On Jun 20, 8:38 am, "Amy Blankenship"
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> On Jun 19, 5:25 pm, KingOfTheApes <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > Originally Posted by chipcom
> > "Hint: you can't...what needs to be controlled are humans and their
> > behavior...not the tools they use."
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> > I think the wild monkeys (those that display primitive behavior, like
> > aggression) should be put in a cage.
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> > But since they look like humans, they figure the chances of being
> > caught are slim, particularly since nobody cares about nothing any
> > more. Some are being caught, but mainly because the police is looking
> > to i$$ue as many tickets as po$$ible.
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> > If undercover policemen were to ride the roads, then the wild monkeys
> > would think twice before pushing around people on bikes. I wonder why
> > a society that puts undercover hookers out there, doesn't care that
> > much about the cyclists. Yeah, we know prostitution is a sin, but so
> > is bullying cyclists...
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> > This is leading into religious morality, is it not?
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> 9 of the 16 posts in the thread are from you --including multiple
> times where you reply to yourself. This, after you swore "I'm not
> going to be posting here for a while --unless requested". Well, guess
> what, no one is requesting you to post. You're just embarrassing
> yourself by posting like this. You're just posting to hear yourself
> talk. Go get a life. Your gig working for "Big Oil" is up. Your
> cover is blown.
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> If you're worried that people hate bikers. Guess what. It's because
> of people like you. You're a disgrace.
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> Could we adopt a policy of not responding to this guy? I have him
> comfortably filtered out, but when people respond I have to see what they
> are responding to.
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Maybe there's someone out there smart enough to read posts like
this...
(I think it was Lindon Johnson that called the "silent majority")
Originally Posted by Rex G
"Just to be clear, I would love to ride a bike, out of uniform,
allowing my self to be bullied, and using a radio to relay the
information to an officer in a marked cruiser around the next bend.
But, our stats would not be nearly as impressive as if I stood by the
road, in uniform or not, and lasered speeders, relaying the
information to guys around the bend. In reality, one officer with a
laser can keep half a dozen guys in marked cruisers busy, cutting
paper. (Local PD jargon for writing tickets.) Of course, slowing the
speeders makes things safer for cyclists, and police presence in an
area makes road rage/bullying less likely."
I'm sure you'd be happy to find help your fellow cyclists, but the
public opinion isn't there to back you up, and that takes leadership.
I think it would take an important personality (a president, better)
to change this view, and fund the effort accordingly since you can't
generate that much money. Perhaps the cities put pressure on you to go
"where the money is." Some say there's a quota. Meanwhile we will try
to survive out there, or simply stay away from it all until better
times arrive.
The last day I was out on the road (I still do but only for short
errands), I had a policeman wave me off the road before I had an
incident which could have proven fatal. To me, we are insignificant
out there, and some people feel they can act against us. A speed limit
helps, but not enough. Where I live dozens of speeding tickets are
issued everyday, and still cars go zooming by. Worse of all, they do
so on any lane, particularly the right hand lane, which puts us at
greater risk.
How smart it would be to bring "lane discipline" to our roads. Limit
the speed limit on the right, but be more lenient about speeds on the
left. And put speed cameras to help in the enforcement. If we ever had
politicians committed to friendlier roads. I doubt it. I see a self-
serving bunch.
Well, perhaps some day we can bring experts from Sweden or
something...
"In 2005 Sweden recorded its lowest number of fatalities since the
1940s, while the US recorded its highest number in 15 years. The
Swedish total is 66% below the highest number recorded in Sweden (in
1966), while the US total is only 20% below the highest number
recorded in the US (in 1972). If the US total had dropped from its
high by the same percent as the Swedish total did, in 2005 the US
would have suffered 18,293 traffic deaths, 25,150 fewer than the
actual total of 43,443."
http://www.scienceservingsociety.com/p/X/01.htm
