🚀 go-pugleaf

dgk wrote:
> 
> 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.

Moreover, the sensors in the pavement (at least around here) don't trip for
bicycles, so you're trapped until a car comes along going your way unless you
want to get off your bike to push the button for the WALK sign.  This is also
an undue burden.
 
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Cheers,
Bev
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