I'm with Tim; a lot of us bike to slow down, and car-oriented people struggle
with us. When it changes so most of us are biking through drive-up lanes, then
we can really rush like everybody else!
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From: tim wong <[email protected]>
To: ronald pedersen <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Sent: Mon, March 19, 2012 9:10:46 PM
Subject: Re: [Bikies] drive through lanes
It would have been interesting to hear what the police would have had to say
about this. They probably didn't do so because they knew that they were
wrong.
I always find it interesting when businesses turn down business. As to what
would happen if a car ran into you, I'd say the driver of the car would be in a
lot trouble for reckless driving.
I've never been refused service in a drive-through lane. That said, I think
drive-throughs should be outlawed. They take up valuable space, pave over land
that could otherwise absorb water to replenish the aquifer, and add greatly to
air pollution as few motorists ever bother to shut off their engines while
waiting. Would it really kill people to come into the restaurant/store and
have
a face-to-face interaction with another human being? With drive-through
restaurants, there is the added problem that the motorist will then usually
drive while eating, causing a hazardous driving situation.
A gorgeous old house used to sit on the current site of the Burger King on East
Wash. It was torn down to build this abomination.
On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 7:27 PM, ronald pedersen <[email protected]> wrote:
I am curious what others may think of this.
>
>I ride everywhere, have not taken a bus in over 6 months, and used green cab
>only for doctor apointments when I had celulitis in my foot and couldn't walk
>for a few weeks. I use the drive up window at my bank all the time, winter,
>rain
>or shine. Never had a problem.
>
>Last Saturday night I was riding and went to Burger King on E. Wash. after
>finding the inside closed I went to the drive through and was refused service
>because I was not in a motorized vehicle. They said it was an insurance issue,
>and asked what if I was hit by a car?
>
>I replied that I have a tail light, headlight, and ride in traffic all the
>time,
>no problem. They threatend to call the police. I told them that they should,
>and
>then the manager came out with another employee and tried to "reason" with me.
>I
>am sorry to say that after all this I was getting mad, and because there was
>some poor guy in a car waiting behind me all this time, I called them assholes
>and left.
>
>So, does anyone else have a problem with this? I used to ride a motorcycle and
>go through the drive through all the time, no one ever refused me service.
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