Guys, I think you really need to lighten up and avoid confrontations with motorists. All it does is escalate into something nasty. As a 23 year veteran I...
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Rogbyke@...
Apr 1, 2000 7:25 pm
Jim, I have just finished reading your account of what happened. I have a couple of thoughts for you. First one would be to never escalate a situation in the...
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Bill Volk
bvolk@...
Apr 1, 2000 8:32 pm
I think you can get to his insurance company via. the DMV if you have the plate number. Tell them he was driving is a reckless manner. If you have a cell...
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Brian DeSousa
briandesousa@...
Apr 2, 2000 1:47 am
... I had to go to traffic school a few weeks back (for a speeding ticket), and although most of the day covered stuff that I had already heard the last time I...
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Hugh Smith
hmsmith@...
Apr 2, 2000 2:54 am
It's a general, "Bikes don't belong on the road" attitude. When I don't bike to work, I take the bus. 102 Express, for those in Silicon Valley. The other day...
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Jim Baross, Jr.
jimbaross@...
Apr 2, 2000 3:04 am
Where do you live/ride that you find police willing to take and file such a report? ... situation ... understand ... situation. ... wife). ... situation, ... ...
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Jim Baross, Jr.
jimbaross@...
Apr 2, 2000 3:05 am
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Jim Baross
jimbaross@...
Apr 2, 2000 5:30 am
To most Americans we are crazy or "uppity" and don't know "our place". I call us "freedom riders". When we ride effectively/competently acting legally -...
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rboyce@...
Apr 2, 2000 5:39 am
To Jim Baross-- Obviously, from your report, you had a very dangerous and upsetting encounter! I\'m sorry about that. And others have had similar encounters as...
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Darrell Noakes
borealis@...
Apr 2, 2000 6:38 pm
Must be one of the differences between Canada and the USA. A couple years ago, while a group of us were carpooling to a bicycle advocacy meeting in another ...
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Lauren Cooper
cyclemedia@...
Apr 2, 2000 7:14 pm
I'm sorry to hear about such a frightening incident happening. And I fear we all may face similar incidents in our future. Police just don't seem able/willing...
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Lauren Cooper
cyclemedia@...
Apr 2, 2000 7:21 pm
One clarification to my prior post: I've found most motorists who "squeeze" me either didn't see me, or innocently thought it was safe enough. (obviously not...
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Bill Volk
bvolk@...
Apr 2, 2000 8:29 pm
It's from a Science Fiction Movie ... any takers? Bill ... From: Jim Baross, Jr. [mailto:jimbaross@...] Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2000 7:12 PM To:...
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Jim Baross, Jr.
jimbaross@...
Apr 2, 2000 9:10 pm
My bike frame is apparently bent and to be replaced - according to the bike shop... Specialized Globe 7 :-(...
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Whitney Turner
wturner@...
Apr 2, 2000 9:24 pm
Star Trek:TWOK...
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CRKJLAW@...
Apr 2, 2000 9:49 pm
Star Trek II(?), the Revenge of Khan....
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Bill Volk
bvolk@...
Apr 2, 2000 11:28 pm
right ... From: CRKJLAW@... [mailto:CRKJLAW@...] Sent: Sunday, April 02, 2000 2:50 PM To: chainguard@onelist.com Subject: Re: [CG] Motorist threat...
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Riley Geary
riley.geary@...
Apr 3, 2000 3:53 am
Dan Gutierrez writes: ... This is very true. A number of people have inquired from time to time as to what data FARS may contain regarding cycling fatalities...
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Bob Sutterfield
Bob@...
Apr 3, 2000 12:57 pm
... Would you expect collisions with non-cyclist path users to usually result in non-fatal injuries? Those are the types that I (anecdotally) see most. What...
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Trribefan@...
Apr 3, 2000 12:58 pm
Not to beat a dead horse, but clearly getting the police on our side is to our benefit. I've reported three intentional "squeezes" to the police in the last...
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John Vance
jvance@...
Apr 3, 2000 3:35 pm
... [comments regarding low fatality numbers on bike paths] ... It's interesting how the FARS data conflicts with British Stats 19 data collected for Milton...
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Darrell Noakes
borealis@...
Apr 3, 2000 4:26 pm
Star Trek merely quoted this well-known proverb: "Revenge is a dish best served cold." Sicilian proverb. I remember reading the line in a short story while in...
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Kurt Kleinschmidt
olias@...
Apr 3, 2000 5:02 pm
While rolling along over the weekend in my neighborhood I saw a child riding the other way run into a curb and dump into the street. Minor scratch and no real...
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Jared The Great
JaredTheGreat@...
Apr 4, 2000 2:09 am
I have also found that when commuting I am treated better by the motorists (and a particular crossing guard) just because it is the same people at the same...
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Jared The Great
JaredTheGreat@...
Apr 4, 2000 2:16 am
Here in MA, all new curbs seem to be rounded. There are many more old square type curbs, although the square ones take up less space in congested areas. I...
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Riley Geary
riley.geary@...
Apr 4, 2000 3:48 am
... A few thoughts come to mind regarding the apparent discrepancy between UK and US bike path fatality data. 1) Six motor vehicle related cycling fatalities...
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ab833@...
Apr 4, 2000 12:14 pm
Riley Geary writes about Milton Keynes' Redways system and its apparent ... The town is anomalous as is its Redway bike path system. Milton Keynes is a planned...
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John Vance
jvance@...
Apr 4, 2000 4:53 pm
... Unlikely. Many of the path/roadway intersections are grade-separated, and as John Franklin notes in his paper, the town and bike paths were built from the...
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Lauren Cooper
cyclemedia@...
Apr 4, 2000 6:45 pm
In the 1960's, nearly every curb in suburban MD. was of the curved/sloped type. I believe I heard something in the 1970's about changing them because it didn't...
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Max Hyre
mhyre@...
Apr 5, 2000 1:38 am
... Ahh, I remember those Maryland curbs fondly. One of our favorite pastimes then was to ride our bikes parallel to the curb, and inch our way in so we could...
