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Article #3322Re: Bikes (was Re: GUN CONTROL)
From: ben Benjamin J. Sloan
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 1994 18:29
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 1994 18:29
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In article <D.Nash-1411941134100001@bubba.ots.utexas.edu>, Donald L. Nash <D.Nash@utexas.edu> wrote: >In article <3a8691$ort@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu>, ben@utig.ig.utexas.edu wrote: >And you haven't heard me advocate restricting the rights of all bikers, >either. Complain some, yes. Advocate greater responsibilities (like >licensing and registration), yes. Advocate restrictions, no. Oh, what about the other day? In article <D.Nash-1211941131130001@slip-16-10.ots.utexas.edu>, you wrote: >What it comes down to is that there is too much of a speed and size >difference between bicycles and cars for them to share the same lanes >without interfering with each other. I wish all the major streets in >Austin had bike lanes. It sounds here as if you are advocating restricting bikers to bike lanes because you don't want them in car lanes since it delays your commute to the office too much. Bike lanes aren't just a restriction, they're practially a death sentence in most urban implementations, as discussed previously. Ben -- Benjamin Sloan "...the Oklahoma City police are a bunch of crazed ben@utig.ig.utexas.edu no-neck gestapo who don't know nothing about nothing >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and hate anyone who does." -author Bruce Sterling
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 104ad1,faf138bd852a6ce6 X-Google-Attributes: gid104ad1,public X-Google-Thread: 10b82c,642977eedb6b415e X-Google-Attributes: gid10b82c,public X-Google-Thread: 103916,642977eedb6b415e X-Google-Attributes: gid103916,public X-Google-Thread: fd714,44a840f94edd3e03 X-Google-Attributes: gidfd714,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-11-14 10:35:47 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!bga.com!cs.utexas.edu!geraldo.cc.utexas.edu!!ben From: ben@.uucp (Benjamin J. Sloan) Newsgroups: tx.general,dfw.general,austin.general,tx.politics Subject: Re: Bikes (was Re: GUN CONTROL) Date: 14 Nov 1994 18:29:03 GMT Organization: House of Boiled Muskrats From Space Lines: 26 Distribution: tx Message-ID: <3a8a9f$pvg@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu> References: <39r0m3$h1k@oak.zilker.net> <D.Nash-1411941046030001@bubba.ots.utexas.edu> <3a8691$ort@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu> <D.Nash-1411941134100001@bubba.ots.utexas.edu> Reply-To: ben@utig.ig.utexas.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: utig.ig.utexas.edu