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From: "Vivian Mason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Steve Sumner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> , "Mpls@Mnforum. Org"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> , [EMAIL PROTECTED] , [EMAIL PROTECTED] , "Garwood, Robin"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [Mpls] bad driving
Date: Wed, Mar 27, 2002, 1:45 PM
Dear Steve, Here is a different point of view to consider, offered by a
friend of mine
Speed limits are to cars as stop signs are to bicyclists.Car drivers speed
when they think it is safe to do so. (For that matter-car drivers also run
stop signs) If the car driver is wrong, someone ELSE usually gets hurt; if
the bike rider is is wrong, the bike rider is the one who gets hurt. If you
are going to get emotional about it, the outrage should be directed at car
drivers who "ignore traffic laws." Bicycle commuting is great fun, and for
every bicyclist there is one less car to worry about. Try it sometime, and
you will agree-and it is just possible that you will not bring your bicycle
to a complete stop at every stop sign you encounter.
Vivian Mason, CIDNA
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>From: "Steve Sumner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: "Mpls@Mnforum. Org" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Garwood, Robin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: RE: [Mpls] bad driving
>Date: Wed, Mar 27, 2002, 9:02 AM
>
> I agree with Robin, Neal, and Sonja that automobile drivers aren't very
> careful and break laws also.
> However, it seems to me that a lot of bicyclists have a purposeful disregard
> for even the most basic of traffic laws. I have even heard a few tell me
> that the laws don't apply to them. It seems that every time I see a
> bicyclist on the road they don't regard the laws at all. It doesn't even
> seem that they pay attention at intersections (the example that I cited of
> near misses). Typically, with all due respect to the people who emailed me,
> the argument that "car drivers break laws too" has been one that I've heard
> from the people who say the laws don't apply to them.
> Point: Everyone needs obey the traffic laws, even bicyclists.
> Steve Sumner
> Ward 1
>
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