I don't agree wholeheartedly that cyclists should get more lanes until their numbers start following the rules of the road a bit better. Like, all the rules- wearing helmets, coming to full stops OUTSIDE of the crosswalks- like back three feet where that THICK WHITE LINE IS YOU STINKING HIPPY. Not riding the wrong way down one way streets- crap like that.
But anyway... what percentage of bloggers are bicyclists? How about video game designers? Professional PHP or PCP or WTF programmers? Why is everyone all up about Net-freedom? Hasn't anyone heard of Homeland Security? (LOL)
Am I just sampling blogs that I think will agree [or will be likely to agree] with my own personal world view or is there really a lack of diversity in the blog sphere, here and outside of Montreal.
If I ever actually get to one of these YULblog things I might suggest to some of my friends we each go out and try to find ONE Montreal blogger who holds radically different opinions than we/they do- then invite them as our guest to the next one, intro them around to the room and see the fireworks go off.
(note the new tags- I'll be writing a lot on hyperreality and postmodernity over the next couple of weeks since I just loaded the correct spelling into my Firefox dictionary)
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I'm sorry I have to agree with you on this point. As a biker and car abuser it always pains me why bikers are so anti-social. Their behaviour will certainly not get any car user out of her comfy driver's seat. And it will cause accidents and accidents are no fun.
accidents are especially not fun for the person flying off their ten speed :)
well, the thing that will get people out of their cars is Peak Oil/Gas. Sorry folks, it's geology. And unless we want to divert our remaining resources to keeping the cars running at all costs (got to keep suburbia going, after all), I think we might want to eat corn instead of grow it to make biodiesel.
So, cycling is going to be faster than walking, it's your choice ;)
that said, yes, a lot of cyclists don't know the rules of the road. At the same time, no automobilists in Montreal stop at mandatory pedestrian crosswalks. I saw ONE driver stop recently and cars behind him honked like he was crazy for doing so. um, it's the law, dudes.
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