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   From: sharx35@hotmail.com   
      
   "edspyhill01"  wrote in message   
   news:558aaa39-3cbb-49df-ad6c-b6ada889d15d@l20g2000yqm.googlegroups.com...   
   > On Aug 8, 1:49 pm, "His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the   
   > Movement of Tantra-Hammock"  wrote:   
   >> A couple of days ago, my good but unintelligent neighbor got mad when   
   >> I told him of my campaign to TAKE THE LANE. No way he should be slowed   
   >> down when he drives from his job in the boondocks. I think he hates me   
   >> now. Probably we would be hated by everyone out there who's been   
   >> programmed to drive, never mind the fact they sit for hours in traffic   
   >> jams. The fact that ONE MORE BIKE MEANS ONE FEWER CAR escapes their   
   >> imagination --if they ever use it. I think they want the cyclists off   
   >> the road and on the sidewalk, where they become a problem for   
   >> pedestrians.   
   >>   
   >> Anyway I want to go into the science behind it and try to prove that   
   >> TAKING THE LANE doesn't slow traffic from the current system in which   
   >> the drivers must move somewhat into the next lane not to hit you. This   
   >> creates, first of all, a "no man's land" area and a cascading effect   
   >> in which he's watching both the cars and the cyclist, where the   
   >> cyclist is at risk, and the next car may not even be aware of the   
   >> presence of the bike. If the car must exit your lane, however, he   
   >> passes in a smooth way --ONLY BEING CONCERNED ABOUT TRAFFIC-- and   
   >> leaving the cyclist unaffected and safe.   
   >>   
   >> I understand that asking for mercy and SPACE for those at the bottom   
   >> of the food chain --for both cyclists and pedestrians-- is highly   
   >> altruistic... but such are the demands of civilization.   
   >>   
   >> -------------------------------------------------------------   
   >>   
   >> THE WISE TIBETAN MONKEY SAYS   
   >>   
   >> "Evolution OR Revolution --that is the question"   
   >>   
   >> http://webspawner.com/users/BIKEFORPEACE   
   >>   
   >> "WE NEED SPACE TO LIVE, YOU KNOW"   
   >>   
   >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uQ9ybSgnTg   
   >   
   > Cyclists that block a lane should be run over.  Nothing worse than   
   > some ass-wipe in gay spandex blocking a traffic lane.  If you can't   
   > pedal at least 45 mph get off the road.  If there is no bike lane than   
   > the road is for motor vehicles only.  Move to China.   
      
   Well said, however, I'd be satisfied if the cyclist simply rode as far to   
   the RIGHT of the lane as possible.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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