On Sun, 24 Jul 2005 06:58:14 -0400, "B Paton"
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>I didn't record what I heard, which was a debate between Avery Burdett and
>an MPP, whose name I forget, but who was not Milloy. Instead it was the
>author of a similar bill a few years back.
>
>They two gentlemen obviously do not see eye to eye. The MPP rudely
>interrupted Avery and had to be asked to shut up--and that was for starters.
>It sounded to me like the fellow was a complete non-cyclist.
>
>Statistics were tossed about. I think the point was made that one can be
>anti-law without being anti-helmet. Yet I am not sure that the non-cycling
>public understands why a perfectly sane and rational cyclist might choose a
>proper cycling cap or bare head over a styrofoam lid. Perhaps those reasons
>are too personal and variable to bother discussing.
>
>Avery did point out that everywhere these laws are implemented that they do
>not work.
>
>That is my take on what I heard.
>
>Blake
>
Yesterday ,some shmo wrote a letter to the paper, commenting on a
photo of cyclists in london, commuting to work, who stopped at a red
light. He said, if only OUR cyclists could be so considerate.
We hear this all the time- obviously there are idiots on bikes who
don' t even look where they are going, but I wonder if this guy
notices how many drivers go right through stop signs without even
LOOKING! The other day, I was riding along a road near my house,and
this stupid woman was so desperate to get away from me she accelerated
and blew a stop sign- with her baby in the car. SO much for Baby on
Board. Meanwhile, I was following the rules of the road. Anyways, the
cyclists in london were probably at a very busy intersection at rush
hour, and you'd have to be an idiot not to stop.
