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Re: Driving Pet Peeves



In article <dooshDAJ477.6w@netcom.com> doosh@netcom.com (Tom Holub) writes:
>In article <3s9bjd$1f7@nnrp2.primenet.com>,
>Steph Greenberg <steph@primenet.com> wrote:
>)
>)I can't believe you actually advocate side by side riding. This is 
>)unbelievably rude.
>
>Certainly no ruder than driving a car.
>
<snip>


>Please explain why riding double-file makes things "more dangerous for
>everyone."  It makes it safer for the cyclist, certainly, and I fail to
>see how it creates hazards for the motorist.
>
>Remember that two cyclists ahead of you will *always* slow you down *less*
>than two cars; you wait a few seconds, at most, then you pass them and
>get right back into the same road position you were in before (except, of
>course, that two other road users are behind you).
> -Tom

(1) In my home city, Irvine, the previous mayor, Agran, a socialist of the two 
    wheel kind, endowed all of our major streets with wide bicycle lanes.

(2) However, Agran (he of New York bust fame) also realized that the good
    bourgois citizens of the city would not tolerate our motor vehicles 
    slowed by pedal pushing zealots so he passed a law prohibiting side by 
    side riding and riding outside of the bicycle lane.  Fair enough as the 
    lanes are wide most such local riders agreed.

(3) Well, wouldn't you know, some politically concious activist-wannabes 
    from the hallowed grounds of the University of  California at Irvine 
    decided to upturn the law by organizing some mass rides using 'Le Peloton'
    style a la Tour de France.

(4) Naturally, our fascist police, smelling overtime and free donuts, 
    arranged to swell the coffers of the city rather handsomly during these 
    running dog reactionary neo marxist rides.

(5) Needless to say, UCI students and faculty returned to their ivory towers,
    Larry Agran got ousted from the Irvine Taj Majal (City Hall) and the city
    is now once again suffering from cash starvation.

(6) So please, please come on down to Irvine and ride in double file.  You
    need not worry about Bubba in a pickup, but bring you VISA (American 
    Express too) 'cause the flashing lights  behind you will make sure that
    our parks are well maintained and that the donut shops are kept in the
    black.

Thanks 
tony

PS: Don't bother with your helmets either......




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