Group in Iowa attemping to ban all cycling on FM Roads - Petition Here

[meridian]

I saw this in the RoadBikeRider Newsletter today:

Depressing News from Iowa (http://citizenrider.blogspot.com/2009/07/depressing-news-from-iowa.html)

"Shared roadways are no longer safe or practical in today's society." So says a group seeking to have bicycles banned from most highways in Iowa, known for its wildly popular RAGBRAI cross-state ride...

I've heard about this issue before, but now there is a petition against this legislation:

Petition (http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/stop-sharing-iowa-fm-roads)

If you would like to advocate for Iowa's cyclists, sign and share!

[jobob]

"Shared roadways are no longer safe or practical in today's society."

Do not get me started :mad:

[TrekTheKaty]

When 2/3 of our society is obese, you have to assume we are outnumbered here. Luckily, this is only a group with a petition--hopefully, Iowans will speak out before this reaches the Legislature.

Of course, I have to argue that this would require rewriting State Driver's Laws, etc. That is no small task.

Sounds like our thread on Tour of Missouri and Colorado road rage...........:(

[beccaB]

I'm going to get flamed, I just know it, and I mean no disrespect to any group of of people, but I live in an economically repressed area. It's always the piece of Sh*t car whose owner drives by us cyclists and screaming out the window-" get the f&%$ off the road" And we move faster that some of the tractors.

[TrekTheKaty]

I'm going to get flamed, I just know it, and I mean no disrespect to any group of of people, but I live in an economically repressed area. It's always the piece of Sh*t car whose owner drives by us cyclists and screaming out the window-" get the f&%$ off the road" And we move faster that some of the tractors.


I hear ya Becca--it's the boys in the really big pickup trucks, that are trying to run me over. Like on that country road, there isn't room for both of us.

[sundial]

I'm going to get flamed, I just know it, and I mean no disrespect to any group of of people, but I live in an economically repressed area. It's always the piece of Sh*t car whose owner drives by us cyclists and screaming out the window-" get the f&%$ off the road" And we move faster that some of the tractors.

I've had ding dong drivers play chicken with me on the farm roads. :mad: I do try to keep up with the tractors and ride in their slipstream. :)

[beccaB]

I've had ding dong drivers play chicken with me on the farm roads. :mad: I do try to keep up with the tractors and ride in their slipstream. :)


I did try to ride in one of the big tractors' slipstream. I'm not sure the driver appreciated it much, but it was smelly!

[Biciclista]

I live in an international multicultural city and unfortunately the worst offenders look just like what you are describing. Thanks, i'll stay in my 'hood... :confused:


ps what's a ding dong driver?

[OakLeaf]

I'll put a pin in that stereotype... most of the people who buzz or verbally harrass our group are in late model vehicles. Maybe they tend to be pickup trucks - but probably 2/3 of the vehicles on the road around here are pickup trucks, so I don't think that says anything.

IAE, I feel more in danger from the ones that are oblivious than from the ones who're intentionally trying to scare me. Because 99% of the ones who are trying to scare me would be horrified if they actually killed me, so they leave a margin that they consider safe. (Yes, there are exceptions and people who will literally try to kill you, but they're a very small minority.) The ones who don't even know that I'm there don't leave any margin at all. And stereotypically, those aren't the rednecks in pickup trucks...