From: thetibetanmonkey@gmail.com
(This war hasn't been officially declared. All I'm saying is that we need it.
Yes, we need them to know we are watching them)
On Thursday, August 14, 2014 11:29:29 AM UTC-4, Jeff Strickland wrote:
> "Wise TibetanMonkey, Most Humble Philosopher"
> > It sounds like "all vehicles are created equal," but some are better than
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> > others. Perhaps it won't be practiced here, but there's hope for the rest
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> > of the world. We are a nation of consumers.
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> All vehicles are not created equal, not even close. Your vehicle does not go
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> fast enough, and therefore it MUST remain as far to the right as possible so
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> that other vehicles can travel at normal speeds.
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> Your vehicle is also required to obey all traffic laws, like signaling
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> before making a change in direction, stopping at all traffice controls --
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> red lights and stop signs.
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> YOU complain about the disrespect you get from automobile drivers, and I'm
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> giving you several reasons why you get that disrespect. If you obeyed
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> traffic laws, people in cars would not be so mean. You bring it upon
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> yourself, and your bretheren don't help your cause at all. As an automobile
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> driver, all I need to see is one shithead on a beach cruiser weaving all
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> over the lane in front of me and failing to stop for stop signs and red
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> lights, and I project that behavior onto all bike riders. You bring your
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> misery upon yourself.
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> Sadly, you (you personally) are also an idiot, but nobody would know that as
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> they crawl along behind you as you weave around in the traffic lane for
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> severral blocks in a row, blowing through stop signs and red lights. We only
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> get a small glimpse into your life when you post here, and there's no other
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> conclusion than, you're an idiot.
Well, this confusion about what's the proper place of the cyclist has led to
two unintended consequences, and both are worse than giving the lane to slow
vehicles --not only bikes but all slow vehicles including skateboards,
scooters, rickshaws and NEVs.
One consequence is that many cyclists simply ride on the sidewalk, endangering
pedestrians and themselves. Second consequence is that many tourists choose to
ride on the road unaware that drivers here have a license to kill,
particularly due to speeding.
First thing we need to do with the revolution is implement SPEED CAMERAS. And
we won't warn drivers. Just as the government spies on people looking for
terrorists, we will be watching people for road terrorism. Drivers are
terrorizing communities, then
the world becomes this very depressed place.
This is happening in Pakistan:
(I quote)
I am a middle class person living in Lahore, Pakistan.
Ok, now most of you will think that I am going to talk about some AlQaeda
guys, street gangs, mobile phone snatchers or religious fundamentalists. NO!
I am here to talk about the kids of those "big" people (who are driving big
cars with their fathers' money) and always try to terrorize everyone who is
driving on a Bike, Auto rickshaw, Bicycle or even walking. They will push you,
will stare at you, will
sometimes abuse you but you have to bear as you are not a car owner.
http://qasim.quora.com/Road-terrorism
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