A. Still, be thankful it wasn't a car; it could have been much worse 2. If he was riding on the sidewalk, he deserved summary execution
depends on how crowded the sidewalks are. obviously if it's really crowded, riding on the sidewalk is not acceptable. but if it's not crowded, it's a heck of a lot safer to the rider than the street - when you can get sideswiped or "doored."
I almost doored somebody once. Now *that* is a dangerous situation. Getting out of a cab, my vision was impaired. I guess the lesson is only get out on the sidewalk side. Man that was close and it would have been totally my fault.
More diverting the gravy boats methinks. Yes, he and his councilor brother (Doug - I kid you not - we have Bob & Doug as mayoral mouthpieces, coo loo coo coo coo coo coo coo) also did a 'Cut the Waist' weight loss challenge, with middling success. They've had a public feud with Margaret Atwood about library cuts: http://www.globaltoronto.com/library+feud/6442456990/story.html Not to mention trying to buy a parcel of parkland next to his house to have a safer are for his kids to play, in arguably one of the safest enclaves of the city: http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/0...ext-to-his-home-conservation-authority-rules/
I've had it done to me on several occasions in NYC. fractured a couple of fingers once. okay for passengers to get out on the sidewalk side, but the driver has to get out on the left side. for a bicyclist, it's either hit the door, or veer into traffic. not the best alternatives. I have to say of all my riding (and I've been riding since I was 5), I've never hit a pedestrian. I don't know, maybe it's because I'm a highly skilled rider, but that has never seemed like a danger to me.
Or not Even though the link I provide is a rare occurance, cyclists can get up to pretty fast speeds especially if there's terrain involved and the damage that can be done at those velocities is far more than a scrape. I live in a pedestrian and bicycle-friendly neighborhood. I walk around my neighborhood a lot, and have seen many close calls with peds as cyclists are wizzing through the intersections with crosswalks at all way stops in our neighborhood, and one time had a close call myself when I was pushing my baby in the stroller through the crosswalk. And let me tell you, if that guy had hit my stroller I would have done that guy ten times worse than what Segroves did. I can accept cyclists slowing down and looking both ways at a stop or red because of the need to keep some momentum or since the loop detectors of traffic signals sometimes don't get triggered by the bikes.
I wish that was an option. usually if I'm far enough away that the driver has time to get out, I can check traffic and go around. it's when the door is just flung out right in front of you before the driver has had a chance to step out that get you.
Mostly it's that split second option of: over the door, veer into traffic (whatever, never gonna do that), or into the car and try a Starsky & Hutch over the hood (wouldn't work for all makes and models). Either way, you're likely looking at broken limbs and/or ribs/collarbone - and one driver who'll never do that again.
Cars weren't allowed on the campus loop, and it was on the sidewalk, coming down hill. Something rather ironic about being on a mountain bike on a sidewalk.
This is true. However, many cities are starting to build "multi-use paths," which are essentially wider sidewalks, for pedestrian and bicycle traffic.
A few years back, I saw a bicycle messenger plaster a pedestrian. Scary stuff, the messenger was flying. That pedestrian wasn't doing much moving when the ambulance arrived. Back in the day, the bicycle messengers were unquestionably more dangerous to city pedestrians than were car drivers, even though there were many few messengers. They didn't obey traffic rules, while the cars almost always did.
This is what is happening in my city right now... http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2012/...s-support-israel-defeat-jihad/comment-page-1/
this discussion is kinda funny, because what you see depends on where you stand - i.e. your perspective. when I'm driving, I hate bicyclists - and other drivers. when I'm bicycling, I hate cars - pedestrians are not an issue as I haven't even come close to hitting one. when I'm walking, I hate both bicyclists and cars. when I'm sitting at my desk at the office, trolling BigSoccer, I love everyone!
These are awesome examples of the Anecdotal logical fallacy. But statistics don't bear that out at all. For the last three months of 2011, for example, in NYC there were 27 bike-ped collisions and no deaths. During the same period, there were 2,600 car-ped collisions and 50 deaths. You misspelled despise.
my bad. that, and I become a 10' tall, bullet proof ninja! I will fight anybody, and will kick their ass into next week!
The ad was supposed to run in DC area Metro stations but Metro's ad agency balked at placing the ads. I'm not sure where it stands now.
It was rejected by the MTA as well but a court overturned that decision (and I would say rightly did so) The ad is disgusting but the resulting conversation has been really positive. That's the power of free speech. That's also the power of cities. If this ad went up in some dumb small town in middle America there would be no discussion on the matter whatsoever. But in a city with a breadth of viewpoints, some good and some bad, our society grows when stuff like this happens.
maybe there would be no discussion and no growth, but if the small town is in the western half of Colorado, you would have some great scenic views, mountain climbing, rock climbing, skiing, snowboarding, paragliding, mountain biking, road biking, hiking, kayaking, stand-up paddling, etc.
Well that's happening too... http://www.ny1.com/content/top_stories/169564/vandals-waste-no-time-defacing-anti-jihad-subway-ads
Some country farmer put up a new Abortion related Obama sign out on I-40 about a month ago. Damned if it didn't catch on fire about a week later.