Happy Valley
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Yeah, I know but don't laugh.
I came across this Op/Ed in a CA newspaper.
Despite the bogus over-the-top language, I cringe seeing MBs being characterized this way.
Perception is reality.
I came across this Op/Ed in a CA newspaper.
Despite the bogus over-the-top language, I cringe seeing MBs being characterized this way.
Perception is reality.
I was jogging on the sidewalk on the north side of Yosemite Avenue just past Mylnar Avenue when I almost got hit by the latest mode of street terrorism - a motorized bicycle.
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I've seen wanton disregard for the rules of the road with motorized bicycles before my close encounter with the jerk on three wheels.
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I've seen them fly through stop signs at 20 mph, zip through red lights, cut in front of traffic, and even turn sidewalks into scaled-down autobahns. Granted they represent a minority of those on motorized bicycles but they are the overwhelming face of those who choose to ride a bicycle but not pedal. There is nothing wrong with that at all. What is wrong - unless I'm assuming incorrectly - is that they don't have to follow traffic laws or stay off sidewalks.
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At least they are a tad less annoying than those who get their entertainment by zipping up and down neighborhood streets over and over again on loud and obnoxious gas-powered mini-scooters. They don't grate on your ear drums the same way.
They do impose a serious risk to the safety of others including regular bicyclists and pedestrians as well as themselves.
I have little doubt that Manteca Police ultimately will clamp down on the renegade motorized bicyclists just as they did on the out-of-control crowd who abuse the use of powered mini-scooters.
If someone is driving around unlicensed they also probably don't have insurance and they certainly don't have respect for basic traffic laws.
As for Dennis Hopper wannabes on motorized bicycles with a lot less CCs (cubic centimeters of engine capacity) under them, Jack Nicholson was man enough to open up the throttle on the open highway and not through stop signs or on sidewalks.
http://www.mantecabulletin.com/news/archive/18347/
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