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From: deg@mtgzz.UUCP (d.e.gillespie)
Newsgroups: net.bicycle
Subject: Re: bicycle patrol
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Date: Tue, 23-Jul-85 19:08:58 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jul 23 19:08:58 1985
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>  Bicyclists are constantly violating traffic
>  regulations.  If bicyclists can ever expect to be treated by the law
>  and the motorist as simply another slow moving vehicle, they must, as
>  a group, act like any other slow moving vehicle (i.e., they must obey
>  the law).  

I don't quite understand the psychology behind it, but my observance
of traffic regulations seems to vary with the amount of respect I
receive as a bicyclist, just the opposite of what bill mentions.
I lived in Boulder for quite a few years, where bicyclists are 
reasonably respected, and hence bicyclists followed the rules
(reasonably).  However, after moving to New Jersey, where anyone who
doesn't drive a TransAm is a fagg*t (or maybe just a commie) and deserves
to run off the road, my desire to obey laws has dwindled.  
It's almost like obeying the rules certainly isn't going to get me there
any faster or safer, so I might as well run the light.

I am not condoning this line of reasoning, merely stating it.

			Don Gillespie
			AT&T-ISL Holmdel
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