Re: bmw-digest V9 #2385

["David R. Lefebvre" <drl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Although I give the same distance respect and courtesy for bikes as I do 
for motorcycles, bike lanes are intended for bikes. 12-foot width blacktop 
and concrete lanes with 30 mph minimum speed limits are intended for 
automobiles.

Cyclists should stay off the roads.

Nothing is more irritating to motorists than a few skinny-assed cyclists 
holding up a one-laned, high speed, rural route road when they should be in 
a cyclist lane, or off the road.

How would you feel if I took my golf car out on a rural route and backed 
you and others up for miles going 10 mph?

At 12:59 PM 2/27/03 -0500, you wrote:
>I totally agree with you!!!!
>The majority of the population has no
>concept of REAL bicycles and riding.
>They have no concept of what a $5,000 bicycle is,
>and that there IS a difference you can fell.
>
>If I catch up to those idiots that force me
>off the road, I simple tell them that the
>next time I see them, their wife, or kids
>on the street, I will treat them the same way.
>
>All I can say is keep the pedals spinning,
>and be careful out there.  There are lots of
>stupid people that are not bicycle friendly.
>
>bob
>95 M3
>92 325i
>92 325is
>89 Colnago Super SL - Campy ($3,000 bike)
>92 Look KG96 - Campy ($4,500 bike)
>Custom MTB - Campy C-Record OR (very rare) ($3,000)
>82 Specialize RockHopper Comp
>
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> >Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 17:14:55 -0800
> >From: jkerouac <jkerouac@domain.elided>
> >Subject: Wanna trade your $50,000. for a mangled bicycle?
> >
> >Wanna trade your $50,000 BMW for a mangled bicycle?
> >
> >To participants of this past Sunday's rally on the SF Peninsula:
> >
> >     Did you notice those bikers pedaling their 1/2 horsepower finely
> >developed human powered engines and 30 speed carbon fiber and titanium
> >Italian powertrains up the 5 miles and 18% grades of West Alpine Road
> >when the rally cruised by downhill on Sunday?
> >     This posting is for those rallyists who were busy rather than to
> >pay attention to the road they were driving on.
> >     We encountered several rude BMWs being driven arrogantly as if
> >bicycles were fleas to flick off the road so BMW drivers can yahoo it
> >offline through mountain turns hogging both sides of the pavement when
> >they misread the line of a curve.  Would you have driven like that if
> >you knew you were driving by bicyclists who might personally  know you?
> >     One of those cars with Allison BMW plates is particularly suspect.
> >     When I got back to my //M3 after the ride at the parking lot, I was
> >almost embarrassed to be seen driving a BMW.
> >      If those few rotten apples who give a bad name to all the rest of
> >us respectful, safety minded BMW driving enthusiasts, please remember
> >one thing:
> >       If you run me or any of my friends down off our bicycles, next
> >time it will be us driving the new BMWs, and you riding the bicycle.
> > But in your case, the bicycle will not be by choice, but because after
> >we sue your ignorance for every penny your got, a cheap bike will be all
> >you'll have any money left to afford.
> >     I apologize to the majority of you who were not the rotten apples
> >on Sunday's rally.  Sadly the actions of a few assholes make a bad name
> >for everyone else.  The San Mateo County sheriff's office is very
> >sympathetic to bicyclists and has agressively persued charges and
> >prosecution against agressive motorists who endanger bicyclists' safety.
> > If any of you would like to be next, I'll be glad to give them your
> >license plate numbers.
> >     Having once been run down by a car off my bicycle, I assure you
> >that this is true.
> >Because only a few months after I was run down is when I got my then new
> >//M3.
> >
> >     Like the one bumper sticker on my car says, "Watch for Bicyclists".
> >After all, it may be your own legal as you save, too.
> >Thank You.
> >
> >'jk
> >
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