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From: tuba@ur-tut.UUCP (Jon Krueger)
Newsgroups: net.bicycle
Subject: Re: Car driver asks for advice from bicyclists
Message-ID: <159@ur-tut.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 12-Oct-85 17:32:17 EDT
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Posted: Sat Oct 12 17:32:17 1985
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In article <354@sol1.UUCP> s255@sol1.UUCP (alcmist) 
(Fred Wamsley ihnp4!sol1!s255) writes:
>
>A couple of nights ago I found myself sharing a dark road with a bicyclist
>wearing jeans and a dark jacket.  He had no reflectors on his bike, and no
>lights.  Within a quarter of a mile I watched him ride in circles on a road
>with a 45mph speed limit, run a red light, and cut from the right-hand side
>of a busy road to the left, where he proceeded to ride against the traffic...
>I'd really like to hear what the many responsible bicyclists out there
>have to say on the subject.

As a driver, I don't know what you should do with a bicyclist like that.  As
a bicyclist, I do know that it's jerks like that one that make drivers hate
all bicyclists.  So I suppose you ought to avoid hitting him, but I would
feel justified in honking at him.
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