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Dear Blue Bunny Red Velvet Cake ice cream. You are not helping, stop calling me from the freezer.![]()
Winter riding is much less about badassery and much more about bundle-uppery. - malkin
1995 Kona Cinder Cone commuterFrankenbike/Selle Italia SLR Lady Gel Flow
2008 white Nakamura Summit Custom mtb/Terry Falcon X
2000 Schwinn Fastback Comp road bike/Specialized Jett
Dear Drivers:
WTF???? Please, please be more careful. The person you ran over and killed yesterday (on the 4th of July) was our state director of mental healthFrom what I had heard, a good guy, who did a lot of good for a lot of people. You were driving a logging truck. Come on people - be careful out there when you're piloting your cars, and especially when you're driving a larger and more dangerous vehicle.
ETA: You didn't go into the left lane because there were cars coming. WTF. You couldn't slow down and wait 10 seconds??? I really hope the reports that there are charges pending are accurate.
I don't even know what to say anymore
More ETA: They're now not sure they're going to press charges. Bleh. The driver saw the cyclist and hit him. How much more blatant does it have to get.
Disgusted.
Last edited by Blueberry; 07-05-2012 at 09:17 AM.
Most days in life don't stand out, But life's about those days that will...
Oh, that's so sad, Blueberry. The impatiences I see on the road as a driver and cyclist really makes me sick.
Live with intention. Walk to the edge. Listen hard. Practice wellness. Play with abandon. Laugh. Choose with no regret. Continue to learn. Appreciate your friends. Do what you love. Live as if this is all there is.
--Mary Anne Radmacher
Live with intention. Walk to the edge. Listen hard. Practice wellness. Play with abandon. Laugh. Choose with no regret. Continue to learn. Appreciate your friends. Do what you love. Live as if this is all there is.
--Mary Anne Radmacher
Is there really cake in it?
Each day is a gift, that's why it is called the present.
"Sharing the road means getting along, not getting ahead" - 1994 Washington State Driver's Guide
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What really saddens me is always the comments.....
I find it to be so maddening that people's "solution" is to stay off the road...
People a "speed limit" is just that an upper limit not a mandate.... when going around a blind corner or facing other obstacles to vision, handling, etc. the solution is to *slow down*, so that if there is something unexpected you will be prepared for it.
I've ridden/walked around in other countries where it is expected that the roads will be shared by many means of conveyance and the motor vehicle is not automatically accepted as most mighty, so never wrong. There's a different feeling... you can tell that drivers are actually looking out for you, rather than treating you as an enemy or target....
"Sharing the road means getting along, not getting ahead" - 1994 Washington State Driver's Guide
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Hi Indysteel, I am an ice creamaholic as wellApparently July is "national ice cream month" which is part of the reason for all of the new yummy flavors I've been tempted by at the store. It is pretty hard to get me away from Blue Bell's Mint Chocolate Chip...but there is a contender or two...
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I read about this horrifying tragedy on the WRAL website this morning. It made me very sad and very mad. So few of the rural roads in NC have adequate shoulders, and there are a lot of big trucks flying along. These things shouldn't happen, but it seems like they do, far too often. Even once is one time too many.![]()
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I sure hope they press charges.
Emily
2011 Jamis Dakar XC "Toto" - Selle Italia Ldy Gel Flow
2007 Trek Pilot 5.0 WSD "Gloria" - Selle Italia Diva Gel Flow
2004 Bike Friday Petite Pocket Crusoe - Selle Italia Diva Gel Flow
Good news (if you can call it that) - he has been charged with misdemeanor death by vehicle and failure to reduce speed to avoid a collision. I think that's probably everything they could charge his with.
Emily - this was north of Raleigh on 401 - a 4 lane divided road. I probably wouldn't ride that road, but you can, sometimes it's necessary, and he was completely within the law in doing so.
ETA: I knew better than to read the comments. I *knew* better. Grrrrr.
Last edited by Blueberry; 07-05-2012 at 02:13 PM.
Most days in life don't stand out, But life's about those days that will...