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   XPost: alt.autos.toyota, rec.autos.driving, alt.fan.michael-moore   
   From: tetraethylleadREMOVETHIS@yahoo.com   
      
   On 2010-06-30, His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the Movement of   
   Tantra-Hammock  wrote:   
   > On Jun 29, 9:54 pm, Brent  wrote:   
   >> On 2010-06-30, Nate Nagel  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> > On 06/29/2010 05:47 PM, Hachiroku ???? 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...   
   >>   
   >> Or the driver I saw just a few minutes ago... I'm biking going 22mph in   
   >> a 25mph zone. Driver races up on me at 35mph passes, slows to about   
   >> 15mph for the stop sign and keeps on going through a left turn.   
   >>   
   >> The vehicle simply doesn't matter, people drive and bike largely the   
   >> same way.   
   >   
   > Wrong, SUV drivers drive much more aggressive than average. Next worse   
   > is Toyota drivers who drive like they don't give a shit.   
      
   Who chose the vehicle? The SUV doesn't make someone an aggressive ahole.   
   The driver was like that and was attracted to the SUV. So no, you're   
   wrong, I'm correct, people are what they are regardless of vehicle.   
      
   > Drivers do whatever they want and get away with crimes and   
   > misdemeanors.   
      
   Wrong. It's applied selectively. Some people get away with everything,   
   other people are nailed for every trivial thing.   
      
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