I know we all try to do our part ( at least members of this forum) to minimize our car time and impact to precious resources. In Southern California there are very limited mass transit choices and large distances to cover. I would love to live close by work and be able to commute by bike. I chose to live in a suburban area for the safety and health of my wife and children. On the weekends though my car rarely gets driven as I am able to live walking or cycling distances from everything I need to live, food, bank , Dr.' office, shopping and entertainment. It will take considerable effort to effect change in the general population and I think it everyone of our jobs to help that process by being a bike advocate and showing that it can work ( even in LA!).
~Mike On Jan 19, 11:52 am, JoelMatthews <joelmatth...@mac.com> wrote: > > Interesting that within 24 hours of one another Grant lauds the > > benefits of the Idaho-stop and Bike Snob NYC instructs cyclists to > > follow the letter of the law, especially stopping at all red lights. > > Did not read BSNYC but coming from one who does most of his riding in > a densely populated urban area, I can understand the different take on > traffic signals. > > It is one thing to obey traffic signals only when vehicles are present > in predominately rural Idaho - or suburban and semi-rural East SF Bay > for that matter. It is another altogether in dense urban areas where > vehicles, pedistrians and other bikes are always present. > > Some of my closest calls of late have been with other cyclists who > oblivious to traffic signals and basic right of way principals ride > directly into my path or in front of me. Some have even given me the > owned glower when I apply the brakes heavily to avoid them. By far > the worst was last fall when a dad with a daughter on a bike trailer, > boy on small bike close behind, and wife taking up the rear all blew > through a stop sign on a small street directly in front of me on a > larger street that had no stop sign. I had to jump onto the curb to > avoid hitting the boy. Mom gave me an apologetic look. Dad never > even turned around to see what happened. > > On Jan 19, 12:33 pm, William <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Interesting that within 24 hours of one another Grant lauds the > > benefits of the Idaho-stop and Bike Snob NYC instructs cyclists to > > follow the letter of the law, especially stopping at all red lights. > > > On Jan 19, 10:10 am, CycloFiend <cyclofi...@earthlink.net> wrote: > > > > on 1/19/11 9:25 AM, JoelMatthews at joelmatth...@mac.com wrote: > > > > > I am very much aware my decision process on this makes me an outlier. > > > > And I wholeheartedly applaud your efforts and actions, Joel. > > > > Full stop. > > > > - J > > > > -- > > > Jim Edgar > > > cyclofi...@earthlink.net > > > > Cyclofiend Bicycle Photo Galleries -http://www.cyclofiend.com > > > Current Classics - Cross Bikes > > > Singlespeed - Working Bikes > > > > Gallery updates now appear here -http://cyclofiend.blogspot.com > > > > "That which is overdesigned, too highly specific, anticipates outcome; the > > > anticipation of outcome guarantees, if not failure, the absence of grace." > > > > William Gibson - "All Tomorrow's Parties"- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
