On 12/13/2019 8:23 AM, Ted Heise wrote:
On Fri, 13 Dec 2019 07:42:50 +0700,
John B wrote:
On Thu, 12 Dec 2019 16:10:50 -0800 (PST), Chalo
wrote:
John B. wrote:

By Gorry! You are correct! If we could just get rid of all
the motor vehicles the bicycles would be safe.

That's how ethics work. If you unilaterally inflict a harm or
impose a burden in others, it's your sole responsibility to
mitigate it, not theirs.

Too bad motorists are inherently unethical creatures.

That seems rather one sided. After all most, if not all, states
have laws about slow vehicles saying essentially that they must
not impede other vehicles. Minnesota, for example, requires all
vehicles which are operated at speeds 30 mph or less to display
a "triangular slow-moving vehicle emblem". New York defines it
as 25 mph, or slower; Indiana says 25 mph, or slower. I read
that "According to Bicycling, the average recreational road
biker moves at 17 to 18 miles per hour over flat terrain". --
cheers,

I've relished those few times I've been able to pass a tractor!

I've gotten a couple of nice, long drafts from tractors. They poke a big
hole in the wind!

I've also enjoyed a couple of races against Amish kids in horse-drawn
buggies. Is I recall, it was pretty competitive on the level or on an
uphill, but they had no hope of keeping up once we crested a hill.

--
- Frank Krygowski