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Saw an intelligent bicyclist today
It would help if the cyclists would obey the laws and stop running red lights and stop driving on the left side of the road. Cyclists are always showing up where they're not supposed to be and that's why drivers don't see them. Funny, that's what the drivers always say after they hit a motorcyclist....."I didn't see him, officer!" Hmmmmm |
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Saw an intelligent bicyclist today
N8N wrote:
Why? If I hit another car because the driver did something illegal, or hit a cyclist because he did something illegal, I still hit something. I'm still inconvenienced, and I still have to deal with a lot of BS. Since my observations are that 100% of cyclists flagrantly violate the rules of the road, that seems like a real problem to me. [...] 100% of cyclists blatantly ignore stop signs. Where on earth do you live? How much viewing time are we talking about with this observation? How many bicyclists over what period of time? Assuming the sample size of your observations are sufficiently large, I would have to predict a significant number of the 700-800 American bicyclists that die each year must meet their end in your town, with riding behavior as you claim (assuming you are in the US)! SMH |
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"Larry Farrell" wrote: Both of your 100%s are 100% BS. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Probably closeer to 95%. |
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N8N wrote:
On Feb 27, 3:40 pm, Larry Farrell wrote: N8N wrote: On Feb 27, 3:25 pm, Larry Farrell wrote: N8N wrote: [snip] Why? If I hit another car because the driver did something illegal, or hit a cyclist because he did something illegal, I still hit something. I'm still inconvenienced, and I still have to deal with a lot of BS. Since my observations are that 100% of cyclists flagrantly violate the rules of the road, that seems like a real problem to me. [snip] 100% of cyclists blatantly ignore stop signs. Both of your 100%s are 100% BS. Feel free to ride with me someday and prove me wrong. You won't. You'll be shocked at what you see. I stand by my statement. 100% of cyclists that I encounter flagrantly violate the rules of the road. Most common infraction is blowing through stop signs at speed. It sounds incredible, but it is true - ALL cyclists that I encounter ride like they want to be hit. There's a fair number of cyclists around where I live, too - my commute to/from work takes me across a bike trail, so there's a lot of cyclists that I assume are getting on/off the bike trail and riding on the same roads on which I'm driving. nate Your original statements were that 100% of bicyclists were doing illegal things, not that 100% of the bicyclists you observed were doing so. Therefore, your original statements were blatantly wrong. I stand by *my* statement. So the ones I don't see are perfectly law-abiding? Somehow I doubt that. nate No one said that. But you *did* say that 100% of bicyclists do illegal things, and that is clearly false. -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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Stephen Harding wrote:
N8N wrote: Why? If I hit another car because the driver did something illegal, or hit a cyclist because he did something illegal, I still hit something. I'm still inconvenienced, and I still have to deal with a lot of BS. Since my observations are that 100% of cyclists flagrantly violate the rules of the road, that seems like a real problem to me. [...] 100% of cyclists blatantly ignore stop signs. Where on earth do you live? Falls Church, VA How much viewing time are we talking about with this observation? How many bicyclists over what period of time? I've lived here for over a year. I see anywhere from 1-5 cyclists every morning, and often a few more in the evening. Assuming the sample size of your observations are sufficiently large, I would have to predict a significant number of the 700-800 American bicyclists that die each year must meet their end in your town, with riding behavior as you claim (assuming you are in the US)! I'm honestly surprised that more don't. Just this evening I was following a cyclist who was riding after dark, wearing dark clothing, with no headlight. *I* could see him because he did have a taillight, but oncoming traffic couldn't (and this was a very narrow street where you'd often have to go onto the "wrong" side of the road to get around parked cars.) Now the other cyclist that I saw was wearing a reflective vest, so he gets props for that, but making a left turn a little closer to oncoming traffic than I would have considered prudent kinda negates that. The only conclusion I can draw is that either a) cyclists are idiots or b) the act of getting on a bicycle causes one to become an idiot. Of course, it's not *just* cyclists - just that it seems that they are more universally idiotic. Within the same two mile drive home from the Metro station, I also saw a motorcycle cop pull a U-turn and immediately make a left turn onto Leesburg Pike and I seriously thought he was going to run straight into a pedestrian; I slowed in case I would end up having to stop give a statement/help if I could. nate -- replace "roosters" with "cox" to reply. http://members.cox.net/njnagel |
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Larry Farrell wrote:
N8N wrote: On Feb 27, 3:40 pm, Larry Farrell wrote: N8N wrote: On Feb 27, 3:25 pm, Larry Farrell wrote: N8N wrote: [snip] Why? If I hit another car because the driver did something illegal, or hit a cyclist because he did something illegal, I still hit something. I'm still inconvenienced, and I still have to deal with a lot of BS. Since my observations are that 100% of cyclists flagrantly violate the rules of the road, that seems like a real problem to me. [snip] 100% of cyclists blatantly ignore stop signs. Both of your 100%s are 100% BS. Feel free to ride with me someday and prove me wrong. You won't. You'll be shocked at what you see. I stand by my statement. 100% of cyclists that I encounter flagrantly violate the rules of the road. Most common infraction is blowing through stop signs at speed. It sounds incredible, but it is true - ALL cyclists that I encounter ride like they want to be hit. There's a fair number of cyclists around where I live, too - my commute to/from work takes me across a bike trail, so there's a lot of cyclists that I assume are getting on/off the bike trail and riding on the same roads on which I'm driving. nate Your original statements were that 100% of bicyclists were doing illegal things, not that 100% of the bicyclists you observed were doing so. Therefore, your original statements were blatantly wrong. I stand by *my* statement. So the ones I don't see are perfectly law-abiding? Somehow I doubt that. nate No one said that. But you *did* say that 100% of bicyclists do illegal things, and that is clearly false. I said "my observations are 100%." That is a 100% true statement. nate -- replace "roosters" with "cox" to reply. http://members.cox.net/njnagel |
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On Feb 27, 3:15 pm, N8N wrote:
On Feb 27, 2:56 pm, wrote: Cyclists should use lights and reflectors at night. Those laws should be respected. Agreed. But clothing that suits _your_ fancy is not a legal requirement, and should not be. Being visible is not "my fancy." If you have no lights, no reflectors, and are wearing jeans and a dark shirt, I have no sympathy for anything that might happen to you. Slow down and think about it again, Nate. The jeans and dark shirt should not be part of the equation. If it's night, a driver has a right to expect cyclists to have lights, and possibly reflectors. (That depends a bit on the jurisdiction.) But night or day, a motorist has no right to complain about jeans and a dark shirt. They are legal. It's up to you to watch for others on the road; how they're dressed should not matter. I wish police would enforce _all_ rules of the road, including against motorists who speed through neighborhoods, roll stop signs, run red lights, fail to yield to pedestrians, and all the rest. Yes, they should ticket cyclists - but it's a far lower priority for good reason. Why? If I hit another car because the driver did something illegal, or hit a cyclist because he did something illegal, I still hit something. I'm still inconvenienced... Sorry about that. But the world's been made too convenient for motorists, to the detriment of everyone else. Besides, I doubt you can cite five examples in the last five years where a motorist damaged his precious car due to avoiding a cyclist's illegal move. 100% of cyclists blatantly ignore stop signs. Wrong. Regarding "serious hazards to themselves and others," feel free to post documentation of the terrible carnage caused by bicyclists. We know there are roughly 40,000 people killed by motorists each year in America. How many are killed by bicyclists? Post the number, please. Mostly cyclists kill themselves. Mostly cyclists do just fine. Bike commuters live longer than car commuters. Cycling confers benefits which far outweigh its tiny risks. Cyclists kill essentially nobody. Perhaps one person per year in the US is killed by a cyclist. (Data are almost impossible to find, because the problem is too small to bother with.) But my car will still be damaged. :-) Well, obviously, that's what the entire universe revolves around! - Frank Krygowski |
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On Feb 27, 3:54 pm, (Brent P)
wrote: In article , wrote: For example, regarding stop signs: I live across the street from one. Fewer than half the drivers bother to stop. The majority roll right through. The potential harm from a motorist doing that is hundreds of times worse than that from a cyclist. Is it one of those stop signs you had put up to slow people down? If so, that's the reason people don't respect it. Brent, you've apparently edited our previous discussions to meet your preconceptions. First, I've never, not once, been involved in putting in a stop sign to slow people down. Neither has the bike-pedestrian committee I've been a member of. Second, the stop sign is at a T intersection, and visibility isn't particularly good, due to shrubbery. It's a very normal and practical place for a stop sign. No reasonable person would doubt its appropriateness. (True, the local teeny-bopper would disagree, the one with the daddy-bought car with the "aerodynamic" wing and fart-can muffler, but those boys are pretty unreasonable.) That said we've been over this before and you didn't believe it then and I doubt you do now. We've been over this before, but you've forgotten most of it. - Frank Krygowski |
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!n Saw an intelligent bicyclist today
On Feb 27, 4:25 pm, "Leo Lichtman"
wrote: Frank... the bad drivers you hold responsible--and they are certainly out there--are not affected appreciably by what you say here. I agree that my words won't cause miracles. But discussion is one of the ways that changes are prompted in society. And the privileged attitudes of typical motorists certainly needs to be changed. - Frank Krygowski |
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