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Old 07-05-2010, 11:17 AM   #31
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Yes, I agree, but I don't want to have someone put up a memorial for me.
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Old 07-05-2010, 11:31 AM   #32
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Yes, I agree, but I don't want to have someone put up a memorial for me.
Me either.



Cause that would mean I was dead.
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Old 07-05-2010, 02:03 PM   #33
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They have just added a bunch of bike lanes in DC too. DC is fairly bike friendly, for a US city. It's still dangerous, but it's much better than most.

When cyclists are killed, it actually makes the news and people care. Some mysterious person (or persons) puts up memorials every time a cyclist is killed. And if the city removes them, they put another up in the same spot until the city gives up.

This one memorializes a woman run over by a national guard truck a couple blocks from my office this Spring.
No wonder the cyclist died, there's no tires on his bike!
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Old 07-05-2010, 03:47 PM   #34
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See, everybody wins... most everybody... well a couple people.

The cultural aspect of this is interesting. I remember riding in Ireland and how careful the cars were around cyclists. We got razzed by German cyclists for our helmets and mirrors, items we need in the States because we will get driven off the road or hit with a beer bottle or slapped in the back of the head.
I'm not a bike rider, so I have no dog in this fight, but a neighbor told me something he used to do as a teen that gets me giggling every time I imagine the scene.

Seems, whenever he and his older brother were driving around and they'd approach a pedestrian or biker headed the same direction, he'd lean out the passenger window and yell "BANG!" right next to them, as loud as he could.

Couple of guys fell off their bikes, he says.

Ok, ok. If it happened to me, I'd be pissed as hell, but come on. That's FUNNY.
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Old 07-05-2010, 04:07 PM   #35
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sorry - I've no dog in this fight either, but...
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Approximately 50 percent of Traumatic Brain Injuries are the result of motor vehicle, bicycle, or pedestrian-vehicle incidents.
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Old 07-05-2010, 07:18 PM   #36
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I'm not a bike rider, so I have no dog in this fight, but a neighbor told me something he used to do as a teen that gets me giggling every time I imagine the scene.

Seems, whenever he and his older brother were driving around and they'd approach a pedestrian or biker headed the same direction, he'd lean out the passenger window and yell "BANG!" right next to them, as loud as he could.

Couple of guys fell off their bikes, he says.

Ok, ok. If it happened to me, I'd be pissed as hell, but come on. That's FUNNY.
Thanks classic, your response was much more reasonable than what I almost posted.
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Old 07-06-2010, 07:00 AM   #37
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Cats hanging from a snake, bikers getting hurt, and cellarites getting offended. Sheesh. Getting much to serious around here.
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Old 07-06-2010, 07:16 AM   #38
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I'm gonna lighten up. Thanks for the heads up Spud.
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Old 07-06-2010, 09:52 AM   #39
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All part of the service. I save my sensitivity for politics, usually.
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Old 07-06-2010, 01:41 PM   #40
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Thanks classic, your response was much more reasonable than what I almost posted.
And mine.
My Dad cycled to and from work for years because we didn't have a car. He'd have split his sides if someone had done that to him.
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Old 07-06-2010, 04:37 PM   #41
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Illinois just passed a law requiring adequate clearance for cyclists.

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The new law increases penalties for attempting to harm or threaten bicyclists. Under the law, drivers who intimidate cyclists with threats, crowding or throwing items will be subject to a Class A misdemeanor, punishable by up to one year in jail and/or a $2,500 fine.
http://www.illinois.gov/PressRelease...=1&RecNum=8597
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Old 07-06-2010, 10:00 PM   #42
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Then you either kill 'em, or you have to pay a $2500 fine...hmmm.
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Old 07-07-2010, 08:27 AM   #43
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Could be worse.

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Old 07-07-2010, 08:35 AM   #44
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Old 07-09-2010, 12:09 PM   #45
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Cats hanging from a snake, bikers getting hurt, and cellarites getting offended. Sheesh. Getting much to serious around here.
No kidding.

It wasn't me. I wasn't there. I'd never do such a thing, and it's not remotely like being hit with a beer bottle, slapped in the back of the head, or run over. The image it conjures up just makes me laugh.

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