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Renan Ruivo
Hipernova Vera Cruz Alliance
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Posted - 2011.10.17 05:45:00 -
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Sir Substance wrote:Renan Ruivo wrote:but i don't have driving licenses for either a car or a bike
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And i won't pay a bus ticket to go a distance i can go in my bicycle
Perhaps you should. Since you've never been trained, you have no idea about how to safely (not just safely for yourself but safely for others as well) navigate the road.
Get trained at text reading. I didn't said i didn't get training i said i don't have a license. Those are two somewhat related but different things.
if YOU gentlemen would stop using your cars and bikes to go on the grocery store two blocks away and either go on foot or ride a bicycle yourselves, you wouldn't be so stressed out and gas prices wouldnt be so high. Sometimes the only difference between a budding genius and a blooming idiot is where they chose to take a stand. |
Surfin's PlunderBunny
Sebiestor Tribe Minmatar Republic
8
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Posted - 2011.10.17 06:41:00 -
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Renan Ruivo wrote:Sir Substance wrote:Renan Ruivo wrote:but i don't have driving licenses for either a car or a bike
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And i won't pay a bus ticket to go a distance i can go in my bicycle
Perhaps you should. Since you've never been trained, you have no idea about how to safely (not just safely for yourself but safely for others as well) navigate the road. Get trained at text reading. I didn't said i didn't get training i said i don't have a license. Those are two somewhat related but different things. if YOU gentlemen would stop using your cars and bikes to go on the grocery store two blocks away and either go on foot or ride a bicycle yourselves, you wouldn't be so stressed out and gas prices wouldnt be so high.
How would I get 2 weeks of groceries home on a bicycle? I suppose I could steal a shopping cart and attach it to my bike like a sidecar.... |
Grimpak
Midnight Elites Echelon Rising
86
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Posted - 2011.10.17 08:00:00 -
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Surfin's PlunderBunny wrote:Renan Ruivo wrote:Sir Substance wrote:Renan Ruivo wrote:but i don't have driving licenses for either a car or a bike
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And i won't pay a bus ticket to go a distance i can go in my bicycle
Perhaps you should. Since you've never been trained, you have no idea about how to safely (not just safely for yourself but safely for others as well) navigate the road. Get trained at text reading. I didn't said i didn't get training i said i don't have a license. Those are two somewhat related but different things. if YOU gentlemen would stop using your cars and bikes to go on the grocery store two blocks away and either go on foot or ride a bicycle yourselves, you wouldn't be so stressed out and gas prices wouldnt be so high. How would I get 2 weeks of groceries home on a bicycle? I suppose I could steal a shopping cart and attach it to my bike like a sidecar.... go to the grocery store more often? instead getting every 2 weeks, go every 2 days? [img]http://eve-files.com/sig/grimpak[/img]
[quote]The more I know about humans, the more I love animals.[/quote] ain't that right |
Sofa Raddis
Gravity Waste Management
3
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Posted - 2011.10.17 08:01:00 -
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or get one of those hiking backpacks! |
leviticus ander
FMOFMC
0
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Posted - 2011.10.17 08:03:00 -
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Surfin's PlunderBunny wrote: How would I get 2 weeks of groceries home on a bicycle? I suppose I could steal a shopping cart and attach it to my bike like a sidecar....
you'd be amazed at the amount of stuff you can stuff into a backpack. I can easily carry a week worth of food in my backpack. mind you I'm a student so I don't get tons and tons of food. and I'm only hauling for myself.
back to the topic. I've seen bikers getting a ticket for biking on the sidewalk, but that's because they are being a jackass to the pedestrians on the sidewalk. I slow down, give them right of way, or just get off the sidewalk. and I've never been stopped by a police officer. even when I biked right past about a dozen in a speed trap. and there's a training system in British Columbia, Canada to get kids into biking properly. and aside from signaling I follow all the rules. I don't signal because I'm constantly watching what's around me and won't cross the street or pass through a turn lane without letting anyone already there though first.
and looking at the 2 comments that came up when I was writing this. no I do not have some massive hiking backpack. I have something like this. I say something like since they no longer carry the backpack I have. but this is a close approximation. |
Renan Ruivo
Hipernova Vera Cruz Alliance
171
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Posted - 2011.10.17 08:30:00 -
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Just to clarify.
Bicycles are legally permitted on roads, just not highways (except for crossing). You,. mr. driver probably are not aware of the meaning behind various hand-signals that a biker can make and by not following them you might be commiting an infraction.
The biker however is supposed to be riding on the sides of the road, and respect pedestrians.
The thumb rule is to act defensive on the roads, and never agressive. Pedestrians on the sidewalk, bikers (bicycles) on the sides of the road and cars on the main part of the road.
The problem? There are far too many damned cars in the world so the only reason you guys don't claim the sidewalks is because they are littered with random stuff. If you could drive on the sidewalk without damaging your car with non-live objects you would, and expect that the pedestrians give passage. Sometimes the only difference between a budding genius and a blooming idiot is where they chose to take a stand. |
Barakkus
822
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Posted - 2011.10.17 17:23:00 -
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What's really irritating is when they decide to cause mass traffic jams downtown Chicago on Fridays during rush hour to prove how "important" they are with their "critical mass" rides.
Bicyclists in Chicago are a bunch of pompous, self-entitled wanna-be hippies. Honestly, ride your bike, don't be a jerk about it, and don't be stupid about it. I don't know how many times they refuse to ride single file in the bike lanes that were provided for them, scream and holler at drivers that have done nothing wrong but decide that the guy waiting to turn left or right or whatever has personally insulted them by having their car sitting there with a turn signal on, or ride down the middle of the road in packs just to **** off anyone trying to drive down the street. |
Slade Trillgon
Endless Possibilities Inc.
31
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Posted - 2011.10.17 18:57:00 -
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I will say that most cyclists would use bike lanes or other avenues, but unfortunately in most areas these are not available.
Jada Maroo wrote:
I'm gonna choose to believe the first one because I have noticed on other forums and in other venues that this particular group (lycra wearing bicycle riders) are wonderfully sensitive to criticism, are full of arrogance, possess an obnoxious sense of entitlement (to roads), and are, in general, vile but hilarious when provoked.
I completely agree! But I will also say that most drivers fall into the same category.
Jada Maroo wrote:When you point out that they don't belong on roads.
Again I will point out that more then likely you are incorrect. Bikes are considered motor vehicles in most localitites and therefore are required to be in the road. :EDIT: But not highways :END EDIT:
Jada Maroo wrote:People who ride offroad bikes are fine. I have a trail bike myself. Bikes are superior on trails, after all, and cars don't belong on trails. The only things that belong on trails are bikes, motorcycles, four wheelers, rapists, dead bodies (to the side), and Mexicans.
People who "hike" -- I don't trust those people. I've never met a normal person who hikes. The common nexus between "hikers" and their lycra wearing brethren on roads seems to be Whole Foods.
You really do like pushing the limits of rationality.
Sir Substance wrote: Ladies and gentlemen, 3000+ years of survival of the fittest being made redundant, and we arrive here, at people who think its ok to ride a pushbike in front of a truck because of principal.
Looks like natures catching up, and some of these people are imminently going to go full darwin on their own arses. Can I get a hallelujah?
Check your local laws and I would bet that you will find that you are in fact incorrect on your assumption of said peoples principles.
If the individuals responsible for US infrastructure had taken into account the likely population boom over the last century they would have planned for this and created alternative avenues for the mode of transportation that outdates the motor vehicle by many years. To think all the health care costs that could be avoided if fat asses got their lazy bums out of their car seats and propelled themselves in a fashion more suitable for their health.
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Shirley Serious
The Khanid Sisters of Athra
0
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Posted - 2011.10.17 20:25:00 -
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There are good and bad cyclists. Good ones will check what's behind them, bad ones won't.
Bad cyclists do things that endanger other people and themselves. For example. at a T-junction, I am turning right (this is in the UK). Now, at this particular junction, I have a green light to turn right, but there is traffic coming from my right that has a green to turn left, and it is a tight corner, so large vehicles such as buses will occasionally encroach on the roadspace that I would be using. The lights change, and I begin to turn right. There are 2 cars ahead of me. I am turning right, and I observe a bus turning left, so I take a wide line, to avoid any chance of clipping the bus, which I have seen happen at that junction. And a cyclist that was attempting to pass on my left, on my blind side, was taking a tight line and had to alter their line to avoid running into my car, and saw fit to hurl abuse at having to slow down. Onoes.
I read an article, that said female cyclists are proportionally more likely to be killed or injured than male cyclists. It suggested this is due to intimidation from other road users, and also a sense of consideration for others, which means female cyclists tend to ride closer to the kerbside, which encourages other road users to attempt overtaking in more situations, attempting to squeeze past when there isn't quite enough room. The inevitable happens, and the female cyclist is hit. Whereas male cyclists, tending to be further out from the kerbside, do not present the same opportunities for people to attempt squeezing past, instead having to wait until a proper gap opens up.
So, for female cyclists, riding in a less considerate fashion, i.e. staying far out from the kerbside, thus preventing people passing, is safer. |
Sir Substance
Tactical Knightmare
74
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Posted - 2011.10.18 00:05:00 -
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Slade Trillgon wrote:To think all the health care costs that could be avoided if fat asses got their lazy bums out of their car seats and propelled themselves in a fashion more suitable for their health.
Slade mmm... expensive knee and hip replacement surgeries would quadruple. Testicle removals would go up as well. |
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Alice Saki
Ducklings
18
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Posted - 2011.10.18 00:27:00 -
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I agree, They Take up My Motorbike Sneaky wee Gaps for getting to the Front.... My Null Roams.... Badger MKII :D They all-áHate my Stabby Badger... xD |
Frank Horrigan
Vault 35
0
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Posted - 2011.10.19 04:35:00 -
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To OP.
I agree with you, and am amazed that 90% of the replies are Pro-biker.
I grew up until 16, in, and still regularly visit Maryland and DC in the USA. And I have never seen more of these ass hats in my life anywhere else.
It really drives me nuts.
I'm 22 now, And I will still get on a BMX bike and floor it down the road, But I know I am not a car.
I bike down the sidewalk, Where non-car-vehicles belong.
I hate running up on a mf trying to ride a bike down a road with a speed limit of 45mph. I hate thinking about all the horrible accidents they could cause, Simply by getting their shoe laces caught up in the gears I've done it as a kid, If a car had been behind me, I probably wouldn't be here today.
Even bike lanes **** me off, Because of those I had my license plate removed from my car once by a college police officer. (Passed a car in the bike lane as said car made a left, upon being pulled over 3 cars do the same exact thing I did.) Apparently people were getting hurt too often by cars running them over in the biking lane, ON THE BIGGEST COLLEGE STREET IN THE CITY. I was actually drinking a 40 ounce beer standing outside a house one night on this street, and I saw a moped get nailed crossing the street by a car doing about 20 pulling a left onto a side street, IN THE BIKE LANE.
I wouldn't EVER bike down that road, Knowing how many drunk and inebriated college students drive up it every day.
I'm gonna stop ranting, but omfg I am with you my friend. I am with you. |
Surfin's PlunderBunny
Sebiestor Tribe Minmatar Republic
10
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Posted - 2011.10.19 04:50:00 -
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Frank Horrigan wrote:To OP.
I agree with you, and am amazed that 90% of the replies are Pro-biker.
I grew up until 16, in, and still regularly visit Maryland and DC in the USA. And I have never seen more of these ass hats in my life anywhere else.
It really drives me nuts.
I'm 22 now, And I will still get on a BMX bike and floor it down the road, But I know I am not a car.
I bike down the sidewalk, Where non-car-vehicles belong.
I hate running up on a mf trying to ride a bike down a road with a speed limit of 45mph. I hate thinking about all the horrible accidents they could cause, Simply by getting their shoe laces caught up in the gears I've done it as a kid, If a car had been behind me, I probably wouldn't be here today.
Even bike lanes **** me off, Because of those I had my license plate removed from my car once by a college police officer. (Passed a car in the bike lane as said car made a left, upon being pulled over 3 cars do the same exact thing I did.) Apparently people were getting hurt too often by cars running them over in the biking lane, ON THE BIGGEST COLLEGE STREET IN THE CITY. I was actually drinking a 40 ounce beer standing outside a house one night on this street, and I saw a moped get nailed crossing the street by a car doing about 20 pulling a left onto a side street, IN THE BIKE LANE.
I wouldn't EVER bike down that road, Knowing how many drunk and inebriated college students drive up it every day.
I'm gonna stop ranting, but omfg I am with you my friend. I am with you.
There's a difference between a biker and a cyclist, please don't lump me in with those hippies that are afraid to use engines |
Sir Substance
Tactical Knightmare
80
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Posted - 2011.10.19 04:56:00 -
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Surfin's PlunderBunny wrote:There's a difference between a biker and a cyclist, please don't lump me in with those hippies that are afraid to use engines *highfive* |
Alpheias
Euphoria Released HYDRA RELOADED
90
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Posted - 2011.10.19 06:45:00 -
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Surfin's PlunderBunny wrote:There's a difference between a biker and a cyclist, please don't lump me in with those hippies that are afraid to use engines
What are you trying to compensate for?
GÖ½ When your ship gets blown to bits GÖ½ And you lose your Faction fits \Gÿ+/ Don't worry GÖ¬ GÖ½ GÖ¬ GÖ½ GÖ½ GÖ¬ GÖ½ GÖ¬ Be Happy \Gÿ+/ |
JordanParey
Suddenly Ninjas Tear Extraction And Reclamation Service
1
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Posted - 2011.10.19 07:39:00 -
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Alpheias wrote:Surfin's PlunderBunny wrote:There's a difference between a biker and a cyclist, please don't lump me in with those hippies that are afraid to use engines What are you trying to compensate for?
At least he's got something between his legs to compensate for. |
Sir Substance
Tactical Knightmare
82
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Posted - 2011.10.19 10:50:00 -
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Alpheias wrote:Surfin's PlunderBunny wrote:There's a difference between a biker and a cyclist, please don't lump me in with those hippies that are afraid to use engines What are you trying to compensate for?
Funny, that's the first thing I think of when I see cyclists wearing clothes scientifically designed to make the size of their abs clearly visible to every man, woman and child who looks at them. |
Iosue
Black Sky Hipsters
11
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Posted - 2011.10.19 15:41:00 -
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Jada Maroo wrote: 2. he thought I was serious in my suggestion that people with older vehicles should take it for the team and run over people on bikes wearing lycra
i'll just leave this here for the OP: taking one for the team
me tiptoes out... |
Alpheias
Euphoria Released HYDRA RELOADED
90
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Posted - 2011.10.19 15:47:00 -
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JordanParey wrote:Alpheias wrote:Surfin's PlunderBunny wrote:There's a difference between a biker and a cyclist, please don't lump me in with those hippies that are afraid to use engines What are you trying to compensate for? At least he's got something between his legs to compensate for.
Which is what, exactly?
GÖ½ When your ship gets blown to bits GÖ½ And you lose your Faction fits \Gÿ+/ Don't worry GÖ¬ GÖ½ GÖ¬ GÖ½ GÖ½ GÖ¬ GÖ½ GÖ¬ Be Happy \Gÿ+/ |
Jada Maroo
Mysterium Astrometrics BRABODEN
282
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Posted - 2011.10.19 16:07:00 -
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Iosue wrote:Jada Maroo wrote: 2. he thought I was serious in my suggestion that people with older vehicles should take it for the team and run over people on bikes wearing lycra i'll just leave this here for the OP: taking one for the teamme tiptoes out...
That's terrible. I hope that car is okay. |
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Sir Substance
Tactical Knightmare
85
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Posted - 2011.10.19 20:42:00 -
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Jada Maroo wrote:Iosue wrote:Jada Maroo wrote: 2. he thought I was serious in my suggestion that people with older vehicles should take it for the team and run over people on bikes wearing lycra i'll just leave this here for the OP: taking one for the teamme tiptoes out... That's terrible. I hope that car is okay.
That's the critical mass event. Frankly, they got what they deserved. |
Endeavour Starfleet
Center for Advanced Studies Gallente Federation
17
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Posted - 2011.10.20 23:02:00 -
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So even tho it was a bike event monitored by the police and not some random deal to block traffic you still rage?
0/10 as I am a bike rider and have to deal with people who refuse to change to avoid me on my LAWFUL (As in confirmed it with several patrol officers before I did so) use of the road. Around here tho if you start messing with bike riders be ready for the police to NOT be happy. Bike riders are protected by law and the tickets for incidents involving your physics with theirs are VERY steep.
In these tough economic times more are choosing to use the bike. If you can't handle that then get off the public road. |
Surfin's PlunderBunny
Sebiestor Tribe Minmatar Republic
27
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Posted - 2011.10.20 23:30:00 -
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Sir Substance wrote:Jada Maroo wrote:Iosue wrote:Jada Maroo wrote: 2. he thought I was serious in my suggestion that people with older vehicles should take it for the team and run over people on bikes wearing lycra i'll just leave this here for the OP: taking one for the teamme tiptoes out... That's terrible. I hope that car is okay. That's the critical mass event. Frankly, they got what they deserved.
At 0:11 is that a Red Bull shirt? Bet tehy wish it really gave them wings
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Sir Substance
Tactical Knightmare
85
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Posted - 2011.10.21 00:55:00 -
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Endeavour Starfleet wrote:So even tho it was a bike event monitored by the police and not some random deal to block traffic you still rage?
Critical mass is not a police approved event.
See the section about corking for more information on how critical mass riders deliberately ignore traffic lights and obstruct traffic. |
Carcosa Hali
True Slave Foundations Shaktipat Revelators
4
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Posted - 2011.10.21 13:36:00 -
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To Hell with all of you, I'm a pedestrian. We control the sidewalks, we control the crosswalks, we control the staircases. We mock you in gridlock, and laugh at you in snowy weather. You are all fools to challenge our dominance. |
Aggressive Nutmeg
7
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Posted - 2011.10.22 02:19:00 -
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The thought of driving a car to work horrifies me. Stuck in traffic, paying for petrol, car parking, everybody looking so sad and/or angry. How does any human being endure that and stay sane?
I made a decision a long time ago that I would never live a life dependent on the car. So I bought a house in the heart of a capital city in Australia.
I ride my bike to work, to the shops, to the pub, take my kids for bike rides through the parklands and around the city on weekends...
It takes me 4 minutes to ride to and from work. I love my bike.
What price do you put on your free time? Two or more hours in a car must be like a little slice of prison every day.
Oh and no spandex. Unless you're a professional cyclist or your name is Wolverine, you should not be wearing it. It looks bad and everybody thinks you're a tool. So don't do it. |
Froz3nEcho Sarain
Blue Republic RvB - BLUE Republic
115
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Posted - 2011.10.22 13:26:00 -
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Haha silly Americans!
I am Dutch and 99% of the people here use a bicycle for transportation for small distances and we never have traffic problems or whatsoever. Maybe our roads are better for the use of multiple transportation devices. Maybe it is because we don't need over sized cars to cover up 'small things'.
Well what do I care and why should you guys care. The air is clean and the people aren't fat ~ When everything fades away, an echo is the only sound that will remain ~ -á-á~ Chaos is a name for any order that produces confusion in our minds ~ |
Slade Trillgon
Endless Possibilities Inc.
48
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Posted - 2011.10.22 16:58:00 -
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Double post |
Slade Trillgon
Endless Possibilities Inc.
48
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Posted - 2011.10.22 16:58:00 -
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Sir Substance wrote:Endeavour Starfleet wrote:So even tho it was a bike event monitored by the police and not some random deal to block traffic you still rage?
Critical mass is not a police approved event. See the section about corking for more information on how critical mass riders deliberately ignore traffic lights and obstruct traffic.
Then take it up with your local law enforcement.
By law bikes are supposed to be on the road. Get over it and deal with it.
If an event is unsanctioned and they are not following common traffic law, take it up with your local law enforcement. hell you do not even need ot go home to call the police today. You can call them from the spot, you can film them breaking the law, you can report the agency, all from the palm of your hand.
HTFU
Slade |
Herzog Wolfhammer
Sigma Special Tactics Group
60
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Posted - 2011.10.22 17:27:00 -
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Froz3nEcho Sarain wrote:Haha silly Americans!
I've been to your county many times, back when Bitburg Airbase was open.
Not be honest. Do you people WANT bikes or is it because your government makes it so darned expensive to have a car?
It's one thing to have something a certain way because you like it that way, it's another to be convinced you like it a certain way as a result of social engineering.
And frankly every time I asked I was told by the Dutch that they would like to have a car but cannot afford it.
I am sure that in America, seeing that we paid tax dollars to help GM move to China where they can do what most Americans can no longer do (which is buy a car), the media and schools will try to convince everybody how great it is to be a bike-riding slave pedaling along in some plannedopolis watching only rich people drive cars.
Let me remember here - yes it was the Dutch students who said to me that you can't really afford a car until you are some 30-something type way up the food chain in income.
You see, it's not about what's good for you, it's about having the freedom to decide. Where it up to me, the only car I would have is my 1970 Cyclone that I used to race against back in my youth, and seldom drive, and I would not need the two other vehicles I have now - one for farm tasks and the other is a diesel Mercedes that gets good mileage.
Of course, Diesel is more expensive. Why? Socialism. They see that diesel is used in trucks. Trucks mean commerce, commerce means profit. Therefore they must be punished. "That crowd" that is all for that did not like it when the politicians in the state deemed that their hybrid cars should be taxed because they don't spend enough on gas taxes. As usual, everybody in America likes to use laws and taxes to get what they want while sticking it to people they don't like, and then scream and cry like spoiled brats when the mechanics of taxes and social engineering they helped create comes back to bite them on the ass.
Now regarding the "critical mass" thing. It's not that these people are enthusiastic about riding bikes, nor is it there rather aggressive way of getting that idea out, it's that they do break traffic laws doing it, but thanks to political correctness, they get away with it.
Let's have some perspective. If you are in a politically incorrect group, and you so much as make any kind of threat or even threaten to make a threat, you will get SWAT teamed. Otherwise you get a free pass if you are in a protected group or minority. That is what gets peoples' panties in a wad. Nobody really give a rats little grey ass who wants what or does what, it's when they foist it on others aggressively and get away with it while breaking the law. |
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