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Radio host infuriates cyclists
The Raleigh News & Observer ^
| 10/1/03
| BRUCE SICELOFF
Posted on 10/01/2003 6:49:41 AM PDT by Hatteras
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To: Servant of the 9
Oh, well then I think you're lying.
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posted on
10/01/2003 8:20:15 AM PDT
by
olorin
To: Hank Rearden; All
Does anyone else find it interesting that cyclist attire keeps coming up, typically along with "homo" this and that? Obviously, some here are allowing their deeply repressed homosexual tendencies to bubble to the surface. I'll keep that in mind next time some a-hole tries to knock me off my bike...
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posted on
10/01/2003 8:20:15 AM PDT
by
RoughDobermann
(Nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.)
To: Lazamataz
However, it infuriates me to see these spandex-covered twinks on their road bikes who insist on riding in the center of the lane. Those are the ones. Isn't that a ticketable or arrestable offense?
Most (all?) states have laws establishing penalties for "obstructing traffic".
Unfortunately, I would wonder whether any cyclist has ever been ticketed for this, or for running a stop light or stop sign or, for that matter, violating any of dozens of other traffic laws which motorists must obey. How often is a cyclist arrested for DUI? How often is a cyclist ticketed for "reckless riding" or riding too fast for conditions, or failing to yield?
They want the same privileges as motorists, but don't want the same responsibilities. If a car hits a cyclist, it's the driver's fault. If a cyclist runs into a car, it's still the driver's fault. If my car is parked legally, and a cyclist runs into it and damages something, my insurance and my deductible pays for it, unless I haul the idiot into court (if I'm lucky enough to be able to catch the guy-no license plate number to track him).
Motorists pay huge insurance premiums and lots of taxes for the use of the roads. Cyclists pay nothing, and they wonder why some motorists don't appreciate their antics.
To: ironman
"...or go across in the crosswalk"And should we assume that you step off your bike to walk thru the cross walk like you should? Isn't the crosswalk a continuation of the sidewalk? Is this more of that "Rules of the Road but only when it's convenient" stuff?
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posted on
10/01/2003 8:22:27 AM PDT
by
Hatteras
(Some mornings, it's just not worth chewing through the leather straps...)
To: af_vet_1981
Did I, or did I not state that it would be a SHAME if I hit that nice young man?
You seem to be jumping to a lot of conclusions. With all that jumping, perhaps you don't need to bike any more.
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posted on
10/01/2003 8:22:39 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(I am the extended middle finger in the fist of life.)
To: Lijahsbubbe
If it isn't, spandex should be.
I've said it before, and I'll say it again . . .
Spandex is a PRIVILEGE, not a right.
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posted on
10/01/2003 8:23:08 AM PDT
by
Xenalyte
(I may not agree with your bumper sticker, but I'll defend to the death your right to stick it)
To: Skip Ripley
Skip,
Actually, in both collisions I saw, the cyclist went down and was injured. Also was bigger than the blader. One case was an accident. The other may have been a purposeful hit by the biker. He tried to sue the girl on blades. However, he still got injured pretty badly.
I agree and rag on poor bikers who do not respect the rules of the road. However, let's differentiate between a bike rider and a cyclist. Bike riders generally are riding a trashy bike, wearing jeans or cut offs, no helmet, lights or other safety equipment and often ride late at night and on the wrong side of the road.
A true cyclist wears safety gear. Spandex, (yea, you look like a dork, but the benefits of performance clothing after 50-100 miles of riding far outweigh the appearance)helmet. A cyclist will ride the road, but generaly as near the edge as is safe.
I occasionally will jump a red light. However, my justification is that I can get far enough ahead of traffic so as to allow the cars to spread out a little and cause little or no interference to traffic. If I see that I'm backing up traffic, I'll try to pull over, speed up, slow down or whatever else I can do to not be an impediment.
Another analogy. My drive to work is about 15 miles. Using the same route, it takes me 54 minutes to ride my bike. 53 minutes by car.
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posted on
10/01/2003 8:23:09 AM PDT
by
cyclotic
(Forget United Fraud (way) donate directly to your local Boy Scout Council.)
To: RoughDobermann
Why not go 30 or 45 miles under the speed limit? Cause it is not safe. For anyone on the road.
Many states have minimum speed laws for cars for most roads that is set to keep the closing velocity down in the reasonable numbers. If a bike is supposed to folow all the laws that a vehicle is supposed to follow, I could imagine that this minimum speed would also be a good idea, but not real feasible for the biker. If the road has a speed limit that is totally unachievable for the bike, the bike should try very hard to stay out of the way. Forcing the cars behind the bike to go at it's speed is not at all safe, especially for the cars at the rear of the line
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posted on
10/01/2003 8:23:25 AM PDT
by
Geritol
(Lord willing, there will be a later...)
To: RoughDobermann
Yeah, I was doing that because I know it really bugs you guys when people do that....
To: Xenalyte
I can't remember exactly, but I think the newspaper said the old guy was dead from the truck impact before he even hit the ground.
I stopped and called 911 from a pay phone, and then had to wait for the police to get there.
To tell you the truth, it's something I wish I had never seen.
To: Hatteras
I do not fire wildly. I know how and when to use a firearm, and it is merely part of the equation. I did say emminent harm didn't I?
I have gone out to ride early in the morning and run into University kids still up and stinking from a night of partying.
A car with kids picked on me once near the jail without provication, and they pursied until they saw me next to the deputy in the pack of that building who was preparing the daily road crew to go work some of their crime penalties off. They left, of course.
Now, if they had cornered me and bailed out to beat me up as was their prime intention...
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posted on
10/01/2003 8:24:06 AM PDT
by
bicycle thug
(Fortia facere et pati Americanum est.)
To: ironman
Bump for later read. I can't believe some of the crap I'm reading on this thread.
To: cyclotic
...Using the same route, it takes me 54 minutes to ride my bike. 53 minutes by car. "If you don't like the way I drive, get off the trail!"
&^)
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posted on
10/01/2003 8:25:13 AM PDT
by
SGCOS
To: dead
Apparently, there is a whole big world out there, far from my couch, that is an unpleasant world of cyclists fighting drivers fighting skateboarders.Apparantly, this is what it looks like out there:
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posted on
10/01/2003 8:26:04 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(I am the extended middle finger in the fist of life.)
To: Rebelbase
"By law I have every right to be on the road"
Perhaps, but you can't hold up traffic and then turn into a pedestrian at a red light. Also, if one is to ride a bike on a street, he should have to wait in line and buy a tag, just like others on the road. If you don't want motorists to hate you, perhaps a bit of self-policing toward those stereotypical cyclists would be beneficial. I take no *rap from in-yer-face cyclists. You bring this on yourselves.
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posted on
10/01/2003 8:26:06 AM PDT
by
bk1000
(one of these days I simply MUST come up with a decent tag line.)
To: Lazamataz
You're not fooling anyone. It's your credibility that is at stake on future threads.
Cyclists certainly run more risks and they should always be cognizant of the effect they have on traffic.
When I was a child I would ride for miles on streets with no helmet. Back then, what kids thought there were evil people behind the wheel that wanted to hit them ?
To: Lazamataz
Ludacris is coooool, but he's no Mystikal. (I finally learned how to ass-tap over the weekend, and Mystikal provides the anthem for said activity.)
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posted on
10/01/2003 8:27:08 AM PDT
by
Xenalyte
(I may not agree with your bumper sticker, but I'll defend to the death your right to stick it)
To: ironman
At stops signs I'll wait my turn. At red lights more often than not I'll ride up to the red light. It's safer as to cross as the light changes from red to green or go across in the crosswalk. So in other words, you obey traffic laws when it suits you.
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posted on
10/01/2003 8:27:53 AM PDT
by
Sloth
("I feel like I'm taking crazy pills!" -- Jacobim Mugatu, 'Zoolander')
To: Hank Rearden
"skintight homo-clown outfits"
Skintight clothing serves a very functional purpose. Your home-clown comment is a cheap shot.
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posted on
10/01/2003 8:28:02 AM PDT
by
ironman
To: ArrogantBustard
Ask the men with the nice canvas jacket.And the leather hood?
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posted on
10/01/2003 8:28:24 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(I am the extended middle finger in the fist of life.)
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