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Old 04-20-08, 12:49 PM
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Maybe you can get the title changed to Farmers instead of State Farm... They're not the same company and it's important to be accurate in cases like this.
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Originally Posted by shoerhino
Maybe you can get the title changed to Farmers instead of State Farm... They're not the same company and it's important to be accurate in cases like this.
Accuracy, like credibility, has little bearing in the AnS forums.
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no one's made a comment about an insurance company profiling a helmet less cycle commuter? Don't insurance companies refuse to allow the participation of a helmet less cyclist in events where the greater danger of automobiles don't even exist?
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Originally Posted by dynodonn
a shoulder wide enough for a car to pass easily, I'd have moved right and be letting them pass to the left happily than to the right in a vile mood.
Most everyone would. There was no compelling reason (intersection, debris, narrow width) to not use the shoulder in this particular case.

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Originally Posted by Bikepacker67
I totally agree.
I'm just more concerned with the portrayals that depict every car driver as master of the universe, Zoom Zooming his way across the asphalt jungle like some Mad Max meets James Bond hero.
There should be a 'Truth in Advertising' clause in car ads. Rather than a driver driving that 300hp car down twisty roads at extra legal speeds(a lot of times looks like Rt 1 in California) they should show it sitting in traffic or crawing at 5-2 MPH in stop and go traffic.
Until people stop thinking of their car as an extension of their being (and some men think of it as an extension of their you know what) people will still keep buying cars that don't make sense or ignoring other commuting options.
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Originally Posted by Allister
Like this one?
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