From: thetibetanmonkey@gmail.com   
      
   On Monday, January 5, 2015 12:27:58 AM UTC-5, Wise TibetanMonkey, Most Humble   
   Philosopher wrote:   
   > On Sunday, January 4, 2015 11:00:12 PM UTC-5, Alan Baker wrote:   
   > > On 2015-01-05 03:43:52 +0000, Wise TibetanMonkey, Most Humble Philosopher   
   said:   
   > >   
   > > > On Sunday, January 4, 2015 8:28:50 PM UTC-5, Alan Baker wrote:   
   > > >> On 2015-01-04 23:22:06 +0000, Free Spirit, Chief of Quixotic   
   Enterprises said:   
   > > >>   
   > > >>> On Sunday, January 4, 2015 5:46:14 PM UTC-5, Alan Baker wrote:   
   > > >>>> On 2015-01-04 22:43:11 +0000, Free Spirit, Chief of Quixotic   
   Enterprises said:   
   > > >>>>   
   > > >>>>> On Saturday, January 3, 2015 1:35:08 PM UTC-5, Alan Baker wrote:   
   > > >>>>>> On 2015-01-03 17:19:34 +0000, Wise TibetanMonkey, Most Humble   
   Philosopher said:   
   > > >>>>>>   
   > > >>>>>>> On Saturday, January 3, 2015 9:23:54 AM UTC-5, Wise TibetanMonkey,   
   Most   
   > > >>>>>>> Humble Philosopher wrote:   
   > > >>>>>>>> You drivers are placing the noose around your own neck. Your   
   radicalism   
   > > >>>>>>>> doesn't even tolerate the bicycle. The bicycle infrastructure is   
   non   
   > > >>>>>>>> existent or dysfunctional. Public transportation is highly   
   > > >>>>>>>> dysfunctional too. You oppose trains in the city. You oppose fast   
   > > >>>>>>>> trains as well. What's next?   
   > > >>>>>>>>   
   > > >>>>>>>> "Carmageddon!"   
   > > >>>>>>>   
   > > >>>>>>> I don't think we should turn this into a class struggle issue   
   because   
   > > >>>>>>> we often are both cyclists and drivers.   
   > > >>>>>>>   
   > > >>>>>>> Naturally the bicycle is the most democratic vehicle of the two   
   and the   
   > > >>>>>>> one that keeps you in touch with your community. I don't think you   
   > > >>>>>>> should even vote if you don't ride a bike. You don't know what's   
   going   
   > > >>>>>>> on. You don't know about crime. You don't know about broken   
   sidewalks.   
   > > >>>>>>> You don't know about corruption.   
   > > >>>>>>   
   > > >>>>>> More completely bullshit.   
   > > >>>>>>   
   > > >>>>>>>   
   > > >>>>>>> Everything is dysfunctional. You think we want free facilities.   
   No, we   
   > > >>>>>>> don't want any of that. Bike lanes don't work, not connected, used   
   for   
   > > >>>>>>> deliveries. They become another excuse for corruption.   
   > > >>>>>>   
   > > >>>>>> I KNOW you receive free facilities.   
   > > >>>>>>   
   > > >>>>>> Who will pay for those if you actually eliminate car use?   
   > > >>>>>   
   > > >>>>> "Eliminate car use?"   
   > > >>>>>   
   > > >>>>> I tell you drivers tend to be radical. I want to retire the bad   
   drivers   
   > > >>>>> so the other forms of transportation as well as the good drivers can   
   > > >>>>> enjoy more room.   
   > > >>>>   
   > > >>>> I want to require all drivers to be good drivers... ...or lose their   
   > > >>>> right to drive.   
   > > >>>   
   > > >>> Well, we need those SPEED CAMERAS to start separating the good drivers   
   > > >>> from the bad drivers.   
   > > >>   
   > > >> No. We don't.   
   > > >>   
   > > >> Speed cameras tell you precisely nothing about whether some is a good   
   > > >> driver or not.   
   > > >>   
   > > >>>   
   > > >>> Hint: Good drivers don't go speeding on city streets. They should have   
   > > >>> a working passing lane on freeways.   
   > > >>   
   > > >> If by "speeding" you mean "exceeding the posted limit", then you can   
   > > >> make every driver into a "bad" driver simply by lowering the limit to a   
   > > >> ridiculous number.   
   > > >>   
   > > >> The simple fact is that traffic engineers and scientists recommend   
   > > >> setting limits at the 85th percentile of free flowing traffic speed. A   
   > > >> limit set below that will result in many good drivers exceeding it.   
   > > >   
   > > > Excuses, excuses, excuses. The best drivers --the Germans-- coexist   
   > > > with cameras. They go fast where they can.   
   > >   
   > > And you can co-exist with a lot of things...   
   > >   
   > > ...that doesn't make it optimal.   
   > >   
   > > Speed cameras aren't about improving safety. You pay the ticket, but   
   > > you don't get any points on your license.   
   > >   
   > > Hence, you don't get removed from the driver pool unless you are very   
   > > unlucky and poor.   
   > >   
   >   
   > Well, you boasted of not having tickets in the last 10 years and all of a   
   sudden the speed cameras worry you. What gives?   
      
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   That's not America, not even Europe. That's Ecuador, a country that used to be   
   a Banana Republic. One of the trademarks of Banana Republic is corruption.   
      
   The mafia in Sicily invested in highways that remained empty. That's how they   
   work: Construction, Destruction, Corruption.   
      
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