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Before & after bike ghettos
Nate Nagel writes:
On 10/01/2010 12:12 AM, Dan O wrote: On Sep 30, 8:12 pm, Nate wrote: On 09/30/2010 10:02 PM, Dan O wrote: On Sep 29, 5:25 pm, Frank wrote: On Sep 29, 8:04 pm, Nate wrote: It's like this huge vortex of stupid. Good phrasing! Well, maybe, but did you catch the part where he seems to be saying what's stupid is that motorists don't deliberately wait longer to brake, so that they charge faster, harder, and closer to cyclists in order to intimidate them. Nice. I feel absolutely no guilt about scaring the **** out of scofflaws, so long as I don't actually hit them. They undoubtedly would be whining and crying and suing the pants off of a motorist who hit them unintentionally, so a little adrenaline charge is only fair. It's called right of way. When you have it, you have it, and when you don't, you don't. It's how a polite society operates without getting all stabby with each other. Fear is an excellent teacher, but you're talking about deliberately multiplying the risk of injury or death. (This msg is 500 back ATM.) Not nearly as much as running stop signs does. In fact, I'd argue that I don't increase the risk of anything at all, seeing that I've never hit anyone ever. (NB: I'm talking about those idiots that will blow signs in heavy traffic, not one of those "tree falls in a forest" type infractions.) There's a stop sign I blow pretty regular at the bottom of a hill with a wicked uphill crossroad with gravel trucks and stuff on it. Oh, baby, oh ;-) One morning this pickup waited in the fog at the bottom too long, and I knew he was sitting there to make me stop, so as I came up on the right, on came his right turn signal and he started to move forward, but he didn't want to turn right, else he would have by now. I blew past on the right in the fog and on over the top of a hump on the other side and on down the hill. Another time on this downhill, a SUV had passed me on the way up, then as we crested the top of this area... slam bam fog and SUV brake lights and... hey - check it out! In the fog any light is glowing all over the place... no lights coming up the hill - book on :-) (Lot of cows and deer around here, too. darkness, fog, yee-haw! :-) |
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Before & after bike ghettos
On Oct 9, 8:10 pm, Dan wrote:
Nate Nagel writes: On 10/01/2010 12:12 AM, Dan O wrote: On Sep 30, 8:12 pm, Nate wrote: On 09/30/2010 10:02 PM, Dan O wrote: On Sep 29, 5:25 pm, Frank wrote: On Sep 29, 8:04 pm, Nate wrote: It's like this huge vortex of stupid. Good phrasing! Well, maybe, but did you catch the part where he seems to be saying what's stupid is that motorists don't deliberately wait longer to brake, so that they charge faster, harder, and closer to cyclists in order to intimidate them. Nice. I feel absolutely no guilt about scaring the **** out of scofflaws, so long as I don't actually hit them. They undoubtedly would be whining and crying and suing the pants off of a motorist who hit them unintentionally, so a little adrenaline charge is only fair. It's called right of way. When you have it, you have it, and when you don't, you don't. It's how a polite society operates without getting all stabby with each other. Fear is an excellent teacher, but you're talking about deliberately multiplying the risk of injury or death. (This msg is 500 back ATM.) Not nearly as much as running stop signs does. In fact, I'd argue that I don't increase the risk of anything at all, seeing that I've never hit anyone ever. (NB: I'm talking about those idiots that will blow signs in heavy traffic, not one of those "tree falls in a forest" type infractions.) There's a stop sign I blow pretty regular at the bottom of a hill with a wicked uphill crossroad with gravel trucks and stuff on it. Oh, baby, oh ;-) One morning this pickup waited in the fog at the bottom too long, and I knew he was sitting there to make me stop, so as I came up on the right, on came his right turn signal and he started to move forward, but he didn't want to turn right, else he would have by now. I blew past on the right in the fog and on over the top of a hump on the other side and on down the hill. Another time on this downhill, a SUV had passed me on the way up, then as we crested the top of this area... slam bam fog and SUV brake lights and... hey - check it out! In the fog any light is glowing all over the place... no lights coming up the hill - book on :-) (Lot of cows and deer around here, too. darkness, fog, yee-haw! :-) What am I supposed to do - ride like a squid? :-) I got a long way to go. |
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Before & after bike ghettos
Dan O writes:
On Oct 9, 8:10 pm, Dan wrote: Nate Nagel writes: On 10/01/2010 12:12 AM, Dan O wrote: On Sep 30, 8:12 pm, Nate wrote: On 09/30/2010 10:02 PM, Dan O wrote: On Sep 29, 5:25 pm, Frank wrote: On Sep 29, 8:04 pm, Nate wrote: It's like this huge vortex of stupid. Good phrasing! Well, maybe, but did you catch the part where he seems to be saying what's stupid is that motorists don't deliberately wait longer to brake, so that they charge faster, harder, and closer to cyclists in order to intimidate them. Nice. I feel absolutely no guilt about scaring the **** out of scofflaws, so long as I don't actually hit them. They undoubtedly would be whining and crying and suing the pants off of a motorist who hit them unintentionally, so a little adrenaline charge is only fair. It's called right of way. When you have it, you have it, and when you don't, you don't. It's how a polite society operates without getting all stabby with each other. Fear is an excellent teacher, but you're talking about deliberately multiplying the risk of injury or death. (This msg is 500 back ATM.) Not nearly as much as running stop signs does. In fact, I'd argue that I don't increase the risk of anything at all, seeing that I've never hit anyone ever. (NB: I'm talking about those idiots that will blow signs in heavy traffic, not one of those "tree falls in a forest" type infractions.) There's a stop sign I blow pretty regular at the bottom of a hill with a wicked uphill crossroad with gravel trucks and stuff on it. Oh, baby, oh ;-) One morning this pickup waited in the fog at the bottom too long, and I knew he was sitting there to make me stop, so as I came up on the right, on came his right turn signal and he started to move forward, but he didn't want to turn right, else he would have by now. I blew past on the right in the fog and on over the top of a hump on the other side and on down the hill. Another time on this downhill, a SUV had passed me on the way up, then as we crested the top of this area... slam bam fog and SUV brake lights and... hey - check it out! In the fog any light is glowing all over the place... no lights coming up the hill - book on :-) (Lot of cows and deer around here, too. darkness, fog, yee-haw! :-) What am I supposed to do - ride like a squid? :-) I got a long way to go. Seriously, though, I am trying to be careful. Whee! |
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Before & after bike ghettos
On Oct 9, 8:28 pm, Dan wrote:
Dan O writes: On Oct 9, 8:10 pm, Dan wrote: Nate Nagel writes: On 10/01/2010 12:12 AM, Dan O wrote: On Sep 30, 8:12 pm, Nate wrote: On 09/30/2010 10:02 PM, Dan O wrote: On Sep 29, 5:25 pm, Frank wrote: On Sep 29, 8:04 pm, Nate wrote: It's like this huge vortex of stupid. Good phrasing! Well, maybe, but did you catch the part where he seems to be saying what's stupid is that motorists don't deliberately wait longer to brake, so that they charge faster, harder, and closer to cyclists in order to intimidate them. Nice. I feel absolutely no guilt about scaring the **** out of scofflaws, so long as I don't actually hit them. They undoubtedly would be whining and crying and suing the pants off of a motorist who hit them unintentionally, so a little adrenaline charge is only fair. It's called right of way. When you have it, you have it, and when you don't, you don't. It's how a polite society operates without getting all stabby with each other. Fear is an excellent teacher, but you're talking about deliberately multiplying the risk of injury or death. (This msg is 500 back ATM.) Not nearly as much as running stop signs does. In fact, I'd argue that I don't increase the risk of anything at all, seeing that I've never hit anyone ever. (NB: I'm talking about those idiots that will blow signs in heavy traffic, not one of those "tree falls in a forest" type infractions.) There's a stop sign I blow pretty regular at the bottom of a hill with a wicked uphill crossroad with gravel trucks and stuff on it. Oh, baby, oh ;-) One morning this pickup waited in the fog at the bottom too long, and I knew he was sitting there to make me stop, so as I came up on the right, on came his right turn signal and he started to move forward, but he didn't want to turn right, else he would have by now. I blew past on the right in the fog and on over the top of a hump on the other side and on down the hill. Another time on this downhill, a SUV had passed me on the way up, then as we crested the top of this area... slam bam fog and SUV brake lights and... hey - check it out! In the fog any light is glowing all over the place... no lights coming up the hill - book on :-) (Lot of cows and deer around here, too. darkness, fog, yee-haw! :-) What am I supposed to do - ride like a squid? :-) I got a long way to go. Seriously, though, I am trying to be careful. Whee! ( ... note that the diualogue is continuous, rather than responsive; so I'm not really talking to muslef 8) |
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Before & after bike ghettos
Dan writes:
Dan O writes: On Oct 9, 8:10 pm, Dan wrote: Nate Nagel writes: On 10/01/2010 12:12 AM, Dan O wrote: On Sep 30, 8:12 pm, Nate wrote: On 09/30/2010 10:02 PM, Dan O wrote: On Sep 29, 5:25 pm, Frank wrote: On Sep 29, 8:04 pm, Nate wrote: It's like this huge vortex of stupid. Good phrasing! Well, maybe, but did you catch the part where he seems to be saying what's stupid is that motorists don't deliberately wait longer to brake, so that they charge faster, harder, and closer to cyclists in order to intimidate them. Nice. I feel absolutely no guilt about scaring... snip Fear is an excellent teacher, but you're talking about deliberately multiplying the risk of injury or death. (This msg is 500 back ATM.) Not nearly as much as running stop signs does. In fact, I'd argue that I don't increase the risk of anything at all, seeing that I've never hit anyone ever. (NB: I'm talking about those idiots that will blow signs in heavy traffic, not one of those "tree falls in a forest" type infractions.) There's a stop sign I blow pretty regular at the bottom of a hill with a wicked uphill crossroad with gravel trucks and stuff on it. Oh, baby, oh ;-) One morning this pickup waited in the fog at the bottom too long, and I knew he was sitting there to make me stop, so as I came up on the right, on came his right turn signal and he started to move forward, but he didn't want to turn right, else he would have by now. I blew past on the right in the fog and on over the top of a hump on the other side and on down the hill. Another time on this downhill, a SUV had passed me on the way up, then as we crested the top of this area... slam bam fog and SUV brake lights and... hey - check it out! In the fog any light is glowing all over the place... no lights coming up the hill - book on :-) (Lot of cows and deer around here, too. darkness, fog, yee-haw! :-) What am I supposed to do - ride like a squid? :-) I got a long way to go. Seriously, though, I am trying to be careful. Whee! .... well, okay, I was lucky to miss that big deer... and the black cow, etc... |
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Before & after bike ghettos
On Oct 9, 8:39 pm, Dan wrote:
Dan writes: Dan O writes: On Oct 9, 8:10 pm, Dan wrote: Nate Nagel writes: On 10/01/2010 12:12 AM, Dan O wrote: On Sep 30, 8:12 pm, Nate wrote: On 09/30/2010 10:02 PM, Dan O wrote: On Sep 29, 5:25 pm, Frank wrote: On Sep 29, 8:04 pm, Nate wrote: It's like this huge vortex of stupid. Good phrasing! Well, maybe, but did you catch the part where he seems to be saying what's stupid is that motorists don't deliberately wait longer to brake, so that they charge faster, harder, and closer to cyclists in order to intimidate them. Nice. I feel absolutely no guilt about scaring... snip Fear is an excellent teacher, but you're talking about deliberately multiplying the risk of injury or death. (This msg is 500 back ATM.) Not nearly as much as running stop signs does. In fact, I'd argue that I don't increase the risk of anything at all, seeing that I've never hit anyone ever. (NB: I'm talking about those idiots that will blow signs in heavy traffic, not one of those "tree falls in a forest" type infractions.) There's a stop sign I blow pretty regular at the bottom of a hill with a wicked uphill crossroad with gravel trucks and stuff on it. Oh, baby, oh ;-) One morning this pickup waited in the fog at the bottom too long, and I knew he was sitting there to make me stop, so as I came up on the right, on came his right turn signal and he started to move forward, but he didn't want to turn right, else he would have by now. I blew past on the right in the fog and on over the top of a hump on the other side and on down the hill. Another time on this downhill, a SUV had passed me on the way up, then as we crested the top of this area... slam bam fog and SUV brake lights and... hey - check it out! In the fog any light is glowing all over the place... no lights coming up the hill - book on :-) (Lot of cows and deer around here, too. darkness, fog, yee-haw! :-) What am I supposed to do - ride like a squid? :-) I got a long way to go. Seriously, though, I am trying to be careful. Whee! ... well, okay, I was lucky to miss that big deer... and the black cow, etc... .... but right-of-way wouldn't have saved me in either case! |
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Before & after bike ghettos
On Oct 9, 8:45 pm, Dan O wrote:
On Oct 9, 8:39 pm, Dan wrote: Dan writes: Dan O writes: On Oct 9, 8:10 pm, Dan wrote: Nate Nagel writes: On 10/01/2010 12:12 AM, Dan O wrote: On Sep 30, 8:12 pm, Nate wrote: On 09/30/2010 10:02 PM, Dan O wrote: On Sep 29, 5:25 pm, Frank wrote: On Sep 29, 8:04 pm, Nate wrote: It's like this huge vortex of stupid. Good phrasing! Well, maybe, but did you catch the part where he seems to be saying what's stupid is that motorists don't deliberately wait longer to brake, so that they charge faster, harder, and closer to cyclists in order to intimidate them. Nice. I feel absolutely no guilt about scaring... snip Fear is an excellent teacher, but you're talking about deliberately multiplying the risk of injury or death. (This msg is 500 back ATM.) Not nearly as much as running stop signs does. In fact, I'd argue that I don't increase the risk of anything at all, seeing that I've never hit anyone ever. (NB: I'm talking about those idiots that will blow signs in heavy traffic, not one of those "tree falls in a forest" type infractions.) There's a stop sign I blow pretty regular at the bottom of a hill with a wicked uphill crossroad with gravel trucks and stuff on it. Oh, baby, oh ;-) One morning this pickup waited in the fog at the bottom too long, and I knew he was sitting there to make me stop, so as I came up on the right, on came his right turn signal and he started to move forward, but he didn't want to turn right, else he would have by now. I blew past on the right in the fog and on over the top of a hump on the other side and on down the hill. Another time on this downhill, a SUV had passed me on the way up, then as we crested the top of this area... slam bam fog and SUV brake lights and... hey - check it out! In the fog any light is glowing all over the place... no lights coming up the hill - book on :-) (Lot of cows and deer around here, too. darkness, fog, yee-haw! :-) What am I supposed to do - ride like a squid? :-) I got a long way to go. Seriously, though, I am trying to be careful. Whee! ... well, okay, I was lucky to miss that big deer... and the black cow, etc... ... but right-of-way wouldn't have saved me in either case! Actually, they probably had the right-of-way. |
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