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From: era@hao.UUCP (Ed Arnold)
Newsgroups: net.bicycle,net.politics
Subject: Re: Bicycles, Violence and Hatred
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Date: Sat, 4-May-85 00:38:28 EDT
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> I don't understand... what's *wrong* with rolling up to the stop light
> past the stopped cars?  If the only problem is that some drivers resent
> my doing so, tough shits.
> 
> 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.
> --
> 	David Canzi

What's wrong with rolling up to the light is that there *really* are
some motorists who resent it and will act accordingly.  What good can
deliberately baiting motorists (as you describe in your second paragraph)
possibly do, other than to satisfy some childish urge?

I'm making these comments because I ride and bike and would hate
to think some motorist decided to use his 3000 lbs. of metal on
me because he had an encounter with someone like you.  If you
visit Boulder, please try to cool it, OK?
-- 
Ed Arnold
NCAR/SCD (Nat'l Ctr for Atmospheric Research/Scientific Computing Div.)
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