Comments on: 10/18/2012 – Mixing It Up

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 00:39:26 +0000

Tencon, actually the rubber tubes do nothing more then measure traffic on the road, ie how many cars there are on the road per day. Because of vehicles with different wheelbase lengths it would be impossible to easily determine speed, nor would it actually hold up in court.

By: Mike Schwab

Mike Schwab — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 14:32:58 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvEy3dlyCFc&noredirect=1

By: KelT

KelT — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 01:59:28 +0000

Wil, try harder ok? You can do it.

By: Greyryder

Greyryder — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 00:03:08 +0000

Now, I’m waiting on Ms. State to try to pass a law restricting pedestrians from crossing the streets at peak hours and only when safe.

By: Opus the Poet

Opus the Poet — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 20:59:07 +0000

Appreciated (which while not the same as “like” it does carry similar connotations)

By: Wil

Wil — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 20:53:54 +0000

No. Nobody in the world has seen that 11 week old article, much less a bunch of people who like bikes.

By: Maarten

Maarten — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 19:32:00 +0000

On local television in Amsterdam (NL), a few years back (using a rather thick local accent, after knocking on the car window): “Hey, open the door, I’d like to pass”.

By: Tencon

Tencon — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 18:15:58 +0000

@Mike S – Like

By: Tencon

Tencon — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 17:21:38 +0000

Well said Yolanda.

In my case, my Father taut me to drive. He had been an instructor in WWII, driving and teaching all forms of transport from m/c to tank transporters. He drove the amphibious DUKW of D-Day. SO we were schooled army style how to drive. Drills and drills on each item until it was second nature. I learned clutch control on a steep hill, holding the car still, letting it slip back a foot then stopping, a foot forwards and stopping. Rest the clutch and repeat until Dad was sure I had the task off pat. (For those who don’t understand stick-shift driving, it is the third pedal on the left that dis/engages drive to the gearbox ) Similar drills in reversing etc.
He schooled us on traffic etc and was fierce on Law, as he became a policeman after the war!

I think that many parents today feel that teaching their kids (anything?) is ‘somebody else’s problem’ and their responsibility ends with clothing and feeding them…

By: yolanda

yolanda — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 17:00:49 +0000

I’ve done this. I suspect a lot of people have. Personally, when I’m piloting my steel cage I don’t suffer from a sense of entitlement due to my lengthy experience outside the cage as a cyclist and pedestrian before earning my driver’s license at age 32. Part of the trouble with drivers is they’re getting behind the wheel as teenagers, making it seem like kid’s play. It’s a pity we can’t restructure so that persons under 21 don’t need to drive nor appear to need to drive, and we could ask people to mature more before piloting tons of steel at high speed across our landscapes.