As a former cyclist, this is in fact the one thing that really peeved me as well. Cyclists that were "selective" in their compliance with traffic laws. My favorite was the "look and dash" when they stopped at a red light and went ahead and went through it of there was no cross traffic.
Sort of a double standard thing... Dan --- On Wed, 6/10/09, R A Bennell <b...@mts.net> wrote: > From: R A Bennell <b...@mts.net> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] 3 ton Sprinter v. 18lb Trek -- I lose > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Date: Wednesday, June 10, 2009, 3:37 PM > Let us just say that I am tired of > jerks on bicycles who think they can obey the laws when it > suits them but not > the rest of the time. > I will change lanes to give a cyclist his lane if need be > but he better not sneak up the curb and make me do it > again after each light or I am going to be real tired of > him in no time at all. That is my pet peeve with the > cyclists. They run red lights. They ride on the sidewalk to > get to the front of the line etc. If they expect me to > respect their "rights" then they need to abide by the > rules. > > Randy > > -----Original Message----- > From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com > [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com]on > Behalf Of ernest breakfield > Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2009 4:31 PM > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Subject: Re: [MBZ] 3 ton Sprinter v. 18lb Trek -- I lose > > > Randy, > > what you present is a great example of 11 > people who need to learn > how to drive! why is it you would present that as if the > bicyclist was > the problem? > > driving so fast one can't stop within the > distance they can see on a > lane so narrow they couldn't avoid something as small as a > bicycle seems > like it would be addressed under the category of what our > grandparents > would have called 'Common Sense'. (lets ignore the fact > that it is, of > course, also illegal.) the fact that minimum legal lane > width for > highways is something like 14' while the average car is > something like > 10.5' really begs the question of why a motorist who isn't > capable of > avoiding a bicycle in that situation should be driving. > 10 more cars following so closely that they > can't avoid running into > the car ahead of them? sounds like just 10 more examples of > idiots driving. > apparently, Common Sense ain't. > > moreover, if that road is the cyclists best > choice, how is that the > cyclists fault? if there were a better choice of road, odds > are the > cyclist would use it. > also, in many cases, if there's a decent > shoulder the cyclist would > use it it were possible; but it seems to be hit-or-miss as > to whether or > not it's maintained in a manner that makes it ridable. > i've done my share of riding and touring > around, and can vouch that > riding next to full-speed traffic simply isn't typically > the problem you > present it to be, in spite of the fact that many shoulders > are very > poorly (or not at all) maintained. > > here's something that might make your head > explode; the fact that > our roads ever began to be so well maintained in general > that we're even > able to drive them at 60 to 70 MPH is due in large part to > efforts of > the League of American Wheelmen (now the League of American > Bicyclists) > who lobbied heavily for better/paved roads. > from http://www.bikeleague.org/about/index.php > : > "...cyclists from across the United States joined the > League to advocate > for paved roads. The success of the League in its first > advocacy efforts > ultimately led to our national highway system." > > green? uh, yeah, sure, whatever,... sure, > bicycling is more > environmentally friendly, but moreover, who amongst us > couldn't stand to > slow down a little, and/or get more exercise? what? no high > blood > pressure? no high cholesterol? no extra fat to spare? > forgive the > generality, but it seems that the people who complain about > cycling like > this the most are often the ones who could most benefit > from it. > > go for a bike ride and chill out a bit; see > if you can come up with > something slightly less ridiculous to add to the > discussion! ;-) > > > cheers! > e > > > R A Bennell wrote: > > Must be an awful mess to clean up all the wrecked cars > and bodies when a bicycle is on a 2 lane highway where > > vehicles are travelling at 60 to 70 mph and one > encounters a bike and there is oncoming traffic and the lead > car > > hits the brakes and 10 more pile into the back of him. > Yes, I really do believe we must support those laws to > > protect those nice green bike riding fools, oops, > souls from the rest of us fuel guzzling polluters in cars > and > > trucks. > > > > Randy > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com > > [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com]on > Behalf Of Ed Booher > > Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2009 6:54 AM > > To: Mercedes Discussion List > > Subject: Re: [MBZ] 3 ton Sprinter v. 18lb Trek -- I > lose > > > > > > On Sun, Jun 7, 2009 at 1:12 PM, Rich Thomas < > > richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> > wrote: > > > > > >> goober too, who confabulated quite a story. > The deputy was not familiar > >> with the new bicycle laws, so only wrote him a > ticket for improper passing. > >> Since no one had witnessed > >> --R > >> > >> > > > > Here in Indiana, a bicycle is a fully featured vehicle > of the road with all > > rights and titles there to: ergo, when passing a > bicycle a vehicle *must* go > > *fully* into the opposing lane in the exact same > manner as passing a car > > that takes up the entire lane. Even if said bicycle is > to the *right* of the > > white line riding the shoulder. > > > > EdB > > > > -- > > "I'm a Night Elf Mohawk!" - Mr. T. > > -------------- next part -------------- > > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > > URL: > > <http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090609/1a4ff2f2/attachment.html> > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090609/356392b6/attachment.html> > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
