i understand that not wearing a helmet is in a way
stupid. i like to think it also made me more cautious, because i felt no
imagined sense of safety (or so i rationalize). but i don't bike much anymore so
it's kinda moot.
about ann's incident, yes, it sounds like the biker
was wrong and w
Fluffy is obviously a furry. A lurking furry.
When I was in High School I used to bike tons. One time I was ripping down
West Valley Road, which is pretty much a curved verticle drop, and I crashed
at about 25 mph. I didn't have a helmet on, and broke my colarbone
grievously.
I hope you hav
ooh, people are talking about bikes,
yay!
in response to this:
>2. Why are you in such a damned hurry? Cars
aren't allowed to pass on the passenger side of a bus when it is taking on or
>discharging passengers. Why do bikes do this? My daughter was seriously
injured this way.
i'd like
Do any of the bikers on the sidewalk know it is against the law,(in Philadelphia) if you are over the age of 12?
Many times when I ask the bikers on the sidewalk at the Farmer's Market to "Please walk your bike", I am totally ignored, or they look at me like there's something wrong with me.
Als
On 24 Nov, 2004, at 15:56, Ben Dugan wrote:
They are privately employed but they do have full law enforcement
powers. They can issue citations and make arrests. They are also
able to carry firearms on Penn's campus.
That does not seem right to me-- it makes them beholden as employees
to the go
On 24 Nov, 2004, at 11:50, Matthew Snyder wrote:
Ben Dugan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
How is it exactly that the Penn Police are able to give tickets just
like Philadelphia Police do? Are they privately employed?
They are privately employed but they do have full law enforcement
powers. They
can
They are privately employed but they do have full law enforcement powers. They
can issue citations and make arrests. They are also able to carry firearms on
Penn's campus.
That does not seem right to me-- it makes them beholden as employees to
the goals of their employer, but empowered in th
Ben Dugan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> How is it exactly that the Penn Police are able to give tickets just
> like Philadelphia Police do? Are they privately employed?
They are privately employed but they do have full law enforcement powers. They
can issue citations and make arrests. They are
I inadvertently sent this to Stephen Fisher, had meant to send it to the
list:
How is it exactly that the Penn Police are able to give tickets just
like Philadelphia Police do? Are they privately employed?
And, similarly, does it seem odd to anyone else that there's always a
Penn policeman stand
From: Stephen Fisher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 09:34:10 -0500
I'm not sure about Penn but I know at another university that the
campus police were trained by the state, just like the city police,
at the same police acadamy. However, instead of
working for the
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Re: [UC] Bike regulations
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i think it's not an adrenalin rush when "trying to bike city streets"
but rather an adrenalin rush when a car hits you while biking. others
have suggested various things that a biker should have done when hit, i
think in reality when someone is hit, biker, pedestrian, motorist, they
often are
I like bikes more than cars, but people who ride bikes on the sidewalk are
jerks. If your too afraid to ride in the street, sell your bike.
Here's another little story where I'm a total spaz that makes a fool of
himself. I was riding on Market st., stopped at a redlight with a cab next to
me.
Title: Re: [UC] Bike regulations: a pedestrian speaks
I had an amusing encounter with two Philly bicycle policemen. They entered an intersection (Pine and 41st I believe), chatting away, without even looking for oncoming traffic (me on my bike in this case). I yelled something civil (probably
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I've ploughed through 14 e-mails on the listserv
that are either pro-bike or
No, I used your address when I ordered it.
-andy
On Nov 23, 2004, at 10:52 AM, Ben Rhoades wrote:
At 10:43 AM 11/23/2004, Clinton, J. Scott wrote:
friends watch friends, and report wrongdoing!
(smile, your government loves you)
Are you one of those that are worried they're tracking your
easypa
There are Cab Regulations also.
Cabs are required to pull over to the curb and passengers are required to
exit on the curb side, even if they have to slide across a long back
seat.
Pulling across two lanes (possibly 3 if a bike lane was involved) and
discharging a passenger in a vulnerable space
At 10:52 AM 11/23/2004, Katherine Schultz wrote:
Think about what you just asked him. "did you not see him park?" You're
suggesting that a biker is responsible for looking at parked cars and
predicting when the passengers will open their doors in addition to paying
attention to all the moving tr
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At 10:52 AM 11/23/2004, Katherine Schultz wrote:
Think about what you just asked him. "did you not see him park?" You're
suggesting that a biker is responsible for
At 11:05 AM 11/23/2004, Dubin, Elisabeth wrote:
That
sounds more like the cabbie's fault (because he should know better than
to give people the opportunity to jump out into the bike lane). At
least theoretically, right?
It depends and is hard to tell from the info given. If the student
just got
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no,
not really. I don't have an ezpass, but not because I'm afraid of being
tracked; I simply don't use toll roads or bridges much at all. If
someone's trying to track me, they'd be better off tracking my buspass. Of
course, if SEPTA shuts down during non-commuting hours as
At 10:43 AM 11/23/2004, Clinton, J. Scott wrote:
friends watch friends, and
report wrongdoing!
(smile, your government loves
you)
Are you one of those that are worried they're tracking your
easypass???
-Ben
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friends watch friends, and report wrongdoing!
(smile, your government loves you)
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I tried that recently when my family was almost run down by a pack of
bicyclists in front of the Penn Gym on Walnut. The Penn Dispatcher almost
laughed me off the phone.
In a message dated 11/23/2004 10:23:21 AM Eastern Standard Time, Ben Rhoades
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>And concerned pede
Title: RE: [UC] Bike regulations & getting hit by cars
since i've been in philly, i've been hit by cars three time while riding my bike. the first time i got "rear view mirrored" in the back by a pickup truck while riding in the bike lane on walnut street (actually
At 10:15 AM 11/23/2004, Stephen Fisher wrote:
The really obnoxious thing about
this is that a bicyclist is fined $50 to $115 for biking on the sidewalk
and a motorist is only fined $35 for parking in the bike lane.
For your information, the Penn Police phone number is
215-573-. I recommend
At 10:14 AM 11/23/2004, Paul Grossman wrote:
Unfortunately it was a cab driver who never pulled over to the
curb. The passenger got out on the curb side into the bikelane and
I had no time to react. The cab driver pulled away before I could
take anything down. I was caught off
guard.
You shou
The really obnoxious thing about this is that a bicyclist is fined $50
to $115 for biking on the sidewalk and a motorist is only fined $35 for
parking in the bike lane.
For your information, the Penn Police phone number is 215-573-. I
recommend people call this number whenever you see a c
From: "Paul Grossman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 09:48:17 -0500
I was doored 3 months ago and my wrist is still not back to =
normal after falling and tearing a ligament. I still think there needs =
to be better enforcement of the bikelanes.
I hope you reported
At 09:48 AM 11/23/2004, Paul Grossman wrote:
This is from today's Almanac...
As a bicyclist I agree with not riding in heavy pedestrian areas but it
says at the bottom of the article that police are enforcing bikelane
areas. I don't ever see this happen. Just look outside the
Wawa at 38th and S
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