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Re: Why do drivers hate cyclists?

by N8N <njnagel@[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Apr 1, 2008 at 07:30 AM

"some?"  I think you meant "all but a very limited few."

nate

On Apr 1, 7:41=A0am, "C. E. White" <cewhi...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
wrote:
> Personally I try to respect the right of cyclist to use the same
> roads. However, some cyclists give the whole group a bad name. I know
> you have seen the ones I am talking about - passing cars in the gutter
> at lights, running lights, etc. And as for arrogance - more than a few
> cyclist are every bit as arrogant as the worst Hummer drivers you can
> find.
>
> Ed"ComandanteBanana" <nolionnoprob...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>
>
news:00c8699e-814f-466d-b195-fdad0756dd51@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
> > On Mar 31, 4:03 pm, "Papa Tom" <TomMontalb...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >> I'm not one who believes "resistance" will ever work.
>
> >> There's something about bicyclists that people just don't like.
> >> Perhaps
> >> it's just jealousy. =A0When the road was ruled by horse-drawn wagons,
> >> they
> >> cursed at us and threw sticks at our spokes because we were moving
> >> too fast.
> >> Now they do the same thing because we move too slowly.
>
> >> Perhaps when gas is $10 a gallon, drivers will start to see us in a
> >> different light. =A0Right now, keep your trike off the road - or face
> >> having
> >> to pry it out of the grill of some jerk's Hummer.
>
> > Man, this is eerie. That's exactly what I thought.
>
> > But I think it also has to do with HATE. Yeah, they hate that other
> > people remain free and healthy while they remain enslaved to their
> > thirsty vehicles. They think, "Hey, if I paid 50 grands for my
> > Hummer,
> > no one on a bike will slow me down." And they just try to squeeze
> > that
> > oversized vehicle and a bike on the same lane...
>
> > One day, though, the stupid dinosaurs will become extinct, and the
> > small furry animals will reclaim the earth. Brain is better than
> > size,
> > right?
>
> > WHY THE BANANA REVOLUTION?
> >http://webspawner.com/users/bananarevolution-
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 18 Posts in Topic:
Why do drivers hate cyclists?
ComandanteBanana <noli  2008-03-31 13:50:28 
Re: Why do drivers hate cyclists?
"Paul Hovnanian P.E.  2008-03-31 16:36:43 
Re: Why do drivers hate cyclists?
"Speeders & Drun  2008-03-31 18:52:36 
Re: Why do drivers hate cyclists?
"C. E. White" &  2008-04-01 07:41:57 
Re: Why do drivers hate cyclists?
ComandanteBanana <noli  2008-04-01 05:34:30 
Re: Why do drivers hate cyclists?
ComandanteBanana <noli  2008-04-01 05:35:09 
Re: Why do drivers hate cyclists?
"C. E. White" &  2008-04-01 08:45:41 
Re: Why do drivers hate cyclists?
Scott in SoCal <scotte  2008-04-01 06:30:42 
Re: Why do drivers hate cyclists?
ComandanteBanana <noli  2008-04-01 06:32:03 
Re: Why do drivers hate cyclists?
ComandanteBanana <noli  2008-04-01 06:56:27 
Re: Why do drivers hate cyclists?
donquijote1954 <nolion  2008-04-01 07:04:10 
Re: Why do drivers hate cyclists?
N8N <njnagel@[EMAIL PR  2008-04-01 07:30:55 
Re: Why do drivers hate cyclists?
N8N <njnagel@[EMAIL PR  2008-04-01 07:31:29 
Re: Why do drivers hate cyclists?
"Skinty" <sk  2008-04-12 02:19:19 
Re: Why do drivers hate cyclists?
"Paul Hovnanian P.E.  2008-04-22 16:58:17 
Re: Why do drivers hate cyclists?
N8N <njnagel@[EMAIL PR  2008-04-23 05:36:30 
Re: Why do drivers hate cyclists?
N8N <njnagel@[EMAIL PR  2008-04-23 05:38:35 
Re: Why do drivers hate cyclists?
4788994@[EMAIL PROTECTED]  2008-05-11 14:16:15 

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