Originally Posted by
cruiserhead
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This is not reasonable logic.
There are so many assumptions in what you are saying that don't make sense to me.
A car does not have to be airtight or sealed to enjoy better air quality than a cyclist riding next to it.
Conversely, a poor hvac system *probably* is bad for the respratory system as well. This goes double for a home hvac unit, which many homeowners tend to neglect.
One can easily prove a hepa filtered car has cleaner air than a cyclist next to it breathing in dust and debris kicked up by passing cars; direct, unfiltered particulates from a tailpipes, and unrestricted airflow directly to your face of all airborne particulates, dust, debris, etc.
I pro-cycling commuting and mass transit. It's simply a reality. Please don't quote one statement and totally ignore everything else I've written.
There is good and bad in everything. If you choose to ignore the bad, you can't make it better.
Those are not assumptions, but simply facts of life. You drive a car and you never open the doors (how do you get in and out then?), you never roll down your window (how do you pay toll, etc?), etc. That sure is reasonable logic there
About quoting, I choose what to quote when responding, and I qoute just the part of your statement that I have to say something about. No point in quoting everything else that is of no interest to me in particular. I do not ignore anything, and if I have nothing to say relating to something I did not quote, I does not mean that I haven't read it.