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XPost: alt.autos.toyota, rec.autos.driving, alt.society.liberalism
XPost: alt.fan.michael-moore
From: tc@comcast.net
On 3/10/11 9:59 AM, His Highness the TibetanMonkey, aka Comandante
Banana wrote:
> On Mar 9, 11:18 pm, Frank Krygowski wrote:
>> On Mar 9, 8:40 pm, Dan O wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> I have pretty much no problem sharing the road. What I have a problem
>>> with is motorist hostility.
>>
>>> What is one of the most fundamental tenets of driving a car on the
>>> road. Keep it between the lines, right?
>>
>>> Sharing the lane to pass a bicyclist in the same lane - no matter how
>>> wide it is - presents drivers more of a stressful conundrum to drivers
>>> than simply keeping it between the lines.
>>
>> So it's your duty to reduce stress for the poor motorists? Give me a
>> break! They've got enough privileges. And if the lane is wide enough
>> for their travel lane plus a bike lane, the least competent of them
>> would be able to fit their car next to you, stripe or no stripe.
>>
>> Apparently, you're much more willing to be rude to people here on the
>> internet than on the road. On a bike, you turn into a shrinking
>> flower who prefers to stay in his ghetto to maintain bowing, scraping
>> deference.
>>
>> To quote you, Dan: "No offense," but grow some balls.
>>
>> - Frank Krygowski
>
> What a loaded word you use... ghetto. So it sounds like the Jews or
> the blacks in their hellish places.
>
> Then the cyclists in Holland or Copenhagen as subject to
> discrimination and subjugation, while you Americans --less than 1%
> that is-- are "free" to ride among traffic. That was a good joke.
>
> Tell you what, if you can't deliver a bike lane then give me the whole
> traffic lane. I don't want to share with drivers talking on the phone
> or texting.
Gladly give you the bike lanes find some say to pay it. like pay by the
mile for use, toll lanes, license fees etc. Just dont make me pay for it.
--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
* Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)
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