Posted by !Jones on September 7, 2010, 6:24 pm
> For an exactly parallel situation, we've had people complain from time
> to time about being refused service at drive up windows, supposedly
> based on insurance policies. And we've had people who successfully
> fought those policies report that the insurers had no such anti-bike
> policies.
Well, people who maintain "drive up" facilities really don't want
pedestrians and cyclists getting in their primary customers' way.
Banks are private property and, since we live in a free country, are
able to run their business as they see fit. The same goes for the
"drive up" window at MacDonald's burger joint... if I don't like it,
then I can eat elsewhere. I doubt that they're "anti-bike" so much as
their process is designed for auto traffic. They're willing to
sacrifice your business to avoid slowing down the stream of
automobiles. Face it, dude... MacDonald's will do far more business
from cars than it will from bicycles, so you and I are expendable to
them.
For an exactly parallel situation, I don't care what you wear... wear
a Bozo suit if you want... cycle naked, sheeze! On *my* head, I
choose to wear a helmet; however, I do *not* demand that you do
likewise... further, I do not give a good fuck whether you like my
choice or not.
Now... I'm done. How 'bout you?
Jones
Posted by !Jones on September 7, 2010, 4:57 pm
On Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:38:21 +0100, in rec.bicycles.tech Phil W Lee
>OK, cite it then - I've never seen any that can't be as easily
>debunked at the TR&T "study".
I'm quite sure that *I* never mentioned such a study.
If you float about Usenet, you'll see arguments that hot water freezes
more quickly than cold water. (I assume that you're familiar with
Newton's laws of cooling.) You'll see all sorts of "studies" cited.
I can cite a study that shows that the world is flat (P<=0.05) ...
that water flows uphill ... that more people with guns means fewer
people will be shot... that the holocaust is an historical fraud. I
can easily "debunk" all of the studies showing harmful effects of
tobacco use... so what? If you want to smoke, then smoke.
If you introduce an elastic material into the point of an inelastic
collision, you dissipate the force... that's simple physics, dude!
That's mechanics 101.
Jones
Posted by Dan O on September 6, 2010, 11:52 pm
> James wrote:
> > !Jones wrote:
> > > I used to wear my helmet on my knee back in the '60s... the law said I
> > > had to be wearing it, but it didn't say where. Cop gave me a ticket,
> > > anyway, and made me put it on my head.
> > > A mile down the road, I dropped the bike and busted my kneecap!
> > > (I *swear* that's true!)
> > Wow! That's unusual. Frank seems to think helmets save knees.
> > Curiously not yours ;-)
> According to what I have read, it's Thompson, Rivara, & Thompson who
> believe helmets save knees. But Frank is quick to remind us of that,
> just so we can admire what insightful researchers TR&T are.
dont make me
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> to time about being refused service at drive up windows, supposedly
> based on insurance policies. And we've had people who successfully
> fought those policies report that the insurers had no such anti-bike
> policies.