that sounds like a good idea. Wish they'd do that in London. > There are lots of things the city is trying ot do. One proposal is to > ban all private vehicle from Midtown and to restrict trucks to > off-peak hours. > > Large stretches of Broadway are now pedetrian mall, with tables and > chair set up right in the middle of the street: > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11070283 > > Dan > > On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 4:34 PM, Bob W <[email protected]> wrote: > >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of > >> Daniel J. Matyola > > > > > >> Yes, I do believe that if bikes cause safety problems, all bikes > >> should be force to follow reasonable rules. > >> > >> I have been to London more than once. London may be a city, but it > is > >> in England, and the drivers and cyclists drive like Englishmen, not > >> like New Yorkers. London taxis are driven by sane, courteous men > and > >> women. New York cab drivers think they are in a demolition derby. > > > > Sounds like the drivers are at least as much of a problem as the > cyclists. > > What do you propose to do about them? > > > > B > > > >> London Cyclists seem to value their own lives; some of the cyclists > >> in New York appear to be daring someone to hit them with a car > >> (preferably a limo). > >> > >> Amsterdam has the heaviest bike traffic I have ever seen. The bikes > >> move fast, but they move together in large groups, and in a very > >> orderly fashion. > >> > >> The bottom line is that different circumstances require different > >> rules. > >> > >> Dan > >> > >> On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 3:22 PM, Bob W <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> > Er, London is a city too. Do you really believe that because > some > >> >> cyclists break the law all cyclists should be forced into unsafe > >> >> behaviour? How about if all motorists were forced into unsafe > >> behaviour > >> >> because some of them break the law? > > > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and follow the directions. > > > > > > -- > Dan Matyola > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions.
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