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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: Genetic
Wrong, from what I understand most roads was paved when the automobile first came around.
481 posted on 10/02/2003 11:03:33 AM PDT by KevinDavis (Let the meek inherit the Earth, the rest of us will explore the stars!)
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To: bicycle thug
He was on a Harley and it had stalled.

Redundancy alert!

482 posted on 10/02/2003 11:05:44 AM PDT by whd23
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To: RoughDobermann
Many times I have come on a cyclist on the white line, and a long line of oncoming traffic. There is no way I feel comfortable passing or even being close to the cyclist when there is gravel and other debris on the road edge. Way too easy for the cyclist to be bumped my way at the wrong moment and I am in prison for manslaughter or worse because I did not give sufficient clearance.

Plus, it is hard to tell the good from the goofy from behind them. Several times I have started to pass when the biker looks over his left shoulder to see what I am doing and surges an additional foot or 3 into my space.

It is usually impossible to safely pass a biker without slowing down.
483 posted on 10/02/2003 2:07:35 PM PDT by Geritol (Lord willing, there will be a later...)
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To: KevinDavis
If most roads were paved when the "first" automobile came around, then it was when few people owned automobiles and many people owned bicycles.
I should correct myself on my previous post. I didn't mean "paved". I meant to use your own term: "made".
Most roads were made for either horses, or in the case of large cities, bikes.
484 posted on 10/02/2003 2:55:26 PM PDT by Genetic (Made in Detroit)
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To: Centurion2000
My Dodge RAM carries 5 million ft-lbs of energy at decent speed.

By my math, a 4800lb truck would have to be going 177mph to carry 5 million ft-lbs of energy. Decent speed indeed.

485 posted on 10/03/2003 12:22:30 AM PDT by CGTRWK
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To: Hatteras
Not to offend any cyclists here, but folks who dress up like they're racing in the Tour de France - nearly every cyclist I see these days - when they're just taking a leisurely ride around town look absolutely ridiculous (to be kind about it).
486 posted on 10/03/2003 12:26:19 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: CGTRWK
By my math, a 4800lb truck would have to be going 177mph to carry 5 million ft-lbs of energy. Decent speed indeed.

It's closer to 6000 lbs actually

487 posted on 10/03/2003 4:41:30 AM PDT by Centurion2000 (Virtue untested is innocence)
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To: Hatteras
Local Radio Station Suspends Morning Team For Comments About Bicyclists
488 posted on 10/03/2003 9:43:29 AM PDT by Constitution Day (Eschew exclamatory abuse.)
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To: Centurion2000; CGTRWK
By my math, a 4800lb truck would have to be going 177mph to carry 5 million ft-lbs of energy. Decent speed indeed.

It's closer to 6000 lbs actually

So in actuality he only drives around at somewhere near 158 mph.

489 posted on 10/03/2003 2:26:53 PM PDT by olorin
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