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Cycle America
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How much lower can we go? Each and everyone of of us must take action
now. It's almost as if life has become disposable in Iraq so we can
drive our cars and if you don't support that war for oil by not driving
that your un-Americanism warrants death here as well. Who can reply with
email addresses to WRKO and WNNX so we can bury them with our reaction?
This is horrific:
TALK RADIO HOSTS TARGETING BICYCLISTS--AGAIN Radio talk show
hosts are targeting bicyclists again. Stations in three
cities in the last two weeks have made disparaging,
incorrect, and at times dangerous remarks about bicyclists
and encouraged listeners to call in and share their views
about bicyclists. On April 16, Howie Carr on Boston's WRKO-
AM said, "They [bicyclists] are the biggest pain...if there
is a sidewalk, I don't care what the law is, ride on the
damn sidewalk, OK? You don't belong on the road. You don't.
That's all there is to it. You belong on the sidewalk."
Later on, he said, "I don't want to share the road."
On April 23, DJs on the Don Miller show on Atlanta's WNNX-FM
(99X) repeatedly ridiculed bicyclists. One host said, "I
can't stand them," and referred to cyclists as "bastards."
Of the law giving cyclists the right to use the roads, they
said it's a "horrible law" and that bicyclists should "get
on the sidewalk where they belong." When a caller wanted to
let the hosts know about Atlanta area cyclists who'd been
killed in traffic crashes, the response was, "...and I wanna
let you know how many people care about those cyclists."
Most alarmingly, one DJ said he would "nudge them
[bicyclists] right off the road into a tree." When
challenged by a colleague that he hadn't done that, he said,
"You've never done that? It's so much fun. Smoke a little
weed, get behind the wheel...wheee!"
To hear the heinous 99X broadcast segments, for more details
and to take action to stop this onslaught of broadcast
harassment, visit http://www.bikeleague.org. None of the
stations involved are owned by Clear Channel Communications.
Last year, following a string of similar incidents, Clear
Channel made it clear it would not tolerate such behavior on
its stations. Visit http://www.bikemonth.org to hear radio
PSA recorded by Clear Channel to promote bicycling and
sharing the road.
To hear these broadcasts again:
http://www.bikeleague.org/mediacenter/quickresponse.htm
M A R T I N K R I E G : "Awake Again" Author
http://www.bikeroute.com/AwakeAgain Bent Since '83, Car
Free Since '89, '79 & '86 TransAms Coma, Paralysis,
Clinical Death Survivor Can You Change it with Love? N A
T I O N A L B I C Y C L E G R E E N W A Y
now. It's almost as if life has become disposable in Iraq so we can
drive our cars and if you don't support that war for oil by not driving
that your un-Americanism warrants death here as well. Who can reply with
email addresses to WRKO and WNNX so we can bury them with our reaction?
This is horrific:
TALK RADIO HOSTS TARGETING BICYCLISTS--AGAIN Radio talk show
hosts are targeting bicyclists again. Stations in three
cities in the last two weeks have made disparaging,
incorrect, and at times dangerous remarks about bicyclists
and encouraged listeners to call in and share their views
about bicyclists. On April 16, Howie Carr on Boston's WRKO-
AM said, "They [bicyclists] are the biggest pain...if there
is a sidewalk, I don't care what the law is, ride on the
damn sidewalk, OK? You don't belong on the road. You don't.
That's all there is to it. You belong on the sidewalk."
Later on, he said, "I don't want to share the road."
On April 23, DJs on the Don Miller show on Atlanta's WNNX-FM
(99X) repeatedly ridiculed bicyclists. One host said, "I
can't stand them," and referred to cyclists as "bastards."
Of the law giving cyclists the right to use the roads, they
said it's a "horrible law" and that bicyclists should "get
on the sidewalk where they belong." When a caller wanted to
let the hosts know about Atlanta area cyclists who'd been
killed in traffic crashes, the response was, "...and I wanna
let you know how many people care about those cyclists."
Most alarmingly, one DJ said he would "nudge them
[bicyclists] right off the road into a tree." When
challenged by a colleague that he hadn't done that, he said,
"You've never done that? It's so much fun. Smoke a little
weed, get behind the wheel...wheee!"
To hear the heinous 99X broadcast segments, for more details
and to take action to stop this onslaught of broadcast
harassment, visit http://www.bikeleague.org. None of the
stations involved are owned by Clear Channel Communications.
Last year, following a string of similar incidents, Clear
Channel made it clear it would not tolerate such behavior on
its stations. Visit http://www.bikemonth.org to hear radio
PSA recorded by Clear Channel to promote bicycling and
sharing the road.
To hear these broadcasts again:
http://www.bikeleague.org/mediacenter/quickresponse.htm
M A R T I N K R I E G : "Awake Again" Author
http://www.bikeroute.com/AwakeAgain Bent Since '83, Car
Free Since '89, '79 & '86 TransAms Coma, Paralysis,
Clinical Death Survivor Can You Change it with Love? N A
T I O N A L B I C Y C L E G R E E N W A Y
