Posted by Vito on February 11, 2012, 1:14 pm
"TibetanMonkey, wrote
| > >> >The name says it all... Neighborhood Electric Vehicles. They would
| > >> >work for many people but not all. They could have a major role in
| > >> >healthy communities.
Golf carts serve that very purpose in many small communities already.
| > >> >What are the Escalades doing at the local supermarket?
Duh - Oh ...transporting people and groceries several miles over 50mph roads
maybe.
| >
| > >> They have been selling electric vehicles for some years now. One has
| > >> to wonder why they aren't more visible on the highways of the U.S.
Obviously they are so slow that they are dangerous.
| >
| > >They are afraid, simply afraid to be crushed.
No. If you are impeding traffic you are literally stealing minutes out of
other peoples' lives - people who, if angry enough, might rightly take some
of yours.
| >
| > Perhaps. However the walkers, motorcycle riders and most bicyclists
| > don;' seem to be afraid nor do the SUV drivers appear to fear the
| > trucks that may be 20 times their weight.
That is because motorcycles seldom, if ever, steal portions of other
peoples' lives.
|
| Walkers and cyclists are an endangered species in American sprawl. The
| reason is first that they are afraid. Secondly the distances are made
| for the automobile, which makes walking terribly grinding, often no
| sidewalks are provided. Pedestrians are often afraid of crime as well,
| so they stay in the cage. The bicycle could take advantage of long
| distances but there are no bike facilities and no respect.
Gee, I'm sorry that you are so paranoid. Why would one be afraid to walk
any reasonable distance? Bicycles have a place. Hereabouts, people ride
them from home, via slow neighborhood streets, to the bus stop, where they
chain them to a post and ride the bus. Except for the good riders like Rob,
they should be banned from any street where the speed limit is over 25mph.
If I was slowly strangling you, taking your life a few minutes at a time,
would you "respect" me??
| I'm inclined to describe our roads as Darwinist ....
Yes, the unfit (on bicycles) get weeded out ....
Posted by TibetanMonkey, the Beach Cruiser Philosopher on February 11, 2012, 11:09 pm
> "TibetanMonkey, wrote
> | > >> >The name says it all... Neighborhood Electric Vehicles. They would
> | > >> >work for many people but not all. They could have a major role in
> | > >> >healthy communities.
> Golf carts serve that very purpose in many small communities already.
Must be gated communities because they are not safe in open
communities.
> | > >> >What are the Escalades doing at the local supermarket?
> Duh - Oh ...transporting people and groceries several miles over 50mph roads
> maybe.
We got supermarkets all over the place here, not even 5 miles apart
from each other. You must live in the boondocks.
> | >
> | > >> They have been selling electric vehicles for some years now. One has
> | > >> to wonder why they aren't more visible on the highways of the U.S.
> Obviously they are so slow that they are dangerous.
Or you are so dangerous as to terrorize communities. In Europe they
are taming traffic as low as 20mph.
> | >
> | > >They are afraid, simply afraid to be crushed.
> No. If you are impeding traffic you are literally stealing minutes out of
> other peoples' lives - people who, if angry enough, might rightly take some
> of yours.
Live and let live. You still got other lanes to pass. Be happy with
having the lion's share not the monopoly over the road.
> | >
> | > Perhaps. However the walkers, motorcycle riders and most bicyclists
> | > don;' seem to be afraid nor do the SUV drivers appear to fear the
> | > trucks that may be 20 times their weight.
> That is because motorcycles seldom, if ever, steal portions of other
> peoples' lives.
Lucky you. Scooters under 50cc do slow down traffic. What you want to
do about them?
> |
> | Walkers and cyclists are an endangered species in American sprawl. The
> | reason is first that they are afraid. Secondly the distances are made
> | for the automobile, which makes walking terribly grinding, often no
> | sidewalks are provided. Pedestrians are often afraid of crime as well,
> | so they stay in the cage. The bicycle could take advantage of long
> | distances but there are no bike facilities and no respect.
> Gee, I'm sorry that you are so paranoid. Why would one be afraid to walk
> any reasonable distance? Bicycles have a place.
Bicycles have a place around here... on sidewalks where they are a
threat to elderly people and children. You call them "collateral
damage"?
Hereabouts, people ride
> them from home, via slow neighborhood streets, to the bus stop, where they
> chain them to a post and ride the bus. Except for the good riders like Rob,
> they should be banned from any street where the speed limit is over 25mph.
> If I was slowly strangling you, taking your life a few minutes at a time,
> would you "respect" me??
> | I'm inclined to describe our roads as Darwinist ....
> Yes, the unfit (on bicycles) get weeded out ....
Actually the fit on bikes get weeded out by the unfit in cars. This is
not pure Darwinism, just capitalism.
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> | > >> >The name says it all... Neighborhood Electric Vehicles. They would
> | > >> >work for many people but not all. They could have a major role in
> | > >> >healthy communities.
> Golf carts serve that very purpose in many small communities already.