Old 06-16-05 | 03:43 PM
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alanbikehouston
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Originally Posted by BostonFixed
All of these are isolated incidents though- just like the gun toting psycho who goes on a rampage. Motorists who 'run down cyclists' are few/far behind.
If you mean "and kill" the cylist...you are correct. The game of "shove your right hand mirror into the cyclist" is a game of chicken. The driver is trying to intimidate the cyclist, and push him over toward (or over) the curb. And, an experienced cyclist becomes skilled at knowing when, where, and how such attempts will be made, and avoiding them...but avoiding actual contact does NOT make having a four ton vehicle miss your left shoulder by six inches "enjoyable".

I enjoyed the post from the guy in Hawaii who wanted to pretend that the majority of the drivers in Hawaii who deliberately aimed their vehicles at cyclists are "Asian women" who are liberal Democrats. Funny, but absolutely a crock.

Assaults on cyclists are a form of "stranger on stranger" crime. And, any police officer who has spent ten seconds looking at the annual FBI crime statistics can tell you this: violent "stranger on stranger" crimes are committed by males nine times out of ten. And, contrary to the delusions of the Rush Limbaugh's of the world, FBI statistics prove that the MAJORITY of the men who commit "stranger on stranger" crimes are white males.

So, when I see "Bubba" bearing down on me in his pickup truck, I'm ready to get of the way. "Playing Chicken" is only fun when the weights of the vehicles "playing" are within two tons of each other.

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