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To: netmilsmom

You’re not the only one that has problems with bikers. We live in the mountains. Bikers ride on the two lane roads up here all the time. One was killed trying to pass a big tractor on a curve and crossed a double yellow line. At times, we haul a 20’ stock trailer, loaded. There are blind curves and steep inclines. You can’t stop a rig like this when coming up on these bikers. Bikers seem to think they have the right of way. Little do they know that might has right.


44 posted on 07/29/2008 8:26:20 AM PDT by RC2
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To: RC2

I know what you mean. Here in Colorado, I find them riding double in an area full of blind corners, rolling hills, and no shoulder. They define the term “oblivions. I would not ride my horse on this road - “legal” and “smart” are two very different things. If I have choose between my family, the 3/4 ton, and the 10,000 lbs of horse and trailer going into the forest or a cycling idiot in the middle of the road, well, i hope that spandex is tougher than it looks....


252 posted on 07/29/2008 12:33:55 PM PDT by redlegplanner
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To: RC2
Bikers seem to think they have the right of way. Little do they know that might has right.

We have an area where the law is that if a pedestrian steps into a crosswalk, vehicles must stop and allow the pedestrian to pass.

The immature young among us thinks this means that if they step into a crosswalk, since the cars "have to" stop, they will.

The lesson is that even though cars "must" stop, some don't, therefore pedestrians still need to proceed with caution through the crosswalk.

Many cyclists, however, don't get this basic message. There are times when big, dangerous machines simply can't or won't be stopped in time to prevent injury.

279 posted on 07/30/2008 4:52:55 AM PDT by fightinJAG (Rush was right when he said: "You NEVER win by losing.")
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