It died for me in August (or was it July?) when I realized the zealots would stoop to any level to further the argument of their cause.

When reason departs, so do I.

(Still, with an almost equal amount of views with only about one-third of reply activity of the Bike Lanes thread, this thread must hold some value to visiters of this web page. If one is so inclined in intrest, you might do well to consider reading, and think about, this paper. It's not a bad summation of the regular arguments - http://web.aanet.com.au/d-e/AAP_draft_Dec05.pdf)