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Author of his own demise: https://cyclingmagazine.ca/sections/...rider-charged/.
-- Andrew Chaplin SIT MIHI GLADIUS SICUT SANCTO MARTINO |
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He violated a basic principle of city cycling, avoid doing anything that impedes the progress of others or that startles them unnecessarily.
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On Sun, 05 Nov 2017 00:42:27 -0500, Tim McNamara
wrote: On Sat, 4 Nov 2017 11:45:42 -0700 (PDT), wrote: He violated a basic principle of city cycling, avoid doing anything that impedes the progress of others or that startles them unnecessarily. Unfortunately I see a lot of "urban cyclists" around here not following that principle. As transportational cycling grows, it appears that the stupidity formerly seen behind the wheel of cars is now seen on the saddle of bikes. Given that the bicyclist is the slowest, least powerful and most easily damaged user of the streets it would seem logical for the rider to beware. One would think :-) -- Cheers, John B. |
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On Sun, 05 Nov 2017 15:01:39 +0700, John B wrote:
On Sun, 05 Nov 2017 00:42:27 -0500, Tim McNamara wrote: On Sat, 4 Nov 2017 11:45:42 -0700 (PDT), wrote: He violated a basic principle of city cycling, avoid doing anything that impedes the progress of others or that startles them unnecessarily. Unfortunately I see a lot of "urban cyclists" around here not following that principle. As transportational cycling grows, it appears that the stupidity formerly seen behind the wheel of cars is now seen on the saddle of bikes. Given that the bicyclist is the slowest, least powerful and most easily damaged user of the streets it would seem logical for the rider to beware. One would think :-) Pedestrians? Even slower, less powerful and as easily damaged. At least locally all bike paths and trails are shared with pedestrians (even where there are separate paths for pedestrians and cyclists, at least half the time the pedestrians are walking in the bike path segment for some reason). Bike lanes in streets are generally not, but even then a lot of adult cyclists ride on the sidewalks. Yet to my observations neither cyclists nor pedestrians pay much mind to what is going on around them. They seem to rely on the belief that the rest of the world will just avoid them as they ignore traffic laws or common sense. |
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On Sun, 05 Nov 2017 11:45:15 -0600, Tim McNamara
wrote: On Sun, 05 Nov 2017 15:01:39 +0700, John B wrote: On Sun, 05 Nov 2017 00:42:27 -0500, Tim McNamara wrote: On Sat, 4 Nov 2017 11:45:42 -0700 (PDT), wrote: He violated a basic principle of city cycling, avoid doing anything that impedes the progress of others or that startles them unnecessarily. Unfortunately I see a lot of "urban cyclists" around here not following that principle. As transportational cycling grows, it appears that the stupidity formerly seen behind the wheel of cars is now seen on the saddle of bikes. Given that the bicyclist is the slowest, least powerful and most easily damaged user of the streets it would seem logical for the rider to beware. One would think :-) Pedestrians? Even slower, less powerful and as easily damaged. Well, yes. Although I seldom see pedestrians "taking the lane" as Frank advocates... At least not while sober :-) At least locally all bike paths and trails are shared with pedestrians (even where there are separate paths for pedestrians and cyclists, at least half the time the pedestrians are walking in the bike path segment for some reason). Bike lanes in streets are generally not, but even then a lot of adult cyclists ride on the sidewalks. Yet to my observations neither cyclists nor pedestrians pay much mind to what is going on around them. They seem to rely on the belief that the rest of the world will just avoid them as they ignore traffic laws or common sense. Perhaps we should accept bicycle accidents as example of Darwin in action :-) -- Cheers, John B. |
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On 11/5/2017 8:05 PM, John B. wrote:
On Sun, 05 Nov 2017 11:45:15 -0600, Tim McNamara wrote: On Sun, 05 Nov 2017 15:01:39 +0700, John B wrote: On Sun, 05 Nov 2017 00:42:27 -0500, Tim McNamara wrote: On Sat, 4 Nov 2017 11:45:42 -0700 (PDT), wrote: He violated a basic principle of city cycling, avoid doing anything that impedes the progress of others or that startles them unnecessarily. Unfortunately I see a lot of "urban cyclists" around here not following that principle. As transportational cycling grows, it appears that the stupidity formerly seen behind the wheel of cars is now seen on the saddle of bikes. Given that the bicyclist is the slowest, least powerful and most easily damaged user of the streets it would seem logical for the rider to beware. One would think :-) Pedestrians? Even slower, less powerful and as easily damaged. Well, yes. Although I seldom see pedestrians "taking the lane" as Frank advocates... IME, they often do on Mixed Use Paths. Sometimes four abreast. Add a dog on a long leash and pedestrians' random motion, and it can make things rather exciting. -- - Frank Krygowski |
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On Sun, 5 Nov 2017 21:00:47 -0500, Frank Krygowski
wrote: On 11/5/2017 8:05 PM, John B. wrote: On Sun, 05 Nov 2017 11:45:15 -0600, Tim McNamara wrote: On Sun, 05 Nov 2017 15:01:39 +0700, John B wrote: On Sun, 05 Nov 2017 00:42:27 -0500, Tim McNamara wrote: On Sat, 4 Nov 2017 11:45:42 -0700 (PDT), wrote: He violated a basic principle of city cycling, avoid doing anything that impedes the progress of others or that startles them unnecessarily. Unfortunately I see a lot of "urban cyclists" around here not following that principle. As transportational cycling grows, it appears that the stupidity formerly seen behind the wheel of cars is now seen on the saddle of bikes. Given that the bicyclist is the slowest, least powerful and most easily damaged user of the streets it would seem logical for the rider to beware. One would think :-) Pedestrians? Even slower, less powerful and as easily damaged. Well, yes. Although I seldom see pedestrians "taking the lane" as Frank advocates... IME, they often do on Mixed Use Paths. Sometimes four abreast. Add a dog on a long leash and pedestrians' random motion, and it can make things rather exciting. Well, I was originally talking about lanes in city streets. See http://money.cnn.com/2017/02/20/auto...ies/index.html In the second photo from the top note the expression on the pedestrian's face :-) -- Cheers, John B. |
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