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12-14-05, 02:48 PM
I think this has been posted before:
http://www.bicyclinglife.com
I was reading this article:
http://www.bicyclinglife.com/EffectiveAdvocacy/Marginalization.htm
It was interesting: it uses a different perspective on a the paramount problem with riding a bike- traffic.
Please excuse the cherry-picking of thought provoking ideas:
" A solo bicyclist on a road does not experience much risk (aside from steep mountain descents and other extreme situations). A bicyclist following the rules of the road in traffic does not pose a risk. The main thing that poses life-threatening risk is the human being operating the motor vehicle on that road."
That rings true.
http://www.bicyclinglife.com
I was reading this article:
http://www.bicyclinglife.com/EffectiveAdvocacy/Marginalization.htm
It was interesting: it uses a different perspective on a the paramount problem with riding a bike- traffic.
Please excuse the cherry-picking of thought provoking ideas:
" A solo bicyclist on a road does not experience much risk (aside from steep mountain descents and other extreme situations). A bicyclist following the rules of the road in traffic does not pose a risk. The main thing that poses life-threatening risk is the human being operating the motor vehicle on that road."
That rings true.