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Chuck
Guest
Greetings,
This might be a little long but will remain on topic.
About a year ago I bought myself an EZ-3 Recumbent Trike. I loved it and
drove it to work and back everyday until it was destroyed by the idiot
who ran over my left rear end with his car about 3 months ago.
I believe it was an accident in spite of the fact that this individual
had plenty of time to see me, as well as plenty of time and room to go
around me before he ran over me. I was also very well lit, following all
the rules and on a well lit four lane highway with no oncoming traffic
(at the time anyway) and under a clear sky.
Three months later I had rebuilt the trike. Awsome rebuild too.
First day I risked taking it back up Charlotte Pike via Whitebridge Road
I was ran off the road and nearly killed. I just barely got out of the
way in time and he missed me by maybe an inch or two.
Same riding conditions, same time of day, same little half mile or so
stretch of highway only this time the trike had a higher profile and
double the lights. I'll explain. I've used 26" wheels for the rear end
and a 20" wheel in the front. I've re-installed my old headrest and at
the time I also had my canopy attached (my own design) and had four
flags in the rear; two 3 footers sticking up and out which made me look
about 4 feet wide and two more sticking up at a higher angle which put
em at about an actual 12 feet into the air. Ok, so I was clearly
visable.
Now, If the state I live in says I have the right to operate my vehicle
on our streets and fails to provide me with a safe means to exercise
those rights; ( few if any bike lanes, and no alternative to risking my
life sharing the road with the way too many and often way too large
vehicles being driven way to fast than is safe by the all too often...
STUPID, and DANGEROUS TALKING MONKEYS WHO SHOULDN'T BE ALOWED TO OPERATE
HEAVY EQUIPMENT.
Have not my rights been violated?
Indeed are not all of us being cheated out of our right to travel the
roads by bike?
Are not the automobile manufactures also guilty of monopolizing and
bullying us off the roads?
Can we not demand roads for bikes?
Have we no legal recourse?
Thoughts?
Chuck Trotter
Nashville, Tennessee
This might be a little long but will remain on topic.
About a year ago I bought myself an EZ-3 Recumbent Trike. I loved it and
drove it to work and back everyday until it was destroyed by the idiot
who ran over my left rear end with his car about 3 months ago.
I believe it was an accident in spite of the fact that this individual
had plenty of time to see me, as well as plenty of time and room to go
around me before he ran over me. I was also very well lit, following all
the rules and on a well lit four lane highway with no oncoming traffic
(at the time anyway) and under a clear sky.
Three months later I had rebuilt the trike. Awsome rebuild too.
First day I risked taking it back up Charlotte Pike via Whitebridge Road
I was ran off the road and nearly killed. I just barely got out of the
way in time and he missed me by maybe an inch or two.
Same riding conditions, same time of day, same little half mile or so
stretch of highway only this time the trike had a higher profile and
double the lights. I'll explain. I've used 26" wheels for the rear end
and a 20" wheel in the front. I've re-installed my old headrest and at
the time I also had my canopy attached (my own design) and had four
flags in the rear; two 3 footers sticking up and out which made me look
about 4 feet wide and two more sticking up at a higher angle which put
em at about an actual 12 feet into the air. Ok, so I was clearly
visable.
Now, If the state I live in says I have the right to operate my vehicle
on our streets and fails to provide me with a safe means to exercise
those rights; ( few if any bike lanes, and no alternative to risking my
life sharing the road with the way too many and often way too large
vehicles being driven way to fast than is safe by the all too often...
STUPID, and DANGEROUS TALKING MONKEYS WHO SHOULDN'T BE ALOWED TO OPERATE
HEAVY EQUIPMENT.
Have not my rights been violated?
Indeed are not all of us being cheated out of our right to travel the
roads by bike?
Are not the automobile manufactures also guilty of monopolizing and
bullying us off the roads?
Can we not demand roads for bikes?
Have we no legal recourse?
Thoughts?
Chuck Trotter
Nashville, Tennessee