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From: nishri@utcs.UUCP (Alex Nishri)
Newsgroups: net.bicycle
Subject: Re: Why I blow off STOP signs
Message-ID: <185@utcs.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 7-Nov-84 12:36:58 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov  7 12:36:58 1984
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Reply-To: nishri@utcs.UUCP (Alex Nishri)
Organization: University of Toronto - General Purpose UNIX
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I would like to be treated as an equal to cars.  I live in downtown Toronto and
I enjoy cycling to work (the downtown University of Toronto campus) through
downtown streets.  The problem is some cars do not treat me as an equal.  For
example, some cars, when overtaking me, will not respect my right to my lane.

I find that much of the problem in making my cycling safe by getting cars to
respect my right to the road lies in the fact that so many people on bicycles
break rules.  Car drivers in general do not know what rules apply to bicycles.
When they see a bicycle run a stop sign or go on the sidewalk, this forms
their impression of what rules a bicycle follows.

One of the advantages of not having "laws meant to be broken" is that behaviour
by strangers we deal with every day becomes more predictable.  In the case of
strangers who are behind the controls of a car, its a matter of life or death.

Alex Nishri
University of Toronto
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