IDIOTS ON BIKES ARE NOT AS DANGEROUS

 Originally Posted by mconlonx
"The Dutch aren't all that and are getting more and more conservative.
Heck, they just outlawed hallucinogenic mushrooms because some drunk,
depressed French chick jumped in a canal..."

...

That's no good, and they should try a Republican administration for 8
years before they really come to their senses...

Anyway, I was going to say some sweeping statement regarding idiots...
IDIOTS ON BIKES ARE NOT AS DANGEROUS as idiots on SUVs. Kind of common
sense, no? But I know some here need to feel good about themselves.

If half of America fails a REAL driving test and are channelled to
bikes and public transportation, the world would a better, safer place
to live.

NOTE: We should remind the Dutch how bad things are in Mexico and even
America under a War on Drugs (which they are winning).

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T-shirts to fight IDIOCY...

I find one of the most hideous problems of living in mediocrity to be
putting up with (or surviving) idiotic traffic. Nobody in power
acknowledges it to be a problem (only DUI is), let alone offers a
solution. And then the idiots arm themselves with the biggest SUVs
they can possibly find. I just had to come up with a t-shirt for
them...

description...
"Whether you are in a rush or not to get to the revolution you will
benefit from passing on the left."

t-shirt says...
THE ROAD TO THE REVOLUTION IS FULL OF IDIOTS DRIVING EVERYWHERE
(please pass on the left)

http://zazzle.com/bananarevolutiongear


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 wiadomosci

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Just wait until they find out about Swedish "Vision Zero" and try to adopt
it to your local conditions...

http://www.monash.edu.au/muarc/reports/papers/visionzero.html

You'll be missing the times when you could drive like an idiot... ;-)

MS

 Mat S wrote:

They're idiots themselves.  An 18-wheeler rolling over you at 30 km/hr is
going to kill you just as dead as if it was going 300.

And I'd like to see their numbers that prove that one can't be seriously
injured or killed in a 30 km/hr pedestrian impact.

 
It's not the impact, it's the braking distances.

But I *would* like to see 18 wheelers at 300 kph, especially on a
curved circuit like the Toronto GP course. Turns 3, 4, and 7 would be
wild.

 Brian Huntley wrote:

Didn't read the link, did you?   "For example, the human tolerance for a
pedestrian hit by a well-designed car will be exceeded if the vehicle is
travelling at over approximately 30 km/h"  and  "the main design factor in
Vision Zero is the biomechanical tolerance of the human in the case that a
potentially harmful event occurs".