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From: roy@phri.UUCP (Roy Smith)
Newsgroups: net.bicycle
Subject: Re: Bicycles, Violence and Hatred
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Date: Wed, 29-May-85 09:31:16 EDT
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Posted: Wed May 29 09:31:16 1985
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> Thirdly, a bike is very narrow and therefore should not be allowed to
> occupy a full lane.

	Well, I'll admit that there is a certain logic to this, but I
ride down the middle of the lane in city traffic for my own safety.  If
I hug the edge of the lane, that's just begging people to try and
squeeze their car past me, whether or not there really is enough room.
If I ride down the middle of the lane I undeniably claim the lane to
myself and make people in cars give me a wider berth.  Also, I have this
strange aversion to having parked car doors open in my face.

> What a gross waste of precious road space ...

	it is to have just 1 person in most of the cars on the street!
-- 
allegra!phri!roy (Roy Smith)
System Administrator, Public Health Research Institute