🚀 go-pugleaf

You sound far more considerate in crossing than I see most riders here.


"dgk" <sonicechoes-spamless@hot-nospamp-mail.com> wrote in message 
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> On Fri, 24 Jun 2005 15:57:07 GMT, "The Airman" <airman@mn.rr.com>
> wrote:
>
>>Well - the cyclist learned their lesson - and paid with their life.  Maybe
>>if the driver could see the bicyclist at night, this may have been 
>>avoided.
>>
>>I have read of ambulances and police cars hitting bicyclists because the
>>dumb ass bicyclist failed to yield to emergency lights, had no lights or
>>reflectors at night.  In the two instances I read, the emergency vehicle
>>driver never saw the bike at night until it was too late.
>>
>>I am a long distance cyclist, and so is my brother - who is a Minneapolis
>>city cop.  He stops, tags and confiscates - if necessary bicyclists who 
>>blow
>>stop signs... cut in and out of traffic.. blow crosswalks while little
>>people are in them... etc.
>>
>>I say bravo.  If we can't obey the laws how can we expect auto drivers to
>>yield to a bicyclist......
>>
>
> I say bullcrap. I go through red lights, stop signs, and crosswalks. I
> do it slowly and considerately. I don't give people heart attacks by
> flying by with two inches to spare, I slow down, see that it is clear,
> and go through. If it isn't clear, I circle or (very rarely) stop.
>
> I am not driving a car, I am riding a bike. That means that lights
> aren't timed for me like they are for a car. I can't go 33 MPH. So I
> would have to stop every two or three blocks and wait. That would just
> about double my commuting time and make it impossible to do. I don't
> have that much time.
>
> You are a long distance cyclist, I am not. I go 12 miles each
> direction, twice a day. Through heavy traffic in Manhattan and down
> bike lanes in Queens. Sorry guy, I guess you and your cop brother
> don't bike in the big city. I do. If you stop and wait for lights in
> Manhattan, you are the only cyclist doing so.