Bikes a greater threat than cars, dammit
05-17-05, 02:57 PM
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Well the up side of the story for me is that the person that hit me did give me a contact number at the time of the crash, offered to pay for repairs, and even called me again a couple days later to see what came of the bike repairs. So that's cool.
05-17-05, 03:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Diggy18
Well the up side of the story for me is that the person that hit me did give me a contact number at the time of the crash, offered to pay for repairs, and even called me again a couple days later to see what came of the bike repairs. So that's cool.
05-17-05, 03:08 PM
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Originally Posted by sbhikes
As someone who lives in a tourist town and whose commute involves a very popular MUP I can say I've seen similar stuff. But once the tourists have arrived I don't use the MUP until they go away again. Mostly it's not individual cyclists that are problematic. It's those rental bikes that seat 5 and the rental delta trikes that are scariest, veering wildly all over, and the sheer volume of people that makes the MUP not useful for getting somewhere expediently. Also, some of these folks must also use the streets to get around, so I take extra care near the tourist area.
You know what's scariest? They now have rental electric cars that look like these silly golf-cart like things, so these people on vacation rent them and ride up and down the streets. Since when do our public roads have to serve double-duty as a playground for tourists?
You know what's scariest? They now have rental electric cars that look like these silly golf-cart like things, so these people on vacation rent them and ride up and down the streets. Since when do our public roads have to serve double-duty as a playground for tourists?
05-17-05, 03:55 PM
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Originally Posted by DCCommuter
The [Mt. Vernon] trail is narrow, windy and hilly, and nobody seems to care.
Originally Posted by DCCommuter
That trail gets my vote for the worst in the area. A couple of years ago a cyclist was killed there when he collided with another cyclist, who fled the scene and was never caught. I honestly think you'd be safer riding on the parkway. Certainly there are any number of roads in the area that are safer and more pleasant.
05-17-05, 04:03 PM
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Originally Posted by I-Like-To-Bike
That may not be Rowan's intent but it is clearly that of the dogma spouting EC/VC education proseltyzers from the US who write of bicylist licensing (dependent on "approved training") schemes.
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05-17-05, 07:47 PM
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Diggy, is it always women that are losing control of their bikes when they see you? Gave you her number and called you?
05-17-05, 08:12 PM
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Originally Posted by phinney
Diggy, is it always women that are losing control of their bikes when they see you?
05-17-05, 08:47 PM
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Originally Posted by richardmasoner
I think you might be confusing things, LikeToBike. Licensing to give instruction is a method of gaining credibility in the eyes of the public, plus you have other benefits like liability insurance. There is absolutely no attempt to push licensing or registration just to ride among EC/VC proponents, and there is plenty of opposition to it.
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Perhaps Rowan can explain what he meant by "Train 'em and license 'em, I say!" Maybe he was only funnin' us.
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i ride on the bike lanes here in swartz creek all the time and have yet to find anyone riding dangerous in them the only complaint i have is the cops always pull up into them and i got to go up on the curb and aroubd. But around here its mostly the more experienced riders riding them and they also are single lanes too so that may help i have only had one person ride the wrong way down it.
