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Recursion

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19. Fair point. Situational awareness applies to everybody.

Reply to Loryn (Reply #18)

Fri Mar 15, 2013, 11:11 AM

Mar 2013

I read somewhere that pedestrian deaths have skyrocketed since the iPod got big; I don't walk with mine, personally (though mostly because I don't want to be mugged). God help us when those Google Glasses come out...

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Hi! Any bicyclists here? Let me introduce you to something called... the stoplight! [View all] Recursion Mar 2013 OP

Oh, You Have Stepped In It Now RobinA Mar 2013 #1

Same goes for car drivers. Hoyt Mar 2013 #2

We Should All Try To Get Along RobinA Mar 2013 #6

What is the red octagon for? Many seem to have a problem with that too. Throd Mar 2013 #3

Around here you see the spandex butts riding on the Limited Access Highway. hobbit709 Mar 2013 #4

Don't Honk at Bikes RobinA Mar 2013 #7

I will honk at someone on a bicycle on a Limited Access Highway. hobbit709 Mar 2013 #8

As I learned in defensive driving class... bobclark86 Mar 2013 #20

The laws are suppose to apply to both. LiberalFighter Mar 2013 #5

The revenue that could be generated on enforcing traffic laws for cyclists is mind-bending... Earth_First Mar 2013 #9

As a very frequent pedestrian and dog-walker, I heartily K&R this... hlthe2b Mar 2013 #10

I'm a pedestrian most places I go. I've been hit by bikes but never by a car. Recursion Mar 2013 #11

That exact thing happened here 2 wks agon triguy46 Mar 2013 #15

Those are neat! I ride on rural roads, and can ride for hours with nary a traffic light. AND, I've bike man Mar 2013 #12

Most of the time I rode with my eyes closed in Cambridge & Boston olddots Mar 2013 #13

Ok, you made me laugh. RiffRandell Mar 2013 #14

I'm a rider... triguy46 Mar 2013 #16

I was injured through following your advice. Jim Lane Mar 2013 #17

I had a cyclist hit my car. Loryn Mar 2013 #18

Fair point. Situational awareness applies to everybody. Recursion Mar 2013 #19

I've been mighty temped to clothesline quite a few cyclists when I'm out running sir pball Mar 2013 #21

Read all the posts, here's my comments. ConcernedCanuk Mar 2013 #22