Seems relevant to the way people drive in UCity . -M.
----- Forwarded message from Dante Toza <dante(A)radiovolta.org> ----- Clear Channel radio stations advocate for Running Cyclists Off the road! http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/10/03/0272523 http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/2911339p-2677916c.html In what now appears to be a pattern, Clear Channel Communications radio stations in three cities (Cleveland, Houston, and Raleigh, NC) have recently broadcasted the reprehensible comments of talk show hosts and listeners encouraging violence against bicyclists. In the latest incident, on Raleighs G105 station, September 22 and 23, morning talk show hosts joked about harassing cyclists, urged listeners to call in with stories of how they had harassed cyclists, and provided suggestions of how to run cyclists off the road. One host suggested pelting cyclists with empty Yoo-Hoo bottles. Calls came in from listeners who agreed with him, and said that they would take similar action. A show intern discussed a man in her neighborhood who shoots a pellet gun at cyclists as they ride by his house, attempting to hit their tires to make them crash. According to a listener quoted in the October 1 Raleigh News Observer (http://newsobserver.com/news/story/2911339p-2677916c.html), "One caller said her dad had purposely hit a biker on the road on the way to church one Sunday and kept on going. That got laughs. Bob (one of the hosts) thought that was funny. And Bob said he'd love to be on a motorcycle and driving it down a bike lane. Because he didn't think bikers should be allowed on the road. He said they should ride on the sidewalk." The offending broadcasts come on the heels of similar broadcasts on Clear Channel stations in Houston and Cleveland encouraging motorists to taunt or even strike cyclists. Clear Channel owns some 1,200 radio stations across the country that regularly share content with each other. Cyclists across the nation have reacted with furor to reports of these broadcasts, which have been widely disseminated on the Internet, condemning the radio stations for their reprehensible incitement of violence. Many have expressed fears that the incidents could inspire some deranged individual to commit an act of violence against bicyclists. League Position: The League condemns in the strongest possible terms the promotion of violence and harassment against bicyclists as well as pedestrians. With about 700 cyclists, including 200 children, and 5,000 pedestrians killed every year in traffic crashes, it is clear that traffic safety is a very serious issue. The League urges motorists and bicyclists to share the road and to respect the rules of the road. State and local transportation authorities need to do more to protect cyclists and pedestrians and there is a profound need for more education for motorists to be conscious of the need to share the road with cyclists and pedestrians. http://econstituent.votenet.com/(ooj5bx45u1whnlmxocj3gzqd)/index.aspx/lab/letterwriting.aspx?issueid=499 _______________________________________________ volta mailing list http://lists.phillyimc.org/mailman/listinfo/volta ----- End forwarded message ----- ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>.
