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XPost: alt.autos.toyota, rec.autos.driving, alt.fan.michael-moore
From: Trueno@e86.GTS
On Tue, 29 Jun 2010 19:50:19 -0700, 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.
Wrong.
I have a Mazda.
>
> Drivers do whatever they want and get away with crimes and misdemeanors.
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