rogerh@arizona.UUCP (09/28/83)
Some thoughts about bikes and cars:
Bikes and cars can co-exist happily. I have personal proof. I rode my
heavily-loaded touring bike through the busiest intersection in London
(Hyde Park Corner) around 4 PM once. I was much less scared than I have
been many times in the States, because British drivers are polite to
bikes. (After all, it might be their Dad.) This is true even though they
are hell-on-wheels to other cars.
Even though you do everything right, you're in some danger on American
streets. I've been run into by a car AFTER (I thought) I made eye contact
with the driver. I've been brushed by teenage jerks who thought it was
fun to play chicken with a defenseless cyclist. Sometimes I'm tempted to
carry a shotgun.
One thing big, heavy locks are good for is breaking windshields. I've
never done this, but it's a jolly fantasy.
The faster I ride, the less trouble I have with cars. I think they think
I'm serious.
Roger Hayes
{lotsa places}!arizona!rogerhtjhuguen@uok.UUCP (10/21/83)
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Some thoughts about bikes and cars:
Bikes and cars can co-exist happily. I have personal proof. I rode my
heavily-loaded touring bike through the busiest intersection in London
(Hyde Park Corner) around 4 PM once. I was much less scared than I have
been many times in the States, because British drivers are polite to
bikes. (After all, it might be their Dad.) This is true even though they
are hell-on-wheels to other cars.
Even though you do everything right, you're in some danger on American
streets. I've been run into by a car AFTER (I thought) I made eye contact
with the driver. I've been brushed by teenage jerks who thought it was
fun to play chicken with a defenseless cyclist. Sometimes I'm tempted to
carry a shotgun.
One thing big, heavy locks are good for is breaking windshields. I've
never done this, but it's a jolly fantasy.
The faster I ride, the less trouble I have with cars. I think they think
I'm serious.
Roger Hayes
{lotsa places}!arizona!rogerh
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