Re: Bikes (was Re: GUN CONTROL)

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From: Andrew Laska
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 1994 21:18

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: >Maybe I am selfish
: >here, but if I am riding my bike I am not going to ride 10 blocks out of my
: >way when I can simply take shortcut across sidewalk and be where I want to 
: >be.

: This is the sort of attitude that makes a lot of drivers hate all
: bicyclists (even thought not all of them are guilty of this).  If you're

These two statements express the problem perfectly.

First, the bicyclist (not expressing the opinions nor behaviour of all 
bicyclists) says he will break the law for convenience sake. (Actually I 
don't mind breaking the law for saftey's sake.)

The second the driver will hate all bicyclists because of the actions of 
a few. (Sort of like hating all blacks because you were mugged by ONE 
African-American one time.) 

Andrew Laska

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Subject: Re: Bikes (was Re: GUN CONTROL)
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