kramar@sunybcs.UUCP (Chris Kay) (04/21/85)
Listen to this close one. Today, I was going to make a right
turn out of my condo lot on to the street. I looked to the right
and saw a bicycle about 30' away and a car about 20' behind that.
I look to the left and it's clear. I start going and I see that
the car is now in MY lane passing the bike. Luckily, I was not going
so fast that I was not able to do a screecher and stop in time.
If I had not stopped were I did, the other car would have had three
choices (it was going too fast to stop): hit me head on, swerve
and knock off the bike, or run into a ditch (of course, picking
off a few mail boxes and street signs and maybe a fire
hydrant).
This seems to be the fault of car, however, it promps me to
express the following:
How many people out there are anti-bicycle? How many are
pro-bicycle? How many ride bikes nearly as much is cars?
Some of you may be familiar with one of the auto magazine's
annual anti-bicycle issues, (comes out every spring)
where they say things like, "Come to think of it, I don't
LIKE people who ride bicycles. I don't even KNOW people who ride
bicycles." Or stuff like "Usually, people who ride bicycles
dress funny and eat wierd food and live in wierd places and are
probably against national defense spending, want to save the
whales, etc......"
Mind you, we are talking about riding bicycles for purposes other
than an afternoon in the park. We are talking about riding bikes
as a main (or significant) means of transportation.
NO FLAMES, PLEASE. I did not even tell you what I think.
Mail to me your oppinion and I will post summary later,
and if you have an ammusing story about bicycles, post it to the
net. That is why I started this topic.
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Christopher Kay (1 month and counting) - CS Dept., SUNY at Buffalo
ARPA & CSNET: kramar%Buffalo@CSNET-RELAY
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when it's your last time around,
I got stuff running 'round my head
That I just can't live down."