In a message dated 2/28/2002 8:42:39 AM Eastern Standard Time, ... ride ... doing ... Still stabbing away. I did mention that I enjoy arguing. ... It isn't...
... Only if there were no reason for the reduced speed. If you were driving a tractor or other vehicle not capable of faster speed, or preparing for a turn,...
Hi all, ... of pavement.<< I'm not sure I agree. I'd like to explore this question with the group. To keep the discussion reasonably simple, I want to make it...
Schubley@...
Mar 1, 2002 5:03 pm
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John, You are right on. Well said! A cyclist can adapt to almost anything that would stop an automoboxer in their tracks. Try picking up your automobox and...
Masonbike@...
Mar 1, 2002 5:22 pm
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Sarah brings up three points which are well established in law. The first is that safety has higher priority than convenience, particularly momentary...
... I would qualify (b) with two points: 1. Avoiding obstacles and riding over poor surfaces often require cyclists to use more room for maneuvering. When...
... Nor does it, in NC anyway, apply to farm implements or construction equipment that is incapable of faster speeds. However, I have not seen explicit...
I agree with much of what Schubert wrote on this subject. However, there are some exceptional situations. I discuss three. The Boub problem was that the road...
I wuz listening to Walter E. Williams on conservative talk radio today as he spoke with the prez of the Cato Institute. In their description of the federalist...
... No you aren't, in general.... ... and you _ceratinly_ aren't in this case. What could you possibly mean? As I already mentioned, slow moving vehicles have ...
Kenneth O'Brien
kob@...
Mar 2, 2002 3:36 am
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... John has much of sense to say in this message. However, I also want the incentives to work out such that governments considers: 1) Properly fund ALL...
Kenneth O'Brien
kob@...
Mar 2, 2002 3:49 am
11140
Hi All The March 1 edition of the Wall Street Journal (front page) uses a lot of ink to describe the lobbying efforts used by the Segway company to be sure the...
PAbyCycle@...
Mar 2, 2002 4:01 am
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... I believe that this resulted in a court case with a significant settlement 10 to 15 years ago. Interestingly enough, the following note was in the San...
Alan Forkosh
aforkosh@...
Mar 2, 2002 6:58 am
11142
... To accomplish this, their "army of lobbyists" is busy trying to convince legislators in every state that it is impossibly dangerous to operate lightweight...
In a message dated 3/2/02 8:17:28 AM Eastern Standard Time, ... I think that the pedestrian-on-wheels paradigm exactly describes the inventors intent for these...
... If these silly things ever catch on (a very unlikely scenario), their popularity will be very short-lived. The inevitable creaming of pedestrians by the...
Wade Eide
eide@...
Mar 2, 2002 2:31 pm
11145
Slipouts and slides in wet weather are a well-known feature of northern CA Coast Range geology and plague many corridors from freeways to RRs (a neato slide on...
J F Scott
JFSCOTT@...
Mar 2, 2002 4:26 pm
11146
I quite agree. I am willing to bet that the Segway doesn't sell well after the first round of first-kid-on-the-block enthusiasm. It will simply conflict too...
J F Scott
JFSCOTT@...
Mar 2, 2002 4:26 pm
11147
Alan Forkosh commented on my description of the recurring slippage at White's Hill in Marin County: "I believe that this resulted in a court case with a...
John, I have to disagree with you about requiring roads to be surfaced to meet bicycle standards. There are three arguments that I have for doing so: ...
In a message dated 3/1/2002 12:04:59 PM Eastern Standard Time, ... maintenance ... I'll have to start taking pictures of poor surfaces, to post them and show ...
... Not only that, but trenching for various private and public utilities is more often done on the shoulder and in the rightmost portion of the roadway. Since...
Alan Forkosh
aforkosh@...
Mar 3, 2002 3:25 am
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In a message dated 3/1/2002 10:36:38 PM Eastern Standard Time, ... wish ... good; ... When I was a newbie road bicyclist, there was a letter to the editor...
I've just gotten done researching road maintenance in Missouri. This is interesting, and somewhat convoluted, so I'm going to pick my way through here...
Tickets, sidewalk biking, escooters at Toronto Bike Show 2002 I attended the Toronto International Bike Show this weekend and learned that sidewalk bicycling...
... And sometimes my nieces called me Poopy-Head when I did something they didn't like. That doesn't mean a court of law will listen to arguments to have my...
Kenneth O'Brien
kob@...
Mar 3, 2002 3:43 pm
11156
There was interesting article on the progress of Segway in Friday's Wall St Journal. Some points, as related to this list *Commercial use was originally...
dkoloko@...
Mar 3, 2002 9:27 pm
11157
We'll soon curse them as "sk8boards" are. Perhaps they'll engender a 'music' genre, too, before they fade into the background noise of rabid technology and a...
In a message dated 3/3/2002 10:43:36 AM Eastern Standard Time, ... up ... going ... Are your nieces using 3 ton hunks of chrome and steel to threaten you with ...
