed anywhere, on any lane instead of a passing lane. Many drivers are decent, but others just want to see you on the sidewalk or dead.

I'd not even encourage novice cyclists to get out there and face the ugly reality as confirmed by an independent source on the same spot:

"We here at Transit Miami do not advocate bicycling on sidewalks, but Bal Harbour is forcing inexperienced cyclists to ride on dangerous Collins Avenue. I would not want my child riding on Collins Avenue. Bal Harbour should not force people to ride in the roadway. Rather then castigating cyclists Bal Harbour should work with the FDOT to provide a safer environment for cyclists of all ages to ride comfortably and safely through Bal Harbour."

http://www.transitmiami.com/fdot/bal...h-state-statue

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Don't forget the name of my school: "School of Life," taught by the Wise TibetanMonkey. ;)

Bus driver pushing around bicycles

On Friday, August 19, 2011 4:57:31 PM UTC-4, TibetanMonkey, the Beach Cruiser Philosopher wrote:
On Friday, August 19, 2011 1:56:02 PM UTC-4, Tom wrote:
On 8/19/11 11:00 AM, TibetanMonkey, the Beach Cruiser Philosopher wrote:
I think the average driver of buses is far better trained than the average driver, and that's why they disappoint me when they engage in a rat race with bicycles. We were struggling with this bus for a mile, us trying to stay away from his fumes, and him pushing us every time we got around him.. It's not who's right or wrong, but simply a matter of courtesy and common sense. We are slow vehicles with a trailer and they have another lane. Do drivers think that much about the needs of cyclists?

Massive amounts of carbon monoxide are bad for you and so being hit by a bus. In this same place a bus driver hit a cyclist and then told the passengers not to say anything... It almost sounds comical since they got a camera on board, but he tried to be a hit and run.

A BIKE LANE would simplify things but things like that sound almost Utopian around here. I'm told they'll be here by 2025, but I'm not a fan of the future. We decided to make life a beach and we did. Mission accomplished.

I propose that where there's no bike lanes you simply take the lane. The trailer helps add mass to the argument. OVER MY DEAD BODY.

---------------------------------------------

http://webspawner.com/users/BANANAREVOLUTION

monkey boy out playing tag with a bus, Good Thinking, tell us where to
send flowers

Send them to "Wise TibetanMonkey Banana Mausoleum" to be built right next to the road. I want it to be a banana, not a torpedo shape, to symbolize PEACE.

Seriously, no Banana Mausoleum. I even did a search and there's no such thing is the annals of human history.

What really hurts me is that the driver --and people like you, I assume-- are all PROLES like me. The ingredient of CLASS STRUGGLE is removed and you find one monkey racing another. What kind of rat race is that?

WE GOT NOTHING TO LOSE BUT OUR CHAINS, if you know what I mean.

Bus driver pushing around bicycles

On Aug 19, 4:41*pm, "His Highness the TibetanMonkey, the Beach Cruiser
Philosopher" wrote:

Seriously, no Banana Mausoleum. I even did a search and there's no such thing is the annals of human history.

http://www.ecoffins.co.uk/ has banana coffins
http://www.ecoffins.co.uk/productsum...&categoryid2=7
.. If you special order, maybe they could even make it in a banana
shape?

Bus driver pushing around bicycles

On Saturday, August 20, 2011 6:15:40 AM UTC-4, Mike A Schwab wrote:
On Aug 19, 4:41*pm, "His Highness the TibetanMonkey, the Beach Cruiser
Philosopher" wrote:

Seriously, no Banana Mausoleum. I even did a search and there's no such thing is the annals of human history.

http://www.ecoffins.co.uk/ has banana coffins
http://www.ecoffins.co.uk/productsum...&categoryid2=7
. If you special order, maybe they could even make it in a banana
shape?

Oh thanks! That's very reassuring and now I can die in peace. I only have to bend a bit to fit the banana coffin. ;)

But I'm still making noise:

On Saturday, August 20, 2011 1:53:03 AM UTC-4, NotMe wrote:

I've driven big rigs and busses of late it's RVs I try to be as
accomodation as I can but some folk (thankfully a small sub set) are dumb as
a post and softer when it comes to demanging right of way. Like they say he
was right ... dead right.

I've said the average bus and professional driver have much better training than cyclists, particularly casual riders. In those cases a bike lane works better. Sharrows (shared lanes) are a good way to ride side-by-side and take the lane.

But the training that we need doesn't stop at cyclists. It would take a review of all the licenses and driving practices, such as cell phone usage and lack of lane discipline. Cars speeding on the right lane are most dangerous to bicycles. Some drivers though are openly hostile to cyclists and get away with it.

Bike training stops short of suggesting solutions and this is what my wisdom is all about...

The stated purposes of the shared-lane markings used in California were to:

Assist bicyclists with lateral positioning in a shared lane with on-street parallel parking in order to reduce the chance of a bicyclist’s impacting the open door of a parked vehicle;

Assist bicyclists with lateral positioning in lanes that are too narrow for a motor vehicle and a bicycle to travel side by side within the same traffic lane;

Alert motorists of the lateral location bicyclists are likely to occupy within the traveled way;

Encourage safe passing of bicyclists by motorists; and

Reduce the incidence of wrong-way bicycling.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shared_lane_marking

Bus driver pushing around bicycles

On Saturday, August 20, 2011 11:40:46 AM UTC-4, TibetanMonkey, the Beach Cruiser Philosopher wrote:

That would be another tourist attraction for Miami Beach, hopefully better than the Rap Week.

We must learn too from Gay Parade. I want the Peregrination to be colorful, emphasizing yellow and black. These colors are symbolic for racial integration and cultural understanding. My favorite bikes at this points are also yellow and black, black for the beach and yellow for the road.

We cyclists need not live in shame anymore. Let's all be proud about it.

This is the wisdom of the day:

(the value of self reliance and self esteem)

Self Reliance - Rely Upon Yourself In LIfe

Self reliance is a boon and a skill, a need and a necessity, a challenge and a benefit. Healthy self-reliance is another key to a gratifying and productive life. A life free of some of the constraints that could pin us down, a life free to explore and discover all that is available to us (if we choose to go for it).

http://www.self-esteem-enhances-life...-reliance.html

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Say it again, "I don't need an SUV to go to the market!"

Bus driver pushing around bicycles

I'd like the following epitaph on my Banana Mausoleum:

Here lies His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Free Spirit of the Jungle, King of the Apes I, Comandante Banana. We will never forget him nor his name. He was the real thing.

Bus driver pushing around bicycles

On Sunday, August 21, 2011 4:10:04 AM UTC-4, Tom wrote:
On 8/20/11 10:45 PM, TibetanMonkey, the Beach Cruiser Philosopher wrote:
I'd like the following epitaph on my Banana Mausoleum:

Here lies His Highness the Wise TibetanMonkey, Free Spirit of the Jungle, King of the Apes I, Comandante Banana. We will never forget him nor his name. He was the real thing.

might add
HE was a few bananas short of a stalk

People may be tempted to worshiping me when the economy crashes and a new wisdom is needed. They will think, "Oh I think the TibetanMonkey said something about LIVING WITH PEANUTS."

And I have indeed. The other day we launched a 5 mile adventure with trailer and wasted no gas or parking. Then we brought POPCORN --air popped-- and we had this delicious wholesome snack for 5 cents.

Not even the wisdom of the Buddha is that good. The only catch is that you have to put your life on the lane --the traffic lane-- and that's risky business. Some Krishna friend told me not to worry, but in my wisdom of the jungle you do worry. Unless you got a Banana Mausoleum waiting for you.