Comments on: 05/15/2012 – Boxes

By: geoffm

geoffm — Wed, 16 May 2012 01:50:57 +0000

“Get a car like the rest of us”?
Why should the ones using the most cost-efficient technology choose to do like the rest and use inefficient technologies? Shouldn’t it be the other way around?

By: Widsith

Widsith — Tue, 15 May 2012 18:48:53 +0000

I’ve never had any problem on the local state highway, even though in most places it’s two-lane and there is plenty of fast (55+ mph) traffic. Drivers there have been unfailingly polite. It’s only in the suburban areas that drivers (or passengers) ever make rude comments. The most recent was some guy in a truck driving in the opposite direction on the other side of the street who shouted obscenities as he passed. There was absolutely no way I could have been inconveniencing him at all, but he just couldn’t resist being a jerk.

By: Zorba

Zorba — Tue, 15 May 2012 18:22:29 +0000

I have yet to see a “ Suburban monster truck jerk” that didn’t have a case of small wee wee-itis.

By: Adam DZ

Adam DZ — Tue, 15 May 2012 18:04:13 +0000

Homo Sapiens is pathetic. In NY we have the white ghost bikes where a cyclist was killed. Some low lifes have been stripping them off of parts.

By: Adam DZ

Adam DZ — Tue, 15 May 2012 18:02:38 +0000

Oh…. I ride quite a lot and still have to watch my calories

By: Tencon

Tencon — Tue, 15 May 2012 16:12:23 +0000

May we could be your ‘cloud’ and save some few months comments each, the whole being orchestrated by Rick & co to make sure of a complete backup?

By: Dale in Indy

Dale in Indy — Tue, 15 May 2012 15:53:08 +0000

Pedal softly …

Like all situations outside of my own house, I try to be situationally aware and on the defense 100% of the time. As an old instructor of mine used to say to his class, “If danger is ‘there,’ don’t be ‘there.’ Avoidance of confrontation is 99% of defense.”

It’s that last 1% where the fight or flight response is most valuable.

By: Yolanda

Yolanda — Tue, 15 May 2012 15:43:37 +0000

Sadly, this is not unusual. Suburban monster truck jerks are so self-entitled they actually think that removal by death is a good way to eliminate discomfitting neighbors. If it wasn’t for the laws, a lot of these morons would be murderers (until a real baddy showed up and kicked their lazy butts properly)
i live on a quiet inner-city suburban street. All single housing, grid streets, park, school, kids and puppies, etc., and it’s several times daily that some privately owned truck with too much chrome comes busting down said street at speeds that would be excessive on a main arterial without even slowing for the uncontrolled intersections. It’s amazing I’ve only had one wreck thrown over my fence from the corner, although there’s been a wreck of some kind out there every couple years.

By: jon4t2

jon4t2 — Tue, 15 May 2012 15:20:53 +0000

Death threats in the ‘burbs? Hmmm… Would that be a step up or down from the city? (Down implying that city cycling is nirvana. Up implying that city drivers “Just Do It” without bothering to threaten.)

By: DougTidd

DougTidd — Tue, 15 May 2012 15:00:45 +0000

Oh, how fortunate I am to live and ride in western Washtenaw County. We ride hassle free 99.9% of the time. Most drivers move completely over into the other lane or wait to crest hills before they pass us. Many wave or give us a thumbs up. It makes riding irresistible.