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Bicyclist killed by woman driver who was downloading cell phone ring tones
On Tue, 19 Dec 2006 06:03:07 -0700, Mark Hickey
wrote: Seems like now Zoot's got two kinds of personal demons to deal with in his scary universe. Drivers and pedestrians. It's the whole of car culture that is detestable for the destruction that it has caused. Beginning with environmental degradation all the way through to its corruption of people's souls, cars are destroying human society. I've no problem with pedestrians though they often do pull some dumb stunts. -- zk |
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Bicyclist killed by woman driver who was downloading cell phone ring tones
Zoot Katz wrote in
: On Tue, 19 Dec 2006 06:03:07 -0700, Mark Hickey wrote: Seems like now Zoot's got two kinds of personal demons to deal with in his scary universe. Drivers and pedestrians. It's the whole of car culture that is detestable for the destruction that it has caused. Beginning with environmental degradation all the way through to its corruption of people's souls, cars are destroying human society. I've no problem with pedestrians though they often do pull some dumb stunts. As do everyone - including cyclists. I live in a very rural area that is used by many pro race teams for their winter training camps. Most of the locals have a "love/hate" relationship with cycling here. While they appreciate the revenue brought to the area by cycling (we also have an extremely popular century ride and the Tour of California is having their individual time trial in town next year) friends often tell me how rude some cyclists can be about not sharing the road. Many riders - both the pros on their training rides and recreational riders alike - will ride two and three abreast on roads wide enough that cars could safely pass individual riders, but not wide enough to allow the cars to pass riders chatting away side-by-side. I have even called out to riders "car back" only to have them acknowledge me, but ignore the car. Cheers, David |
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Bicyclist killed by woman driver who was downloading cell phone ring tones
"Solvang Cyclist" wrote in message .136... Zoot Katz wrote in : On Tue, 19 Dec 2006 06:03:07 -0700, Mark Hickey wrote: Seems like now Zoot's got two kinds of personal demons to deal with in his scary universe. Drivers and pedestrians. It's the whole of car culture that is detestable for the destruction that it has caused. Beginning with environmental degradation all the way through to its corruption of people's souls, cars are destroying human society. I've no problem with pedestrians though they often do pull some dumb stunts. As do everyone - including cyclists. I live in a very rural area that is used by many pro race teams for their winter training camps. Most of the locals have a "love/hate" relationship with cycling here. While they appreciate the revenue brought to the area by cycling (we also have an extremely popular century ride and the Tour of California is having their individual time trial in town next year) friends often tell me how rude some cyclists can be about not sharing the road. Many riders - both the pros on their training rides and recreational riders alike - will ride two and three abreast on roads wide enough that cars could safely pass individual riders, but not wide enough to allow the cars to pass riders chatting away side-by-side. I have even called out to riders "car back" only to have them acknowledge me, but ignore the car. Cheers, David That is 3 against one. Majority rules I guess. One person in a car taking up the whole road 364 days of the year. Not going to kill them is it for training day. |
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