Hmmmm. How about riding with a helmet-cam some days to document this kind of thing? Edit it down to a video to present for the commissioners ...? Just a thought.
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10-30-2007, 03:07 AM #1
The Hills! The Hills! Eek
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Half-marathon over. Sabbatical year over. It's back to "sacking shirt and oat cakes" as they say here.
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10-30-2007, 04:10 AM #2
They call me Crash
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I've honestly thought of that!
Originally Posted by Duck on Wheels
Oh...I really should say that I really do respect the needs of the farmers. I personally do give them a lot respect and courtesy. I seen the corn and corncobs on the road and wondered how much money they are losing for leaving so much behind, but I've never really considered it a huge hazard. I'm aware to watch for it and for the farm equipment during the havest season. I watch for the equipement. I even come to a full stop and wait for them if I see that they are needing the road. I know that they work long hours to get the havest in as quikly as possible. They are usually very friendly to me and wave me by when they can."Being retired from Biking...isn't that kinda like being retired from recess?" Stephen Colbert asked of Lance Armstrong
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11-01-2007, 10:10 AM #3
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The sad thing like always is they probably have one or two disrespectful cyclists making an impression. Out where my husband's Oma lives they have open range ranches, as in no fences. Cattle are typically in the road and my husband's mother said they have problems with cyclists disrespecting the cattle (who legally have the right of way in open range). Originally Posted by silver
This is the TX Hill Country with lots of cyclo-touring.
Hope your situation works out. It sounds like a sheriff with a chip on his shoulder and a poor farmer who is stuck in a sticky situation. He (the farmer) probably didn't care for the longest time about cyclists but something has changed.Amanda
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11-01-2007, 10:16 AM #4
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How would cyclists disrespect the cattle? Those cyclists just don't realize how they could get hurt, do they?
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11-01-2007, 10:46 AM #5
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Sort of like a dog chasing cars... it's all the greatest of fun until that one day when he actually catches one (or vice versa). Originally Posted by Tuckervill
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11-01-2007, 10:57 AM #6
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I think they have thrown things at them? You know I really didn't ask her what she meant. I already thought that not letting the cows be on the way was stupid. Cattle startle so easily, I usually just let them have the road and stand there in amusement. Back to Silver's thread.... Originally Posted by Tuckervill
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11-06-2007, 04:46 PM #7
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update:
Monday I attended the posey county commissioners meeting. There were about 8 cyclists there. The cyclists were given the opportunity to speak for the right to share the roads. It went OK. I still have issues with the club's attitude towards the crash and that people in the area seem to group bad cycling behaviors with the crash (in which the cyclist was obeying the law and the motorists wasn't). But overall it seemed to be the attitude that we should all try to live together and be curteous to one another.
Here's the news story. I'm not in it.
http://tristatehomepage.com/content/fulltext/?cid=3301"Being retired from Biking...isn't that kinda like being retired from recess?" Stephen Colbert asked of Lance Armstrong
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11-08-2007, 06:42 AM #8
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I looked at the news clip. I must have missed some of the details of the story in earlier posts, but the widow of the cyclist is suing the bike club? It's sad what she's been through, but how can that kind of iffy blame game possibly make her feel better? My heart goes out to her, but I know my husband would prefer that I do something a little more positive to make things safer for the future than blame a group he was probably friends with.
It was good to hear the commissioner saying that the plan is to help make it possible for cyclists to come to the area and ride safely. Aside from "this person's rights" and "that person's rights" and which one prevails, a better general attitude of everyone getting along is much better - more fair to everyone, and more likely to keep the peace.
Deb
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