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On Sat, 04 Dec 2004 19:59:01 GMT, (Bill Z.)
wrote in message : If a driver will not respect the rights of cyclists (or other drivers for that matter) the sensible thing to do is to take away that driver's license. For once we are in complete agreement. Guy -- May contain traces of irony. Contents liable to settle after posting. http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk 85% of helmet statistics are made up, 69% of them at CHS, Puget Sound |
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"Just zis Guy, you know?" writes:
On Sat, 04 Dec 2004 00:50:05 GMT, Joe Riel wrote in message : But the space they define is (much) smaller than the space I would otherwise take for myself. Your bike lanes may vary. That would seem to be an argument for bike lanes 8-( Why? I have no problem taking my place in the traffic. I was making a somewhat snide remark. If the bike lane is much smaller than a rider would normally take, that means that the bike lanes constrain the rider to use less road space. The powers that be would, I assume, interpret that to be a good thing, regardless whether it is actually good for the rider or other road users. Joe |
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"Just zis Guy, you know?" writes:
On Sat, 04 Dec 2004 00:50:05 GMT, Joe Riel wrote in message : But the space they define is (much) smaller than the space I would otherwise take for myself. Your bike lanes may vary. That would seem to be an argument for bike lanes 8-( Why? I have no problem taking my place in the traffic. I was making a somewhat snide remark. If the bike lane is much smaller than a rider would normally take, that means that the bike lanes constrain the rider to use less road space. The powers that be would, I assume, interpret that to be a good thing, regardless whether it is actually good for the rider or other road users. Joe |
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On Sat, 04 Dec 2004 23:26:46 GMT, Joe Riel wrote
in message : I was making a somewhat snide remark. If the bike lane is much smaller than a rider would normally take, that means that the bike lanes constrain the rider to use less road space. The powers that be would, I assume, interpret that to be a good thing, regardless whether it is actually good for the rider or other road users. Aha. I see it all now. Some of it. "They don't have sarcasm on Betelgeuse, and Ford frequently failed to notice it unless it was pointed out to him" - Douglas Adams. Guy -- May contain traces of irony. Contents liable to settle after posting. http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk 85% of helmet statistics are made up, 69% of them at CHS, Puget Sound |
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On Sat, 04 Dec 2004 23:26:46 GMT, Joe Riel wrote
in message : I was making a somewhat snide remark. If the bike lane is much smaller than a rider would normally take, that means that the bike lanes constrain the rider to use less road space. The powers that be would, I assume, interpret that to be a good thing, regardless whether it is actually good for the rider or other road users. Aha. I see it all now. Some of it. "They don't have sarcasm on Betelgeuse, and Ford frequently failed to notice it unless it was pointed out to him" - Douglas Adams. Guy -- May contain traces of irony. Contents liable to settle after posting. http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk 85% of helmet statistics are made up, 69% of them at CHS, Puget Sound |
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