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02-04-2007, 07:58 PM

Fred G. Mackey <nospam@dont.spam> wrote:
> Rod Speed wrote:
>> The Real Bev <bashley101+xp@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Rod Speed wrote:
>>>
>>>> josh@phred.org wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> In article <52n0hjF1p159oU1@mid.individual.net>,
>>>>> rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com says...
>>>>>
>>>>>> And they are banned on any sensibly organised freeway etc.
>>>>>
>>>>> Which makes the half of the U.S. that allows bicycles on
>>>>> Interstates less than sensible, even though the accident rate is
>>>>> neglible?
>>>>
>>>> Interstates aint freeways.
>>>
>>> They are in the USA.
>>
>>
>> Nope, it aint as black and white as that, even in the USA.
>>
>>
>
> What is the distinction you are trying to make?

That all freeways ban bikes and that not all interstates are freeways even in the USA.

> For example, I-10 is certainly an interstate and it is certainly a
> freeway as well - it's even known as the Katy Freeway in one town that it passes through. What
> makes it an exception?

I JUST said that interstates aint freeways, not that no interstate is a freeway.

> Or are you going to claim that it stops being a freeway when you leave town?

Nope.

> At what point does it transition from being a freeway into being an interstate?

Irrelevant to what was being discussed, where bikes are banned.

02-04-2007, 07:58 PM	#174 (permalink)
Rod Speed Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Buses with racks go a long way Fred G. Mackey <nospam@dont.spam> wrote: > Rod Speed wrote: >> The Real Bev <bashley101+xp@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Rod Speed wrote: >>> >>>> josh@phred.org wrote: >>>> >>>>> In article <52n0hjF1p159oU1@mid.individual.net>, >>>>> rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com says... >>>>> >>>>>> And they are banned on any sensibly organised freeway etc. >>>>> >>>>> Which makes the half of the U.S. that allows bicycles on >>>>> Interstates less than sensible, even though the accident rate is >>>>> neglible? >>>> >>>> Interstates aint freeways. >>> >>> They are in the USA. >> >> >> Nope, it aint as black and white as that, even in the USA. >> >> > > What is the distinction you are trying to make? That all freeways ban bikes and that not all interstates are freeways even in the USA. > For example, I-10 is certainly an interstate and it is certainly a > freeway as well - it's even known as the Katy Freeway in one town that it passes through. What > makes it an exception? I JUST said that interstates aint freeways, not that no interstate is a freeway. > Or are you going to claim that it stops being a freeway when you leave town? Nope. > At what point does it transition from being a freeway into being an interstate? Irrelevant to what was being discussed, where bikes are banned.