Old 02-25-07, 10:30 AM
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PaulH
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No. I went everywhere by bike until I turned 16 and got my licence. Since my prep school did not allow cars and my college restricted where they could be parked, driving remained a primarily recreational weekend activity until I finished graduate school. After about ten years of driving to work, I got tired of traffic anfd parking hassles and went back to riding for transportation and driving for weekend recreation.

I learned the rules of the road from my Boy Scout Handbook. Ride or drive on the left side of the road, obey all stop signs and stop lights. After I learned to ride a bike, it felt like a rite of passege to graduate from travelling, as a pedestrian, on the right side of the road to riding on the left side. I still remember that thrill.

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