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sparker1
Joined: 31 Dec 2006
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Location: St. Petersburg, FL
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| Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 1:21 pm Post subject: |
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Quote: Most of the time I'll get over, but sometimes hogging the road is super fun.
This is what pisses drivers off, which may be what you want. Having them run over your ass may not be what you want. I was always taught: You may be right, and you may be dead right. |
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James_B_Wads2000
Joined: 18 Mar 2005
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Location: Salt Lake City, UT
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| Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 4:39 pm Post subject: |
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It is time for another episode of… :clap: Classic Bogley :clap:
This whole thread reminds me of a post I made over three years ago when I was driving and had a confrontation with a road biker. This goes back to the uutah.com days, back when ‘Beech, Acca and Rock still liked me and I was a productive member on the bolg. Read the thread here: An Interesting Encounter
Here is the highlight:
James_B_Wads2000 wrote: But my original position remains the same. Though you have the right to ride in the left lane on a fast moving street and if anyone else or I does not see you and hits you, technically we would be in the wrong. But that technicality would be of little solace to you and your family if you were killed or seriously hurt. And it would mean little to the conscience of the motorist that kills you because we just didn’t see you putting along in the left lane. And if the same situation came around again I would pass and honk to remind you that you are playing with fire and that you stand to lose more than I do. I have been hit by a car before while riding my bike. I had assumed he saw me, I was wrong. So that is why my philosophy changed even though by law I as a motorist have to look out for bicyclists.
So pretty much I agree with stan, moabfool and Hank. Everyone watch out for each other and road rage is lame.
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moabfool
Joined: 11 Jan 2006
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Location: The Sunset
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| Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 8:18 pm Post subject: |
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sparker1 wrote: Quote: Most of the time I'll get over, but sometimes hogging the road is super fun.
This is what pisses drivers off, which may be what you want. Having them run over your ass may not be what you want. I was always taught: You may be right, and you may be dead right.
Look again. I bet you'd think twice about running that group down, especially with the motorcycle cop leading the pack :ride: .
BTW, I don't want drivers angry, but I'd take anger over apathy. At least when a person is angry it shows they care. When a driver is angry at a cyclist at least they noticed the cyclist.
Here are some simple cyclist/motorist responsibilities. I came to this conclusion on this evening's ride. It came to me when a lady backed out of her driveway without looking.
Responsibilities of a cylcist: Make sure motorists see cyclists and don't run them over.
Responsibilities of a motorist: Make sure motirists see cyclists and don't run them over.
Everything else is just minutiae. |
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Sombeech
Joined: 09 Dec 2004
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Location: The Rubbish Bin
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| Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 8:37 pm Post subject: |
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James_B_Wads2000 wrote: This goes back to the uutah.com days, back when ‘Beech, Acca and Rock still liked me
We were desperate for members |
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bbennett
Joined: 12 Apr 2007
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Location: Springville, UT/Galliano, LA
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| Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 9:20 pm Post subject: |
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Sombeech wrote: James_B_Wads2000 wrote: This goes back to the uutah.com days, back when ‘Beech, Acca and Rock still liked me
We were desperate for members
:roflol: :roflol: :roflol: |
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JP
Joined: 04 Jan 2007
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Location: Not Sure
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| Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 7:31 am Post subject: |
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moabfool wrote: Look again. I bet you'd think twice about running that group down, especially with the motorcycle cop leading the pack :ride:
I beg to differ :haha: Why not take the opportunity to run some cyclists over, cops don't have eyes in the back of their heads :haha: I would be not so inclined to do it with one rounding up the pack :haha: |
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moabfool
Joined: 11 Jan 2006
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Location: The Sunset
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| Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 10:07 am Post subject: |
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JP wrote: moabfool wrote: Look again. I bet you'd think twice about running that group down, especially with the motorcycle cop leading the pack :ride:
I beg to differ :haha: Why not take the opportunity to run some cyclists over, cops don't have eyes in the back of their heads :haha: I would be not so inclined to do it with one rounding up the pack :haha:
Then do the polite thing and kill the cyclists. Maiming is so Civil War. |
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JP
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| Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 10:26 am Post subject: |
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| Maiming is the choice, it makes the cyclists think about what he could of done that day other than ride his bike :haha: |
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James_B_Wads2000
Joined: 18 Mar 2005
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Location: Salt Lake City, UT
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| Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 10:27 am Post subject: |
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Sombeech wrote: James_B_Wads2000 wrote: This goes back to the uutah.com days, back when ‘Beech, Acca and Rock still liked me
We were desperate for members
Oh that hurts! :cry1:
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moabfool
Joined: 11 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 2:11 pm Post subject: |
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JP wrote: Maiming is the choice, it makes the cyclists think about what he could of done that day other than ride his bike :haha:
It's official. In the Utah County vernacular, you are a rude, ig-nernt freaker. :2thumbs: |
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