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Can you make it to the market on a bike?
Jack May wrote:
But very few of us live in a congested urban area. For some values of "us". Actually, millions live in such areas, it's entirely normal for a large slice of the population. If we ride the bike to the store, there is usually no place to lock it up making it vulnerable to being stolen and making it a very expensive trip. For some values of "usually". I can't think of any stores round here where I can't lock my bike. Do the stores round your way have no signposts, lampposts, fenceposts? At the main grocery store I can lock my bike right by the door: can't park anywhere near that close unless you're disabled, so I'll be on my way while most people are wheeling their trolleys over the parking lot. Pete. -- Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK net http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/ |
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Can you make it to the market on a bike?
"donquijote1954" wrote in message oups.com... I think it has to with the lions considering the frugal bikes mere peanuts.They are still important to the monkey though... RIDING A BIKE COSTS PEANUTS OK, since the lion (for whom "peanuts" is not important) refuses to listen to the monkey asking for bike facilities,* let's scrutinize the secrets ($$$) of the political jungle, where "democracy" is the word of choice... "The highest measure of democracy is neither the 'extent of freedom' nor the 'extent of equality', but rather the highest measure of participation" -A. d. Benoist Then I'd assume that 50% of the American public and 80% of the young who don't vote do not live in democracy. Or perhaps they see it as a waste of time --and money. "Remember the Golden Rule: Those with the Gold, Rule" (saying) "The Best Democracy Money Can Buy" (title of book) And this one... "Freedom is when the people can speak, democracy is when the government listens" -Alastair Farrugia Which explains why bike lanes won't happen in the foreseeable future. Your idiotic platitudes aside, the reason why bike lanes won't happen is because of democracy, the vast majority of people do not bike and therefor do not demand bike lanes. Democracy in action. I'm not saying it's right, I'm for bike lanes because they're a lot cheaper than mass transit that probably will not be used. Bike riding is the perfect antidote to many of our's, and society's, problems and I wish the naysays would not lump this one in with the rest of what idiotic greens spout off. |
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Can you make it to the market on a bike?
Joe the Aroma wrote:
Your idiotic platitudes aside, the reason why bike lanes won't happen is because of democracy, the vast majority of people do not bike and therefor do not demand bike lanes. Democracy in action. Or at least, bike lanes that are worth using. Lots of them aren't: they tend to mean cyclists relinquish rights of way at any junctions, provide routes inferior to the road (both in terms of condition and routing) and give drivers the impression that bikes have no place on the roads. The degree to which it is possible to cycle on the roads will, I'm sure, vary from place to place, but in the UK it's generally not a problem, and you look at the government's figures for accidents and you can see that it isn't a problem (mile for mile, slightly less dangerous than being a pedestrian). But the general /perception/ is that it's verging on the suicidal to cycle on roads with motor traffic and thus we need bike paths. The reality is that it isn't, and we don't. Pete. -- Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK net http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/ |
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Do Cars REALLY Save Time??
Jens Müller wrote:
Hah, speed limits! Doesn't your highway require the driver (in addition ^ Should have been "highway code" ... to obeying speed limits) to adjust his speed to the road, traffic, weather, sight and other conditions, the properties of his vehicle and the cargo and his personal abilities? That's the important speed limit. |
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Can you make it to the market on a bike?
Edward Dolan wrote:
How can they go fast when they are on the same lane as me? They will run right over you and then claim that they did not see you. If you really **** them off, they will do it on purpose. Data, please. How often does that happen? They can overtake, but then they are on another lane. Nope, they will shove you a right off the road. They do not want to be bothered overtaking a lowly cyclist. You're driving too far on the right. How many people get killed with bikes on the carriageway each year? Here in Germany, you can count them on one hand. But there are dozens getting killed by turning cars whose drivers don't look at the bike path. That is the cyclist's fault. Wherever a bike path crosses a road, it is up to the cyclist to stop, look and listen. No. The cyclist has right of way, at least according to our highway code. By the way, bike LANES on streets are worthless. Never trust them. Do you have statistical data that would support your last sentence? I reek of commonsense. Too bad you do not have any! "Common sense" ... Common sense might say cycle paths are safer. Surveys by the Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen (Federal Highway Institute) say that the accident probabiliy on crossings is 3 to 12 times higher on cycle paths than on the carriageway, depending on the exact situation. Surveys from Sweden show similiar results. These surveys also tried to compare the accident probalities on the part of the road between crossings. The couldn't find a clear trend, possibly because there aren't enough accidents that you can mine any statistical information from it. |
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Can you make it to the market on a bike?
Jens Müller wrote:
How many people get killed with bikes on the carriageway each year? Here in Germany, you can count them on one hand. But there are dozens getting killed by turning cars whose drivers don't look at the bike path. That is the cyclist's fault. Wherever a bike path crosses a road, it is up to the cyclist to stop, look and listen. No. The cyclist has right of way, at least according to our highway code. That was a bit too short: a) The cyclist has right of way ("Vorfahrt") with respect to vehicles on the crossing street exactly when vehicles on the carriageway would have - the cycle path is a part of the street, and Vorfahrt rules apply to streets as a whole, not part of the street like carriageway or cycle path. b) The cyclist driving straight ahead right of a turn-right lane (that's where the bike path often is) has right of way (Vorrang) with respect to any vehicle turning right. The same applies when the cyclist has to drive on the left side on a cycle path wrt vehicles turning left. |
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Can you make it to the market on a bike?
"Joe the Aroma" wrote in message . .. .... Your idiotic platitudes aside, the reason why bike lanes won't happen is because of democracy, the vast majority of people do not bike and therefor do not demand bike lanes. Democracy in action. However, is the reason that the vast majority of people do not bike because they have grown up in a situation where it is inconceivable to do so? In other words, has the fact that our infrastructure is so car-centric become self-perpetuating because people have on some level given up any expectation that they could ever take any other form of transportation to their destination? |
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Can you make it to the market on a bike?
I'm sure you are right and even though I love to cycle, I'm not going to
play in traffic. At some point I'm just going to have to move closer to the rail trails. You are correct that my risk assessment is probably incorrect. Jeff "Peter Clinch" wrote in message ... Jeff Grippe wrote: "Edward Dolan" wrote in message ... Why the hell would anyone except an idiot want to drive these very small distances? Because I will never share a road again with cars in this country. I believe that even in Worthington, it isn't safe It may be an exceptionally low number of people that are involved in bike/car accidents but trust me, You don't want to be the person on the bike. Look at the numbers of people who get totalled while driving or riding in cars. That isn't safe either (especially when they get hit by trucks...). While your own personal misfortune will have an understandably big impact on your risk assessments, it is the case that it's a bad way to play the odds for any subsequent events. Pete. -- Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK net http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/ |
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Can you make it to the market on a bike?
"Edward Dolan" wrote in message news:mLqdnftZlNjO9zvbnZ2dnUVZ_tGonZ2d@prairiewave. com... "Jeff Grippe" wrote in message ... "Edward Dolan" wrote in message ... Jeff, you are living in a very intense motor vehicle environment. The entire country is not like White Plains, New York. Quiet country roads can be quite safe except for the occasional drunken driver. Well look at what happened to Stephen King. He was walking on a quite country road and almost had his life taken by a drunken driver. No matter how small the odds are of this happening to me again, they become zero if I simply refuse to cycle where there are cars. I love to cycle but its not the only thing that I enjoy doing. Jeff |
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Can you make it to the market on a bike?
"Jens Müller" wrote in message ... Edward Dolan wrote: How can they go fast when they are on the same lane as me? They will run right over you and then claim that they did not see you. If you really **** them off, they will do it on purpose. Data, please. How often does that happen? This is ever the complaint of those who do not possess a lick of common sense. They can overtake, but then they are on another lane. Nope, they will shove you a right off the road. They do not want to be bothered overtaking a lowly cyclist. You're driving [riding] too far on the right. ??? How many people get killed with bikes on the carriageway each year? Here in Germany, you can count them on one hand. But there are dozens getting killed by turning cars whose drivers don't look at the bike path. That is the cyclist's fault. Wherever a bike path crosses a road, it is up to the cyclist to stop, look and listen. No. The cyclist has right of way, at least according to our highway code. NEVER! Whenever a bike path crosses a road or street on which there are motor vehicles, the cyclist must stop, look and listen. If you don't do this, you will die like the dog that you are. By the way, bike LANES on streets are worthless. Never trust them. Do you have statistical data that would support your last sentence? I reek of commonsense. Too bad you do not have any! "Common sense" ... Common sense might say cycle paths are safer. Surveys by the Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen (Federal Highway Institute) say that the accident probabiliy on crossings is 3 to 12 times higher on cycle paths than on the carriageway, depending on the exact situation. For Christ's sakes, when you are on a bike path crossing a road, you must stop, look and listen. What is there about this that you do not understand? Note well that I am talking about bike paths, not g.d. bike LANES on the streets. Surveys from Sweden show similiar results. These surveys also tried to compare the accident probalities on the part of the road between crossings. The couldn't find a clear trend, possibly because there aren't enough accidents that you can mine any statistical information from it. You only need to die once in order to be quite dead. Regards, Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota aka Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota |
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