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Here in Finland they showed similar things on tv about an intersection
with a stopsign for cyclists. The funny thing was that there is only one or two intersections with stopsign for cyclists in the whole 1 million people city area... makes you wonder why it was picked as example. |
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Here in Massachusetts USA no one seems to stop at stop signs. That bicyclist
who is running the stop sign on the bike is also doing it in a car. Solution obey the traffic laws period. "Markku Poysti" wrote in message ... Here in Finland they showed similar things on tv about an intersection with a stopsign for cyclists. The funny thing was that there is only one or two intersections with stopsign for cyclists in the whole 1 million people city area... makes you wonder why it was picked as example. |
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Here in Massachusetts USA no one seems to stop at stop signs. That bicyclist
who is running the stop sign on the bike is also doing it in a car. Solution obey the traffic laws period. "Markku Poysti" wrote in message ... Here in Finland they showed similar things on tv about an intersection with a stopsign for cyclists. The funny thing was that there is only one or two intersections with stopsign for cyclists in the whole 1 million people city area... makes you wonder why it was picked as example. |
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So, how was the meeting?
JV "Dave Harney" wrote in message ... The point is that most of us that wear funny shoes do obey the traffic laws. This Town Chairman is providing moral justification to the bike-hostile motorists who endanger our lives everyday. All of us who wear Lycra have been lumped into a law-breaker or "renegade" category. Currently, in Wisconsin, bicycles are consider valid vehicles under the law for using public roads. These types of news stories are usually encouraged by groups that view cyclists as a mere nuisance factor for motorists. They would like to change the law to get bikes off the roads. Certainly, we should all obey traffic laws and our club is a strong advocate of doing just that. This type of article does little to promote overall safety for cyclists and motorist sharing the same roads. What is needed at the intersection in question in the article is some better signs for motorists to slow down and some brush cleared for better visibility. The more important issue is the one of raising awareness about cycles as valid users of public roads - even if they wear funny shoes. I'd like to see a healthy problem solving attitude instead of just more law enforcement in a dubious situation. "MLB" wrote in message . 4.25... "Dave Harney" wrote in : Read the article - I'm sure you will be amused (and ****ed). This is all about a nice paved trail that reverts to public roads for a short distance. The public roads in question have very infrequent car traffic - maybe a couple an hour. I'm going to the board meeting - any suggestions? Obey the traffic laws? |
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I think it went fairly well. Besides the town board, the county and
sheriff's office reps were there. I spoke at some length about the issue. The chairman insisted he was misquoted and did not intend to target people like me in his law enforcement campaign. I suspect that my comments and another biker's "letter to the editor" were educational for the town board. Actually, the county folks seemed to understand the issues much better than the town or sheriff folks. All-in-all, I'm glad I spoke up as a number of people approached me after the meeting and voiced agreement with my remarks. "Jim Verheul" wrote in message news So, how was the meeting? JV "Dave Harney" wrote in message ... The point is that most of us that wear funny shoes do obey the traffic laws. This Town Chairman is providing moral justification to the bike-hostile motorists who endanger our lives everyday. All of us who wear Lycra have been lumped into a law-breaker or "renegade" category. Currently, in Wisconsin, bicycles are consider valid vehicles under the law for using public roads. These types of news stories are usually encouraged by groups that view cyclists as a mere nuisance factor for motorists. They would like to change the law to get bikes off the roads. Certainly, we should all obey traffic laws and our club is a strong advocate of doing just that. This type of article does little to promote overall safety for cyclists and motorist sharing the same roads. What is needed at the intersection in question in the article is some better signs for motorists to slow down and some brush cleared for better visibility. The more important issue is the one of raising awareness about cycles as valid users of public roads - even if they wear funny shoes. I'd like to see a healthy problem solving attitude instead of just more law enforcement in a dubious situation. "MLB" wrote in message . 4.25... "Dave Harney" wrote in : Read the article - I'm sure you will be amused (and ****ed). This is all about a nice paved trail that reverts to public roads for a short distance. The public roads in question have very infrequent car traffic - maybe a couple an hour. I'm going to the board meeting - any suggestions? Obey the traffic laws? |
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