Too dangerous to drive, I think I'll start biking
01-16-07, 12:08 PM
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Too dangerous to drive, I think I'll start biking
The second <a href="https://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/01/16/BAGCKNJG4B4.DTL">road rage shooting</a> in five days in the SF Bay Area occurred yesterday afternoon. Another half dozen people also died in run-of-the-mill traffic over the past week in the Bay Area, and dozens were maimed for life. In the meantime, of the three or four cyclists hit by cars over the weekend, none of them were killed or required hospitalization.
01-16-07, 07:11 PM
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Richard,
I am a bit confused. I see you live in Colorado. What does highway gun violence have to do with you several states away?
Have you relocated to the SF Bay Area? If you have and either live in or near Richmond CA then you should know that Richmond is frequently in the news for this type of mayhem.
Jeff, still fat
I am a bit confused. I see you live in Colorado. What does highway gun violence have to do with you several states away?
Have you relocated to the SF Bay Area? If you have and either live in or near Richmond CA then you should know that Richmond is frequently in the news for this type of mayhem.
Jeff, still fat
01-16-07, 07:20 PM
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Originally Posted by fat biker
Richard,
I am a bit confused. I see you live in Colorado. What does highway gun violence have to do with you several states away?
Have you relocated to the SF Bay Area? If you have and either live in or near Richmond CA then you should know that Richmond is frequently in the news for this type of mayhem.
Jeff, still fat
I am a bit confused. I see you live in Colorado. What does highway gun violence have to do with you several states away?
Have you relocated to the SF Bay Area? If you have and either live in or near Richmond CA then you should know that Richmond is frequently in the news for this type of mayhem.
Jeff, still fat
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. “He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.”- Fredrick Nietzsche
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01-16-07, 08:02 PM
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does anyone know of a website that has up-to-date traffic fatality and accident data for Florida ????
- update, I found >> THIS << link that has data in it, but I'm not sure about how up-to-date it is...... =(
I think its from 2004... sux..
- update, I found >> THIS << link that has data in it, but I'm not sure about how up-to-date it is...... =(
I think its from 2004... sux..
01-16-07, 08:28 PM
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Well, since the latest shooting was in response to someone that raised their hands like saying "WTH?" after being cut off in traffic, from the responses many on here give after being buzzed by cars, I'd think cycling wouldn't be any safer.
01-17-07, 12:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Dchiefransom
...I'd think cycling wouldn't be any safer.
I guess I should update my profile!
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