I know where you can get one (and a nice TV dinner). -----Original Message----- From: John Sessoms <jsessoms...@nc.rr.com> Sender: pdml-boun...@pdml.net Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2011 13:39:09 To: <pdml@pdml.net> Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> Subject: Re: OT: Cycling in New York
From: Ann Sanfedele > Daniel J. Matyola wrote: >> >The problem, Frank, is that the bikes in the traffic lanes DON'T go >> >the speed of traffic; they run through lights and cut in and out and >> >THEY make sudden swoops onto the cross street and back, cutting >> >through pedestrian traffic, scattering tourists in all directions. >> > >> >The bike lanes are relatively new, and they provide a lot of safety to >> >both cyclists and pedestrians. Unfortunately, those who are impatient >> >create a safety hazard. >> > >> >Dan >> > >> >On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 2:15 PM, frank theriault >> ><knarftheria...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > I'd much rather be right in the middle of a car >> > >> > >>> >>lane, going the speed of traffic where they cars can see me, than >>> >>stuck in a bike lane, on the periphery, subject to sudden swoops by >>> >>cars diving into and out of illegal parking spots, subject to car >>> >>doors being suddenly flung open into my face by disembarking >>> >>passengers, etc. >>> >> >>> >> >> > >> > >> > > Second that... > Really, in NY there are so many reckless people on bikes you really > can't imagine... > and on a noisy street if you are a slow moving pedestrian you are in > peril frequently.. > > You can't hear the bikes approaching and they are particularly bold when > there is stand still > traffic with cars... and many don't realise how scary they are for the > old and fragile - whooosh! > I hate that. Maybe they could make it a law requiring cyclists to have a playing card sticking into the spokes. That way you could at least hear them coming up behind you. > The bike lanes are useful for , at the very least, if people stay in > them warning we who neither drive or ride bikes > that a bike might be coming down the lane. But you still have to look > _both_ ways. > > at first I thought it was a bad idea too... but it really is working in > my neighborhood. > > In the best of all possible worlds in Manhattan, all private cars would > be banned just busses , necessary business deliveries and > bikes and trikes and pedestrians. > Or do like the old sci-fi stories predicted and segregate the commercial delivery truck traffic off into underground tunnels; something like what Underground Atlanta started out as. > The holier than thou attitude of some riders in New York and being > yelled at by a twenty year old on a bike to get out of the way > when I'm crossing the street with the light and he is running it ain't > so much fun. > > ann One of the reasons why I don't own a gun. ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1382 / Virus Database: 1513/3698 - Release Date: 06/12/11 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
