: Sorry, just hit a sore spot with me, I live in an area near subdivisions : where people think that a narrow, 2 lane road with very narrow shoulders is : a great place to go riding. This road also has blind curves where one : coming around a corner could potentially hit a bicyclist travelling 25 MPH : on a 40 MPH road in many cases, the bicyclists don't use the shoulder since : the shoulder is barely there. The answer is *not* to penalize the people : using the road for its *really* intended purpose by making the speed limit : slower, it is hoping that somehow these recreational riders would gain a : bit of wisdom and courtesy and realize that a) they are endangering : themselves, and b) through their actions they are inconveniencing others, : taking away time from those people who might also like to get home or get : their business done so that they also can enjoy some recreational : activities.
Uneven and inaccurate shadows, stairs receiving full sunlight and escalators aren't (despite the bright "sunshine" on left side rail support), uneven blending around escalator base.
In the US, all 50 states recognize bicycles as "vehicular traffic" and a percentage of all federal road construction dollars are now supposed to be used for pedestrian and bicycle access.
I'm realistic enough not to "take" the right of way in front of 18 wheeler while wearing an "I have a right to the road" sign, but I wouldn't make that statement to an accident investigator after a car-bike crash. I'm also realistic enough to know that cyclists disobey laws as often as motorists, and that the right of way is granted, not taken.
I once lived a few miles up the road from this shopping center and we all got a good laugh at the irony of the elevator. It's on Midway Drive in Point Loma, just north of downtown San Diego.
Imagined artifacts notwithstanding, here's another picture with a bit more context:
Where I live in Georgia I have to deal with tractors going down the road. They sometimes go slower than the cyclists. I deal with cow crap from cow hauling trailers. There used to be farming where you lived
20-30 years ago pre yuppy scum days.
Is it possible that your driving of your car is taking away from the rights of those who might want to enjoy their recreational acticvities but are intimidated by you driving 50 in a 40 zone? Are the rights of an automobile driver or drivers greater than that of the other taxpayers who may not be in a car? Not all roads are built with automobile fuel tax dollars. Riding where you live stinks. About the only safe time to ride is Sunday mornings but that is quite dangerous with the Baptists hellbent on getting to church to talk about love as they run folks off the road. If you can dodge the Baptists or Presbyterians or Methodists or Lutherans you can have an ok Sunday morning ride. The Seventh Day Adventists are not much of an issue.
Bicyclists are not required to ride on the shoulder. State law. Most Georgia roads don't have shoulders as an option. Have you lobbied your state and local representatives for shoulders on the road without wakeup cuts so that you can fly home without runners and cyclists in your way? Don't forget to lobby for sidewalks which allow kids a safe way to get around as well as old folks out for strolls trying to recover from years of driving cars.
Waiting a minute or a few minutes to get around a tractor or cyclists or old folks driving slow only kills someone if they pass stupidly. you got 1440 minutes in the day. 2 minutes does not have to ruin your day.
I read a recent study that was stating that the american food industry produced 3800 calories per person per day (including babies and old peoples)... when you know that a normal diet for an active adult is in the 1800~2000 calories a day, and that the food industry is trying it's darnest to get you to eat their product....
That's a good idea. But right now, the place looks like it offers Segways to its members to enable them to move through their routines more efficiently.
Which gives us the spectacle of obese people on Segways, spinning around like Baron Harkonnen from _Dune_...
Ackshally, time wise it is. To get there takes me about 12 minutes, of which about 7 are spent climbing a hill, three minutes on the flat and 2 minutes downhill. 35 minutes return, mostly climbing (2 big steep hills).
A lot of airports have one side of the moving sidewalks reserved for people who want to walk with the other side for those who want to ride. I was always a walker, and since I walk fast anyway, I could make pretty good time down one of those things.
god forbid if someone makes a driver a bit late. Hell I can't even cross the street as drivers won't stop turning right. How many times have I had to jump out of the way of some driver who did not yield the right of way when it was time for me to cross? try riding a bike then you will get your recreational activities and relive some stress your getting yourself under.
I have no problem with the theory, but in practice, it just doesn't work. If you're *in* the road, you're in the way. It's hard to even *idle* a car at the same speed an average bike is moving. That means you need to get off to the side, but there isn't any place to ride off to the side in the vast vast majority of situations, so you're left either trying to run up the gravel, or run up the narrow strip of pavement on the gravel side of the solid white line. Either way, it's dangerous, and you're still too damn close to the traffic. People generally will move over a little when they can, but they often can't, and they often don't even when they could have. It all adds up to making cycling on public roads look like one of the most suicidal endeavors ever invented. Except in the 0.01% of places that actually have intelligently designed bike lanes and whatnot anyway.
None of that around here, so I either walk or drive. I feel that when I'm walking, I can dodge faster, and more safely. Walking feels comparatively secure, while riding a bike feels like I've got a target painted on my back. Oh well, walking is good too. Easier on the knees too. Pedalling up these hills around here is absolute hell on my knees.
I had a lot of fun on my bike while the highway was being built though. Dirt at first, then pavement mixed with gravel and dirt, then mostly pavement, then eventually full blown pavement with lines and everything. I bought a speedometer so I could see how far I rode and stuff. It was cool getting on my bike at the top of the hill in one town and then pedalling like a bastard for awhile, getting the thing up to about 45 mph, and then coasting the rest of the way up and down a few more hills until I wound up in the next town. Going right down the dotted white line. That was so cool.
Until they opened the highway up.
(Actually, 45 mph was too fast for that Wal-Mart special. It felt like I was going to wreck if I ran over a flea, so I only did that a couple of times.)
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