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   Message 60,793 of 62,757   
   Nate Nagel to All   
   Re: Who gets more respect on the road, a   
   29 Jun 10 20:02:31   
   
   XPost: alt.autos.toyota, rec.autos.driving, alt.fan.michael-moore   
   From: njnagel@roosters.net   
      
   On 06/29/2010 05:47 PM, Hachiroku ハチロク wrote:   
   > On Tue, 29 Jun 2010 07:11:53 -0700, His Highness the TibetanMonkey,   
   > Creator of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock wrote:   
   >   
   >>   
   >> This is not an exaggeration. Think of the respect dogs get, where few   
   >> drivers would push them around, and you will see how twisted and blind the   
   >> ATTITUDE toward cyclists is.   
   >   
   > Dogs are dogs. As such, their thinking is limited. That said, when it   
   > comes to using or crossing the roadway, I have seen some dogs that were   
   > smarter than cyclists. (dogs don't ride two abreast in the middle of the   
   > road on a blind corner...)   
   >   
   > Why do you have the Noam Chomsky group in the follow up...?   
   >   
      
   I agree with Hachi...  dogs are only as smart as their masters and how   
   well they've been trained.  Cyclists, on the other hand, presumably sat   
   through driver's ed and know what a "STOP" sign means, unlike the   
   spandex-clad weenie that I just saw not an hour ago...   
      
   nate   
      
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