Almost got a ticket today! - Page 3

"Harris" <aharris@bookworm.suffolk.lib.ny.us> wrote in message
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>
> Peter Cole <peter_cole_no_spam_at_all@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> > I think you missed my point entirely. I always stop for traffic signals
when I
> > drive. I rarely do when I bike.
>
> Of course. Bikes are just toys.

I think you missed my point too.

On Wed, 03 Mar 2004 12:21:44 GMT, "Peter Cole"
<peter_cole_no_spam_at_all@comcast.net> wrote:

<snip>

>This same bicycle committee has been striping bike lanes around town, lanes where virtually the
>entire width falls within the door zone. They continue this striping despite a dooring fatality
>last summer. Heaven save us from cycling advocates.

A-ha! You are Ron!

Wed, 3 Mar 2004 17:58:37 -0800, <dg262c.2332.ln@bud.garden.local>,
tomk2003@hotmail.com (Tom Keats) wrote:

>>>.....it gives the cops, who are pretty anti-bike to begin with, and excuse to hassle cyclists.
>>
>> Darn, I never knew that I and the coworkers I ride with occasionally are all antibike!
>
>I thought he was referring specifically to Cambridge, MA cops.

I figured he meant only a few individual officers, who may be of Geoff Miller's ilk, abusing their
entrusted powers.
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zk

Somebody wrote:
>> I was really hoping in the back of my mind that there
>> _would_ be a cop waiting with a radar gun in the bushes.
>> That speeding ticket for going 62 MPH (100 KPH) in a 45
>> MPH (72 KPH) zone would have been framed and hung in a
>> place of honor on my wall!

On Wed, 10 Mar 2004 07:49:28 -0500, David Kerber
<ns_dkerber@ns_ids.net> wrote:
>Deservingly so; it would easily be worth a $50 ticket to
>have something like that! I'd love to have a hill like that
>around here, but there's nothing that long.

I can think of some here in East Greenwich that might work:
- Division Street, especially from Route 2 towards
Main Street
- Middle Road, from Carrs Pond Road to Route 2
- a road on one of my usual routes that is most likely
Stony Lane, but may be South Road or Narrow Lane.
Looking at a map, most likely South Road. Every ride, I
remember doing 40mph as I brake hard or miss the street
I want to turn onto; if, instead, I follow all the way
down, I wouldn't be surprised to hit 62mph. Maybe I
should make a point of it. Maybe we should go together
so I can have somebody to scrape me off the pavement...

In fact, I guess most of East Greenwich slopes sharply down
heading east. Stony Lane and most of Narrow Lane are in
North Kingstown, but the South Road I'm talking about is in
EG, just over the border, attached to Narrow Lane (not the
South Road in Exeter).
--
Rick Onanian

In article <195u409b7idv0elnv0m5qi1s613nk6qba7@4ax.com>,
spamsink@cox.net says...
> Somebody wrote:
> >> I was really hoping in the back of my mind that there
> >> _would_ be a cop waiting with a radar gun in the
> >> bushes. That speeding ticket for going 62 MPH (100 KPH)
> >> in a 45 MPH (72 KPH) zone would have been framed and
> >> hung in a place of honor on my wall!
>
> On Wed, 10 Mar 2004 07:49:28 -0500, David Kerber
> <ns_dkerber@ns_ids.net> wrote:
> >Deservingly so; it would easily be worth a $50 ticket to
> >have something like that! I'd love to have a hill like
> >that around here, but there's nothing that long.
>
> I can think of some here in East Greenwich that
> might work:
> - Division Street, especially from Route 2 towards Main
> Street
> - Middle Road, from Carrs Pond Road to Route 2
> - a road on one of my usual routes that is most likely
> Stony Lane, but may be South Road or Narrow Lane.
> Looking at a map, most likely South Road. Every ride,
> I remember doing 40mph as I brake hard or miss the
> street I want to turn onto; if, instead, I follow all
> the way down, I wouldn't be surprised to hit 62mph.
> Maybe I should make a point of it. Maybe we should go
> together so I can have somebody to scrape me off the
> pavement...

Do these have enough of a runout at the bottom to allow you
to go all out? The one by the URI bay campus would be great,
but there's only about 30 feet of pavement before you get to
the beach, and Gilbert Stuart Rd would be fine if you could
trust the cars not to pull out of the blind driveways (you'd
also have to be able to handle some high speed curves). The
one you didn't want to climb on Rt 2 just south of 138 might
work as well.

> In fact, I guess most of East Greenwich slopes sharply
> down heading east. Stony Lane and most of Narrow Lane are
> in North Kingstown, but the South Road I'm talking about
> is in EG, just over the border, attached to Narrow Lane
> (not the South Road in Exeter).

I'm not familiar with that area...

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On Wed, 10 Mar 2004 08:50:23 -0500, David Kerber
<ns_dkerber@ns_ids.net> wrote:
>spamsink@cox.net says...
>> - Division Street, especially from Route 2 towards Main
>> Street
>> - Middle Road, from Carrs Pond Road to Route 2
>> - a road on one of my usual routes that is most likely
>> Stony Lane, but may be South Road or Narrow Lane.
>> Looking at a map, most likely
>
>Do these have enough of a runout at the bottom to allow you
>to go all out? The one by the URI bay campus would be
>great, but there's only about 30 feet of pavement before
>you get to the beach, and Gilbert Stuart Rd would be fine
>if you could trust the cars not to pull out of the blind
>driveways (you'd also have to be able to handle some high
>speed curves). The one you didn't want to climb on Rt 2
>just south of 138 might work as well.

Er, good point.

The blind driveways would be an issue on these roads too. If
Stony Lane is as I remember it, it's got a nice runout at
the bottom. Division has none; it continues steeply down
through the traffic light at Main St. Middle road runs out
nicely just after it crosses a traffic light at Route 2.
--
Rick Onanian