| Re: drivers speeding away
On Jan 24, 12:58 pm, Kristian M Zoerhoff <kristian.zoerh...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> On 2007-01-24, nash <zwepytzkehil...@jetable.net> wrote:
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> > "Avoid rapid acceleration (putting the pedal to the metal) which can produce
> > more than 40 times the emissions of normal driving."
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> > That means when ever a driver gets pissed off from seeing a cyclists and
> > speeds up to get away from you like you are vermin he is polluting the air
> > 40X more than if you were not there in front of him.
> > I know it IS there fault but that puts my world out of wack cause I believed
> > I was improving air quality and now it is a few degrees less so.*******s will just find another excuse to be *******s if you >>aren't there.
Making a difference? Har har. Best reason to ride is because you like
to. If it eases traffic or pollution, so be it, but it's likely just a
drop in the bucket. Ride for the same reason the Dutch do--it's silly
to use a car for most trips. Ride because bikes are neat and elegant
and make you look cool. Don't ride to be a self righteous hippie (not
saying that you are :-P), let the benefits happen due to coincidence.
"Damn, my butt got smaller! Oh, that's right, I've been riding that
bicycle thing..."
> Quit worrying about it and ride.
>
> > Also, idling more that 30 seconds is worse than shutting off the motor
> > and starting up again. I guesss some intersections they could get everyone
> > shutting off the motor then. hahaI do that at tain tracks if I can't see the end of the train, or if it's
> crawling through the crossing.
I always shut off the car if I'm waiting for somebody, at a RR
crossing, etc. It's the law in much of Scandinavia AFAIK. Around here
though, people leave their cars running when they shop at the
convenience store on the corner, as if shutting them off is some sort
of burden. Saw a guy's car stolen due to this. Amusingly enough, he was
plastered. I told him it was just the caring neighborhood youth trying
to keep him out of a DUI...
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