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From: rcd@opus.UUCP (Dick Dunn)
Newsgroups: net.bicycle
Subject: Re: Car driver asks for advice from bicyclists
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Date: Wed, 16-Oct-85 03:41:08 EDT
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Posted: Wed Oct 16 03:41:08 1985
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> >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 more descriptions of idiotic/suicidal behavior...

Well, it's not ethical to hit him--thou shalt not take evolution into thine
own hands--BUT, as a cyclist I know how much it scares me when someone
honks very close to me when I'm not expecting it.  I might be very tempted
to honk when I got really close to him (just to see if he reacts the same
way:-)  Flame at this if you will, but whether the guy dumps or not 'cause
you honked at him, if he goes home and swears never to get on a bike again,
everyone is better off.  Yes, I mean scare the shit out of him, but with
noise.  (DON'T try to come close with the car--that's far too dangerous a
game.)
-- 
Dick Dunn	{hao,ucbvax,allegra}!nbires!rcd		(303)444-5710 x3086
   ...Simpler is better.