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From: hxe@rayssd.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.bicycle
Subject: Re: Bicycles, Violence and Hatred
Message-ID: <715@rayssd.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 29-Apr-85 11:52:57 EDT
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Posted: Mon Apr 29 11:52:57 1985
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> I occasionally encounter drivers who are too close to the curb, so that
> there's no room for me to get past them while they're stopped.  Before
> I decided that growing old was a worthwhile goal, I used to go around
> these guys *on* *the* *left*, and then when the light changed I'd get
> in front of them in the middle of the lane, and -g-o- -s-l-o-w- for
> about 10-15 seconds.  Just enough to get even without (I hoped) getting
> the driver angry enough to deliberately run me over.

There is no law that states that motorists must be a minimum distance
from the curb to allow bicyclists the right of way, nor is it a widely
known custom to do so.  The best place to stop is slightly behind the
first car and well in view of the others; this way, the one car that
wouldn't notice you anyway (the front one - since you're in his blind
spot no matter what) can avoid you, and the rest of the cars see you.
It also helps if you signal your intentions.

Please don't advocate vindictive practices that are dangerous and liable
to draw only malice, not improved sensitivity to the REAL problems
bicyclists have on the roads.
-- 
--Heather Emanuel {allegra, decvax!brunix, linus, ccice5} rayssd!hxe
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