| Re: Holy shatz! Cop stops bicycle!
"Daniel T." <postmaster@eathlink.net> wrote in message
news ostmaster-D81410.17142012062004@news1.west.earthlink.net...
> I'm not going to claim that what Mr. Stern says never happens, but I
> expect that when something like that happens but its a car rather than a
> bike that is "ramming" through a busy intersection against the light, a
> hell of a lot more damage occurs.
What Stern is seeing (and what lots of other drivers see) is cyclists disregarding
the laws that they are supposed to be obeying. The difference is that the car driver
gets a ticket, fine and higher insurance when caught. The cyclist just gets away with
it.
> I still say he's just pissed because he sees bikes doing what he can't
> do in his car, but he isn't willing to ride a bike in order to have the
> privileges that bikers have. Of course, that doesn't stop him from
> wanting to take those privileges away from the bicyclists.
Since when do bicyclists have the privlege of disregarding traffic laws that are
there for the safety of everyone?
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Paul
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