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hellbilly
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I had a similar experience here on the bike trail and was cut off by a hemet wearing/spandex clad bicyclist who thought he owned the road. I usually kill the motor if I see others so as not to disturb or annoy anyone, but this guy snuck up on me too fast. "You don't belong here" and "This is all WE have left". I told him I thought we should call the cops then, and if you are not a cop and you do not want to call them then get out of my face. Tried not to be ticked off the rest of the afternoon. Later, when I told my wife, she thought I should carry along some pepper spray just in case this happened again. Then she thought if he got sprayed and the cops did become involved , I could claim that the guy had made a homer sexual pass at me. That cheered me up a little.
While I was in the service in the mid-eighties, we had the opportunity to live in S. Korea for 3 years. One thing I noticed there was that only the very rich people own cars at all. Everyone else rides the bus, subway, taxi-cab, bicycle, rickshaw, whatever. Even though the traffic can be chaotic, they seem to have adapted to the idea of SHARING THE ROAD. I think with the way things are going to change in this country, that we should get used to the same idea!!
I also wondered what it be like if an electric wheelchair bound person wanted to use the trail to cross town for shopping, if they would be hassled by cops, bicyclists?
Just seems to me that sometimes rules outlive thier usefulness, and then become very slow to change. We need to all be a little more tolerant of others and thier alternative modes of transportation. I mean, what if a guy wants to run his riding mower with a garden trailer down to the local Casey's for some beer and a few groceries? I am sure there would be a law against it.
This is the greatest country in the world, but what would our founding fathers think of all this nonsense? I think they would commend inventiveness. Maybe they would even make provisions for bike lanes all over the city, and even offer tax incentives to those that kept thier fuel useage to a minimum.
While I was in the service in the mid-eighties, we had the opportunity to live in S. Korea for 3 years. One thing I noticed there was that only the very rich people own cars at all. Everyone else rides the bus, subway, taxi-cab, bicycle, rickshaw, whatever. Even though the traffic can be chaotic, they seem to have adapted to the idea of SHARING THE ROAD. I think with the way things are going to change in this country, that we should get used to the same idea!!
I also wondered what it be like if an electric wheelchair bound person wanted to use the trail to cross town for shopping, if they would be hassled by cops, bicyclists?
Just seems to me that sometimes rules outlive thier usefulness, and then become very slow to change. We need to all be a little more tolerant of others and thier alternative modes of transportation. I mean, what if a guy wants to run his riding mower with a garden trailer down to the local Casey's for some beer and a few groceries? I am sure there would be a law against it.
This is the greatest country in the world, but what would our founding fathers think of all this nonsense? I think they would commend inventiveness. Maybe they would even make provisions for bike lanes all over the city, and even offer tax incentives to those that kept thier fuel useage to a minimum.
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