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Submitted by will_is_ok on Mon, 12/26/2005 - 6:33pm.
I am a cyclist, I hate cars. I have been yelled at, run off the road by, hit, and have had litter thrown at me, by cars and the people who drive them. The worst part is that what happens most is people swirving into the bike lane on a downhill when I am riding at car speed (20-25 mph). Thank god I have not bit it yet or been hit at that speed. Do they not understand a bike offers no protection from impact. To swirv at a cyclist is very dangerous, especially at high speed. I say f em. I will not take this crap anymore, f cars. But the biggest middle finger always goes to the redneck with the "redneck" bumpersticker, and women because they cant drive. Amen
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HAPPY THOUGHTS!

HAPPY THOUGHTS!
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My son is a cyclist, and he h

My son is a cyclist, and he has been yelled at, shouted at, screamed at, cursed at. Just for being on a bicycle. He has had things thrown at him. Drivers have tried to play chicken with him. They've swerved into the bike lane.

I don't know what the answer is. If all bicyclists carry really loud air horns, would that make a difference? Maybe undercover police on bicycles could do weekly sting days. Can we transform our culture so folks stop picking on one another?

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Exercise the ol' Second Amend

Exercise the ol' Second Amendment. That would solve the problem the next time a car is trying to run you off of the road.
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Yeah. There are certainly

Yeah.

There are certainly some aggressive drivers who don't belong on the road. But there are also a lot of decent people too.

I think the answer is patience.

after all,. The meek shall inherit the Earth.

I've always been fascinated by the insect world anyway.

"Problems can never be solved by using the same pattern of thought which created them." - Albert Einstein

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Generalizing that all women a

Generalizing that all women are bad drivers is a cheap shot, IMO. I know plenty of women who are much better drivers than myself . . .
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sarcasm

sarcasm
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when do women go sking

when do women go sking
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when it snows between the kit

when it snows between the kitcken and the washing machine
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