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A small bicycle infrastructure victory in my city, thanks to me.
On Friday, April 1, 2016 at 10:24:24 PM UTC-4, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 4/1/2016 8:28 PM, John B. wrote: On Fri, 1 Apr 2016 07:09:52 -0400, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 4/1/2016 1:34 AM, John B. wrote: On Thu, 31 Mar 2016 20:46:14 -0400, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 3/31/2016 7:47 PM, John B. wrote: But all argument aside. Do you believe that I am justified in hauling my 40 ft. sailboat, on a flat bed trailer, down the highway at a safe speed of 25 mph? Say, down the road in the center of your village at high noon? Yes, absolutely. The boat would be a bit unusual, but the rest of the rig or the speed would not be. Not in the least. We happen to have lots of utility work going on right now. The gas company is replacing all the natural gas pipelines, which is actually pretty interesting. But there are lots of vehicles moving about our streets at far slower speeds these days. People just have to be patient. The main exceptions are limited access highways, which are reserved for vehicles that can maintain a minimum speed; but as stated, even some limited access freeways permit slow vehicles and bicyclists. You might profit from reading _Bicycling and the Law_. Do you think it applies to the roads I ride on? A lot of it would not; but if you enter discussions about American laws, it would certainly apply in those discussions. Actually I am writing about having good sense on the road, which I suggest applies to any country. You say, "of course you can haul a boat down the city streets". The boat hull was 13 feet wide, forty feet long and about 13 feet high. As it was a keel boat the hull required a cradle, outboard braces or structure to prevent it falling over, which must be wider then the beam of the boat, so realistically it is at least a 15 ft. wide load. But the Truck and Trailer are legal registered vehicles. My experience has been that hauling a load of this size through city streets require both special permission and a police escort. At least it did when I did it :-) Oversized loads do require permits. If they require removing utility lines, etc. (as in the local houses that I've seen moved by truck) those permits are much harder to acquire. But taking a normal load on a regulation-sized flatbed truck through our village at 25 mph? Absolutely no problem. Heck, on some of the streets, anything faster might get you a speeding ticket! And the reason? Can it be that "thou shall not impede other road users"? Um... the reason it's absolutely no problem is "thou shalt not impede"?? You've got something backwards. Anyway, I don't remember that phrase being in the bible. -- - Frank Krygowski Moses begat Bott |
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A small bicycle infrastructure victory in my city, thanks to me.
On 4/2/2016 8:46 AM, AMuzi wrote:
Oh, THAT Bible. Everyone has their favorite Book: http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedi...-coni-66671959 Tying this together with the "magazine" thread and the do-it-yourself discussion: When I was a kid, my absolute favorite book was _Henry Reed Inc._ by Keith Robertson. It was written as a diary by a 13-year-old kid spending the summer with his relatives out in a rural area. The thing that charmed me, I think, was that young Henry knew things and _did_ things. He hunted truffles, built box traps, sold turtles and rabbits, observed wildlife, and even got into aerospace research - sort of. I once read of a sociological study, claiming you could see the effect of children's literature in the culture of a nation 30 years later. I hope to influence my grandkids to _do_ things. -- - Frank Krygowski |
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A small bicycle infrastructure victory in my city, thanks to me.
On Saturday, April 2, 2016 at 10:33:03 AM UTC-4, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 4/2/2016 8:46 AM, AMuzi wrote: Oh, THAT Bible. Everyone has their favorite Book: http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedi...-coni-66671959 Tying this together with the "magazine" thread and the do-it-yourself discussion: When I was a kid, my absolute favorite book was _Henry Reed Inc._ by Keith Robertson. It was written as a diary by a 13-year-old kid spending the summer with his relatives out in a rural area. The thing that charmed me, I think, was that young Henry knew things and _did_ things. He hunted truffles, built box traps, sold turtles and rabbits, observed wildlife, and even got into aerospace research - sort of. I once read of a sociological study, claiming you could see the effect of children's literature in the culture of a nation 30 years later. I hope to influence my grandkids to _do_ things. -- - Frank Krygowski https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5-d3rZZ-_M |
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A small bicycle infrastructure victory in my city, thanks to me.
On Saturday, April 9, 2016 at 1:53:16 PM UTC-4, wrote:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5-d3rZZ-_M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZXu...&nohtml5=False ah yes.... there is an accidemt at the corner I posted group of white clad cyclists and a white coupe all very shiny and in the place where we see tailenders from converging lanes following a sharp left of a median jughandle. Maybe they're headed to Forest Lawn. There is no cycle lane there. no sirens but a fire truck from the station around the bend rolled by. |
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