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"Brent P" > wrote in message ... > > I rutinely find it easier to pass bicyclists than sloth drivers. Sure, > sometimes I need to plan ahead to pass a bicyclist easily, but that's no > big deal. Sloth drivers create significantly more delay IME. > Yeah, bicycles are much narrower, and since they are moving slower, take less time to pass. Bernard |
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"Scott en Aztlán" > wrote in message ... > On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 02:18:06 GMT, Bobby > wrote: > >>Oh Scott, you're my HERO. >> >>You're just SO manly and strong. >> >>I'm just in awe of your innate driving abilities. >> >>Can I be your groupie? > > No. I hate to tell you this, but it seems he already is your groupie. |
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In article >,
Brent P > wrote: >In article >, Matthew Russotto wrote: >> In article >, >> Brent P > wrote: >>>In article >, Scott en Aztlán wrote: >>> >>>> the roads were wide open >>>> (except for a few arrogant pedalcyclists, who undoubtedly used these >>>> roads for the same reason I was). >>> >>>> Things have changed drastically. Now large sections of former farmland >>>> are being developed into housing, and the roads are jam-packed with >>>> Sloth who drive a maximum of 45 MPH on these 65 MPH roads - and, of >>>> course, there is a 1/4 mile long conga line of vehicles stuck behind >>>> these assholes. >>> >>>Proof that a few ordinary sloth drivers are worse than any bicyclist could >>>be even if he was trying. >> >> Nope. The bicyclist would be doing 10mph and the conga line would be >> that much longer. > >Only a driver so unskilled as to be unable to pass the bicyclist blocked >the road. If you're going to blame the driver by definition, there's nothing more to say. Do you also blame the car BEHIND the head of the conga line? |
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In article >, Matthew Russotto wrote:
> In article >, > Brent P > wrote: >>In article >, Matthew Russotto wrote: >>> In article >, >>> Brent P > wrote: >>>>In article >, Scott en Aztlán wrote: >>>> >>>>> the roads were wide open >>>>> (except for a few arrogant pedalcyclists, who undoubtedly used these >>>>> roads for the same reason I was). >>>> >>>>> Things have changed drastically. Now large sections of former farmland >>>>> are being developed into housing, and the roads are jam-packed with >>>>> Sloth who drive a maximum of 45 MPH on these 65 MPH roads - and, of >>>>> course, there is a 1/4 mile long conga line of vehicles stuck behind >>>>> these assholes. >>>> >>>>Proof that a few ordinary sloth drivers are worse than any bicyclist could >>>>be even if he was trying. >>> >>> Nope. The bicyclist would be doing 10mph and the conga line would be >>> that much longer. >> >>Only a driver so unskilled as to be unable to pass the bicyclist blocked >>the road. > > If you're going to blame the driver by definition, there's nothing > more to say. Do you also blame the car BEHIND the head of the conga > line? So do you blame the driver who is scared of merging and screws up the traffic stream or the driver of the semi in the right lane that he is affraid of? |
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In article >,
Brent P > wrote: >In article >, Matthew Russotto wrote: >> >> If you're going to blame the driver by definition, there's nothing >> more to say. Do you also blame the car BEHIND the head of the conga >> line? > >So do you blame the driver who is scared of merging and screws up the >traffic stream or the driver of the semi in the right lane that he is >affraid of? I blame the nearest bicyclist, of course. |
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Matthew Russotto wrote: > >Brent P wrote: > >>Matthew Russotto wrote: >> >>> If you're going to blame the driver by definition, there's nothing >>> more to say. Do you also blame the car BEHIND the head of the conga >>> line? >> >>So do you blame the driver who is scared of merging and screws up the >>traffic stream or the driver of the semi in the right lane that he is >>affraid of? > >I blame the nearest bicyclist, of course. I thought we agreed to blame *all* bicyclists. |
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In article >,
Guy Macon > wrote: > >Matthew Russotto wrote: >> >>Brent P wrote: >> >>>Matthew Russotto wrote: >>> >>>> If you're going to blame the driver by definition, there's nothing >>>> more to say. Do you also blame the car BEHIND the head of the conga >>>> line? >>> >>>So do you blame the driver who is scared of merging and screws up the >>>traffic stream or the driver of the semi in the right lane that he is >>>affraid of? >> >>I blame the nearest bicyclist, of course. > >I thought we agreed to blame *all* bicyclists. Only in general. For any specific incident, I blame only the nearest bicyclist (or bicyclists, if several of them are in a group). |
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