Comments on: 09/10/2012 – Disappointing Death

By: malenki

malenki — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 09:02:53 +0000

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By: Sutrai

Sutrai — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 11:54:17 +0000

Last week I was in the Netherlands with my velomobile for a good reason: http://www.velomobileseminar.com/ . Yes, you will find the best bike paths in the world in the Netherlands. And no, I didn’t enjoy them, you have to be alert all the time. I had one Near-miss with a car and the other velomobile once jumped out of the path in a very hard curve. Sometimes the bike path went behind hedges or directly behind parked cars (luckily no door opened…). I was really happy when I was back in Germany where the bike paths are bad enough to be ignored. It’s just much much much more secure for a fast bike or a velomobile to stick to the normal roads. Don’t separate the traffic depending on the kind of “motor”, but on the speed. Move all “bike paths” into “Slow traffic paths” with a maximum speed of let’s say 20km/h (12 miles/h) and let the faster traffic (yes, that’s also me in my velomobile) stick to the roads.
There’s a pretty old study in Germany which came to the result the riding on the bike path increases your risk of an accident. It doesn’t seem to interest anyone of the infrastructure planners…

By: I R Baboon

I R Baboon — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 23:26:35 +0000

Nice! And you can sing it to “The Yellow Rose of Texas”!

By: JAD

JAD — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 20:45:07 +0000

Because I could not stop for Death,
he kindly stopped for me;
The bike path stood in his way;
two wheels (not four) was the key.

By: JaFO

JaFO — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 20:29:44 +0000

sure … but Death on a bike ?
How cool would that be ?
Supercool, that’s what
‘cuz bikes are cool

By: gvgeorge

gvgeorge — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 18:25:24 +0000

Yehuda has it right. Bike paths range from death traps to safe and pleasant cycling highways.

By: Fencer1964

Fencer1964 — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 17:28:24 +0000

Call me thick-as-a-whale-omelette, but how is the photo and caption relevant?

By: Fencer1964

Fencer1964 — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 17:26:04 +0000

Isn’t that what he’s doing? Albeit, less riding “on,” than “in,” but surely Monsieur Mort will adapt to the times, yes?

By: archersully@mac.com

archersully@mac.com — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 16:35:41 +0000

Its a well known fact that Death rides a Huffy.

By: Anon for this :-)

Anon for this :-) — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 16:09:31 +0000

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