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   From: TailHooker7@NunyaBidness.com   
      
   You part of the problem quite honestly Paula, and I'm sure some immature   
   dreadlocked bicyclist is going to flame this because they can't handle the   
   truth, is that most bicyclists think that they own the road. They try to   
   make the point that it is their "right" to be there too, which I won't argue   
   with. But the truth of the matter is that people make mistakes, we are all   
   human. And the biker with the attitude that thinks that he is making a point   
   by blocking traffic is sooner or later doomed to get hit by something that   
   weighs 100 times more that he. Not very bright if you ask me. Then again, it   
   is my opinion that most of them are so self centered in their own granola   
   world that they can't reason what it sometimes takes for a 5000lb. vehicle   
   to stop. They are literally only inchs from traffic and it only takes one   
   small mistake for tragedy. My message to the bicycylists is to watch out for   
   traffic and stop trying to make some ridiculous self sacrificing point lest   
   you yourself end up hurt. Reminds me of the girl who stood in front of the   
   bulldozer to stop it... She lost. A tragedy yes, but pretty damn stupid. Get   
   a clue folks! You can't change the law of physics. Don't ASSume that   
   everyone is going to SEE you; because sometimes they won't and then it is   
   YOUR loss.   
      
      
      
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   >>> > On Wed, 16 Aug 2006 12:30:41 -0700, "Paulapalooooozaa"   
   >>> >  wrote:   
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   >>> >>"Don Homuth"  wrote in message   
   >>> >>news:e6q6e2de5foj19m4m41h51eurisk35anjh@4ax.com...   
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   >>> >>> Look more closely at the bike lanes.  They tend to have a lot of   
   >>> >>> gravel, broken glass and other detritus in them.   
   >>> >>>   
   >>> >>> The area closest to the traffic lanes is clearer.   
   >>> >>   
   >>> >>I've never seen that this is the norm.   
   >>> >   
   >>> > Ask a regular bike rider.   
   >>>   
   >>> I was looking for that when I posted, so far no one has answered.   
   >>>   
   >>> By your account debris somehow stays within the boundaries of the bike   
   >> lane   
   >>> while bicyclists do not.   
   >>>   
   >>> However, I have not seen any evidence that this is more than just a   
   >> baseless   
   >>> assertion. I will keep an eye out when I drive and answer it for myself   
   >>> anyway.   
   >>>   
   >>> I guess this leads to the question of why bother putting that stripe   
   >>> there   
   >>> in the first place if the cyclist won't stay within the lane.   
   >>   
   >> I'm a regular bike rider. I don't know that I ride more to the inside,   
   >> but I   
   >> can tell you that yes, the broken glass and pine cones do tend to be off   
   >> to   
   >> the right side. The road is crowned, and stuff slides downhill. That's   
   >> why   
   >> you don't want to ride way off to the side. That's what I was trying to   
   >> say   
   >> earlier.   
   >>   
   >> I haven't seen many instances of a bike rider not staying within their   
   >> bike   
   >> lane. I mean, unless they were going around something.   
   >   
   > Well, I see it happen regularly though I realize it's not a majority of   
   > bicyclists. It's kind of like when someone gets into the right lane of a   
   > driveway and turns left, holding up traffic. You only notice how many   
   > people do something when it's something annoying.   
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