Regional and School Buses! - Page 4

On Sat, 14 Jun 2008 13:14:08 -0500, in rec.bicycles.tech "Edward
Dolan" <edolan@iw.net> wrote:

>My home base is ARBR. I only post to the other cycling newsgroups because
>they are intellectually deprived. Moreover, most of what I have to say is of
>universal interest.

And so... are you "the troll" hereabouts? Are you any good? I always
like meeting a fellow Usenet troll. So... say something profound,
please. What is the meaning of life? You know... something of
"universal interest".

Jones... who seeks only wisdom and enlightenment... and who trolls a
little on the side when he gets time.

Edward Dolan, thou second-rate ordinary fool, sit there, the lyingest
knave in Christendom, ye dirged in
news:K6mdnXrDqKVk58vVnZ2dnUVZ_gKdnZ2d@prairiewave.com:

> Over-decorated bull-nurse with lethargic little dutch boy, distended
> low-hangers, and pummelling gooseberry-grinder hungers for suffering
> prince charming for harrowing interspecies sex.
>
> Email me at mailto:edolan@iw.net. Privacy and discretion assured.

Edward Dolan, thou bloodsucking living murmurer, we may account thee a
whoremaster and knave, ye honked in
news:K6mdnXrDqKVk58vVnZ2dnUVZ_gKdnZ2d@prairiewave.com:

> Yes, damnit. And it's contageous.

stratrider aka Jim Reilly wrote:
> I am ready to do battle with two bus companies; my public city bus
> system and a local school bus company. A frequent example of their
> disrespect for cyclists involves a maneuver where the bus speeds up
> approaching an intersection and the makes a right across the path of
> the cyclist (me in this case)! It drives me nuts! The attitude of
> the driver is clear. Get out of my way or be crushed!

Around here, one of the requirements for hiring school bus drivers is
that the applicant must be a cretin. City bus drivers may be more
intelligent, but must suffer from either borderline or anti-social
personality disorder (per DSM IV).

--
Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
The weather is here, wish you were beautiful

stratrider aka Jim Reilly wrote:
> I am ready to do battle with two bus companies; my public city bus
> system and a local school bus company. A frequent example of their
> disrespect for cyclists involves a maneuver where the bus speeds up
> approaching an intersection and the makes a right across the path of
> the cyclist (me in this case)! It drives me nuts! The attitude of
> the driver is clear. Get out of my way or be crushed!

Around here, one of the requirements for hiring school bus drivers is
that the applicant must be a cretin. City bus drivers may be more
intelligent, but must suffer from either borderline or anti-social
personality disorder (per DSM IV).

--
Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
The weather is here, wish you were beautiful

stratrider aka Jim Reilly wrote:
> I am ready to do battle with two bus companies; my public city bus
> system and a local school bus company. A frequent example of their
> disrespect for cyclists involves a maneuver where the bus speeds up
> approaching an intersection and the makes a right across the path of
> the cyclist (me in this case)! It drives me nuts! The attitude of
> the driver is clear. Get out of my way or be crushed!

Around here, one of the requirements for hiring school bus drivers is
that the applicant must be a cretin. City bus drivers may be more
intelligent, but must suffer from either borderline or anti-social
personality disorder (per DSM IV).

--
Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
The weather is here, wish you were beautiful

stratrider aka Jim Reilly wrote:
> On May 22, 5:25 pm, "Edward Dolan" <edo...@iw.net> wrote:
>
>> All that matters when you are cycling is your own safety. Anything else is
>> secondary by far. Get the hell out of the way of motor vehicles. They do not
>> want you on the road in the first instance and when they run over you, they
>> will say they did not see you and get off scot free.
>
> Ed, there's no better point to make than that one. Anticipate. No
> from experience what's going to happen and get OUT of the way! After
> that, I would still love to get the driver out of the bus and have a
> pleasant, civil, discussion with him. Yeah right... Pleasant and
> civil. Ha.

A couple of blocks from where I used to work, someone got on a city bus
and started whaling on the driver.

--
Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
The weather is here, wish you were beautiful

stratrider aka Jim Reilly wrote:
> On May 22, 5:25 pm, "Edward Dolan" <edo...@iw.net> wrote:
>
>> All that matters when you are cycling is your own safety. Anything else is
>> secondary by far. Get the hell out of the way of motor vehicles. They do not
>> want you on the road in the first instance and when they run over you, they
>> will say they did not see you and get off scot free.
>
> Ed, there's no better point to make than that one. Anticipate. No
> from experience what's going to happen and get OUT of the way! After
> that, I would still love to get the driver out of the bus and have a
> pleasant, civil, discussion with him. Yeah right... Pleasant and
> civil. Ha.

A couple of blocks from where I used to work, someone got on a city bus
and started whaling on the driver.

--
Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
The weather is here, wish you were beautiful

stratrider aka Jim Reilly wrote:
> On May 22, 5:25 pm, "Edward Dolan" <edo...@iw.net> wrote:
>
>> All that matters when you are cycling is your own safety. Anything else is
>> secondary by far. Get the hell out of the way of motor vehicles. They do not
>> want you on the road in the first instance and when they run over you, they
>> will say they did not see you and get off scot free.
>
> Ed, there's no better point to make than that one. Anticipate. No
> from experience what's going to happen and get OUT of the way! After
> that, I would still love to get the driver out of the bus and have a
> pleasant, civil, discussion with him. Yeah right... Pleasant and
> civil. Ha.

A couple of blocks from where I used to work, someone got on a city bus
and started whaling on the driver.

--
Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
The weather is here, wish you were beautiful

wilson who? wrote:
> [...] What's wrong with getting out of
> the way just before a large motorized heavy metal machine hits you when
> you are on your bicycle protected by only a spandex racing bike outfit,
> leather gloves, and a really cool styrofoam helmet?[...]

butbutbut [1], foam bicycle hats prevent 85% of injuries to ALL body
parts! Just ask Thompson, Rivara, Thompson.

[1] A gdanielsism.

--
Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
The weather is here, wish you were beautiful

wilson who? wrote:
> [...] What's wrong with getting out of
> the way just before a large motorized heavy metal machine hits you when
> you are on your bicycle protected by only a spandex racing bike outfit,
> leather gloves, and a really cool styrofoam helmet?[...]

butbutbut [1], foam bicycle hats prevent 85% of injuries to ALL body
parts! Just ask Thompson, Rivara, Thompson.

[1] A gdanielsism.

--
Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
The weather is here, wish you were beautiful

wilson who? wrote:
> [...] What's wrong with getting out of
> the way just before a large motorized heavy metal machine hits you when
> you are on your bicycle protected by only a spandex racing bike outfit,
> leather gloves, and a really cool styrofoam helmet?[...]

butbutbut [1], foam bicycle hats prevent 85% of injuries to ALL body
parts! Just ask Thompson, Rivara, Thompson.

[1] A gdanielsism.

--
Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
The weather is here, wish you were beautiful

Jon Meinecke wrote:
> [...]
> Rather, to reduce the likelihood of someone being between
> that bus and a hard place in the future, I *have* suggested
>
> 1) educating public bus drivers about driving around cyclists
> 2) escalating complaints concerning such drivers' behavior as
> appropriate
> 3) riding in a manner that improves visibility and promotes
> safer interaction with motor vehicles
>
4) Development of bicycle mounted RPG launchers.

--
Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
The weather is here, wish you were beautiful

Jon Meinecke wrote:
> [...]
> Rather, to reduce the likelihood of someone being between
> that bus and a hard place in the future, I *have* suggested
>
> 1) educating public bus drivers about driving around cyclists
> 2) escalating complaints concerning such drivers' behavior as
> appropriate
> 3) riding in a manner that improves visibility and promotes
> safer interaction with motor vehicles
>
4) Development of bicycle mounted RPG launchers.

--
Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
The weather is here, wish you were beautiful

Jon Meinecke wrote:
> [...]
> Rather, to reduce the likelihood of someone being between
> that bus and a hard place in the future, I *have* suggested
>
> 1) educating public bus drivers about driving around cyclists
> 2) escalating complaints concerning such drivers' behavior as
> appropriate
> 3) riding in a manner that improves visibility and promotes
> safer interaction with motor vehicles
>
4) Development of bicycle mounted RPG launchers.

--
Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
The weather is here, wish you were beautiful