Two kinds of idiots

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Nahh, speeding like everyone else is easier.

"Brent P" wrote | I don't give in so easily. I also am capable of out performing most | drivers in city/suburban traffic. In other words, the cars in front of me | slow me down. Drivers may pass me mid-block, but I will usually stay on | the same light cycle as them for miles on end.

Brent ... We ain't talking suburbia here... This here is whatcha call a RURAL area.

Narrow, winding, two lane roads with people that drive all over them. No lights, nothing other than the other guy that crosses into your lane when he is rounding a turn. Ot just not paying attention.

People out here get hit by cars all the time when they are walking down the side of the road. People get hit while they are checking their mailbox... three last year that I am aware of.

Lots of elders and youngins out here. Not many in the middle it seems.

No way am I gonna ride a bike on the road under those conditions.

Kate

snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.com (Brent P) wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@comcast.com:

Dude, if you're on a bicycle in a lane that vehicles use, you're a complete idiot.

snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.com (Brent P) wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@comcast.com:

Here's the first one that comes to mind: The real possibility that some debris could be in the lane you're travelling on.

No point in addressing things in line below - your post indicates quite clearly that you can't be reasoned with.

Have a nice day, Brent, and please stay away from the streets I drive on. You're a total menace to society. :)

snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.com (Brent P) wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@comcast.com:

Gee, Brent, I guess you just couldn't resist stooping to "character assassination", as you put it, too.

snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.com (Brent P) wrote in news:ks-dnX9DN- snipped-for-privacy@comcast.com:

I've never put it that way. I never made the quote you are attributing to me in this thread.

As I've stated many times, I reflect back at people how they treat me.

Bicycle = vehicle. Just not motor vehicle. It's the safest way to ride btw.

If you only look for debris when there is road construction, you're an idiot.

Face saving nonsense above noted.

Hey! Spikey Likes IT!

This is laughable. In typical poor fashion you want to make the thread about me. Because you have no response to the issues. You cannot respond in the realm of thoughts and ideas so you make it about me.

snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.com (Brent P) wrote in news:GPqdnbLabvADr snipped-for-privacy@comcast.com:

That file is over 5 years old; it certainly doesn't apply to roads around here. Today it's downright dangerous to follow. Anyone who rides a bicycle in the same space that a car would occupy has a death wish.

snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.com (Brent P) wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@comcast.com:

I saved it all just for you.

As usual, you missed the point entirely. The fact that you've said you'd blast through a construction zone at or above the posted speed limit tells me who the idiot is. Loud and clear.

Anyone remember the "60 Minutes" story about how many old geezers have plowed into things like bus sheltars, houses, etc, down there? They had one guy in court who couldn't even understand that he'd killed 4 people and these demented octogenerians they let drive cars??? Judge basically throws up his hands and says "I can't put them in jail."

-Rich

RichA wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:

It's all over. You just hear more about it down here because there are a lot more older people driving.

Because they'll vote his sorry ass out. They may not drive well, but they sure as hell vote.

Not my fault you don't know the first thing about bicycling. Maybe you should refrain from commenting on things you don't know about.

BTW 5 year olds ride on the sidewalk. Adults ride on the roadway.

I stated nothing of the kind. Please learn to read.

Do cops ticket anyone with a manual transmission? :)

And the speed limit isn't stopping them now. I don't understand this mentality of limiting an entire population based on it's idiots.

Seriously, everything from grade schools on up now seem to operate at a slowest-ship-in-the-fleet pace. The USA will be a third world nation in no time.