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   From: markp@NOSPAMmail.com   
      
   On 5/20/2013 11:46 PM, harry k wrote:   
   > On May 20, 5:56 pm, "%"  wrote:   
   >> RD Sandman wrote:   
   >>> When Phoenix police officer Natalie Simonick saw 18 year old Christian   
   >>> Felix out after dark in March, she suspected he was violating curfew.   
   >>> But Felix told her he was walking six miles home from his job at   
   >>> McDonalds, as he had missed the bus and didn't own a bicycle.   
   >>> Simonick was so impressed with the teen's work ethic that she decided   
   >>> to buy him a bicycle.  Her squad members taught him to ride it, and   
   >>> traffic cops even donated a helmet.  Felix said the officers'   
   >>> kindness was a welcome surprise.  "These days, you don't see anything   
   >>> like that." He said.   
   >>   
   >>> The Week, May 24, 2012, p 2.   
   >>   
   >> he was 18 years old and didn't know how to ride a bike   
   >   
   > Yep, my BS dectector blew up when I read that.   
   >   
   > Harry K   
   >   
   I'm guessing that they taught him the proper hand signals to use and   
   what lane to ride in, etc. He might have been unfamiliar with   
   derailleur gearsets and handbrakes if he had only ridden one of the   
   smaller bikes. I see a lot of kids using skateboards for   
   transportation around here. I remember Phoenix being pretty flat. A   
   skateboard might be an effective alternative to a bicycle there.   
      
   I saw a cyclist use a hand signal to indicate a turn the other day. It   
   was the first time I'd seen any one use them in many years.   
      
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