Laws to protect cyclists are great, but what good are laws if they are not enforced? I live in southwest Virginia. Here is a sample of my commute to work, about exactly 1 year ago.
http://youtu.be/R0yp4zrb3QY Not only is this illegal, but I consider it to be harassment. This is not the only time I have been harassed by "law enforcement", but it is the only one I have evidence of. I did report this to his superiors and was assured it would be taken care of. No idea what happened, because it was a "personnel issue". I have been hit twice by motorists in hit and runs, one reported to the Virginia State Police, and the other reported to the Bristol Virginia Police. Each officer politely took my report, but not only were no charges filed, they never even attempted to contact the drivers much less charge them. >> Reminds me of the quote by Aaron Levenstein: “Statistics are like >> bikinis. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital.” >> >> As one who spectated, in first person, non-enforcement of a broken law >> when police responded to where I was hit by a motorist, I feel the same >> about legislated morality. Bureaucracy attempts to create outcomes among >> the otherwise disinterested or uninspired. These are individual attributes >> that reflect well on larger populations when enough project them. It is a >> failure by generalization to not expect the exception, a remnant habit from >> when situational awareness and Mazlov's hierarchy framed my daily to-do >> list. >> >> Drivers don't avoid bicyclists because there are laws that say you'll get >> in trouble. It is a pop quiz for the individual at the wheel, a brief one >> question test that will demonstrate either their humanity, awareness and >> necessity to express concern for another or the validation of their step >> onto a slippery slope leading away from all that is good. >> >> I like to think that for my years and miles of cycling, the places it has >> taken me and the people I have met, that my personal statistical result is >> that more people are good, right and just versus otherwise. >> >> Andy Cheatham >> Pittsburgh >> >> On Friday, March 7, 2014 7:13:59 PM UTC-5, Garth wrote: >>> >>> >>> To me, I take all statistics with a grain of salt . Every bit of >>> tests/data is based upon a certain set of subjective parameters , which in >>> turn fullfill themselves objectively. All Subjective truth fulfills itself >>> objectively. >>> >>> All the paths or legislation in the world will not make cycling "safe" , >>> or even "saf-er" (compared to who's definition ?), as there are infinite >>> subjective things fulfilling themselves objectively within each person when >>> you really think about it, the orchestration of the World *as each >>> person experiences it* (no two alike) is absolutely Awe-Inspiring. >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
