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From: Mike on 9 Aug 2010 13:05 Bicyclists should be taxed like car owners to help pay for the addition of a bike lane alone the highways if that is what they want. ;( "His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock" <comandante.banana(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:7f14e30b-6885-45b1-bdf9-996ec17cd548(a)f42g2000yqn.googlegroups.com... >A couple of days ago, my good but unintelligent neighbor got mad when > I told him of my campaign to TAKE THE LANE. No way he should be slowed > down when he drives from his job in the boondocks. I think he hates me > now. Probably we would be hated by everyone out there who's been > programmed to drive, never mind the fact they sit for hours in traffic > jams. The fact that ONE MORE BIKE MEANS ONE FEWER CAR escapes their > imagination --if they ever use it. I think they want the cyclists off > the road and on the sidewalk, where they become a problem for > pedestrians. > > Anyway I want to go into the science behind it and try to prove that > TAKING THE LANE doesn't slow traffic from the current system in which > the drivers must move somewhat into the next lane not to hit you. This > creates, first of all, a "no man's land" area and a cascading effect > in which he's watching both the cars and the cyclist, where the > cyclist is at risk, and the next car may not even be aware of the > presence of the bike. If the car must exit your lane, however, he > passes in a smooth way --ONLY BEING CONCERNED ABOUT TRAFFIC-- and > leaving the cyclist unaffected and safe. > > I understand that asking for mercy and SPACE for those at the bottom > of the food chain --for both cyclists and pedestrians-- is highly > altruistic... but such are the demands of civilization. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > THE WISE TIBETAN MONKEY SAYS > > "Evolution OR Revolution --that is the question" > > http://webspawner.com/users/BIKEFORPEACE > > "WE NEED SPACE TO LIVE, YOU KNOW" > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uQ9ybSgnTg |