"PETER COGGON -> ROSS SAUER"  wrote in
news:20433$MATZDOBRE{at}JamNNTPd:

 RS>> So now that gas-hog piece of crap phony "off-road"
 RS>> in-your-face-status- symbol-on-wheels is on it's way to join the
 PC>   Edsel.

 RS>> Do I have a personal gripe with them? Damn right I do.
 RS>> Several times I've nearly been reduced to a red smear while
 PC>   riding my RS> bicycle by those monstrosities.
 RS>> Yes, I've nearly been run over by other vehicles too, including
 PC>   a RS> couple near-misses by a "smart car." (Or
whatever they call
 PC>   that ugly RS> little two- seat car.)

 RS>> But Hummer drivers that nearly clobbered me always, that is when
 PC>   they RS> even *NOTICE* me, have this "I own this road,
trespasser!"
 PC>   attitude.

 PC>    The problem in North America, is that bicycles and motor vehicles
 PC> don't have the same attitudes to each other as in Europe.

 PC> I never saw the need for a Hummer on the street, in fact a waste of
 PC> engineering.   When I found out that the "Smart Car" was made by
 PC> Mercedez Benz, and the problems it has, again a passing fancy.

The Hummer is just a big status symbol on wheels.

 PC> I don't know where you are riding your bike Ross, but some places
 PC> in North America do have bike lanes, and slowly as in Europe
 PC> the bikes and the vehicles you hate are getting used to each other.

I live in Sheboygan, WI.
Very few bike lanes or paths, the only real bike path is the Old Plank
Road trail, it runs from Erie and Kohler Memorial Drvie, out all the way
to Plymouth, about 25 miles.

 PC> Of course then there is a Uniform Traffic Law in North America
 PC> and drivers of all vehicles on the road must obey them Ross.,
 PC> Something we don 't see with bikes and cars.

That's just it.
Far too often drivers of cars are oblivious to bicycles and for that
matter, scooters and motorcycles.

And I've seen my share of those on bicycles ignoring traffic laws,
running red lights, etc, mostly teenage kids.

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