[*BCM*] spoiled bitches of brookline.

[Eric A. Stratton]

1) Not all cyclists run red lights, just like all motorists aren't bad  
drivers.
2) I'd rather be hit by a cyclist running a red than a car any day.
3) I still say parents are too quick to let their kids drive without  
being sure they know how to do so safely.


On May 28, 2008, at 11:54 PM, ? ? wrote:

> while bikers go through EVERY red light in sight?
>
> 2008/5/23 Eric A. Stratton <estratton.apple at gmail.com>:
> I have to second this.  I've almost been hit in boston by buses,  
> fancy suv's beat up old cars, and other cyclists who don't know how  
> to ride.  "Bad drivers are everywhere"! Not just in Brookline.   
> Additionally, I've had many more bad experiences with male drivers  
> than female - just a note.
>
> I will say I agree, however, with the statement that parents (in  
> general) buy their children new cars without really taking to time  
> to make sure their children know how to drive safely.  Drivers need  
> a longer learning period, and more serious penalties for unsafe  
> driving.
>
> Just my 2 cents.
>
> -E
>
>
> On May 23, 2008, at 8:03 AM, TSmith4918 at aol.com wrote:
>
>> ...and let's start some class warfare while we're at it!
>>
>> if one rides enough, one could tell this story about every urban  
>> and suburban community in the Boston area, or in other metro  
>> areas.  Bad drivers are everywhere:  it's the great class equalizer!
>>
>> ----------------------------
>>
>> In a message dated 5/23/2008 1:04:39 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, symboliceon at hotmail.com 
>>  writes:
>> pardon my french, but nearly getting killed sorta pisses me off.
>>
>> after work tonight i was riding home down harvard st. towards  
>> brookline village and this brand new SUV decided to pull a bullshit  
>> left turn right at me. thank god i reacted as quickly as i did as  
>> if i hadn't my consciousness would be on this fucker's windshield,  
>> rather than in this email. anyway, during the rest of my ride home,  
>> after pontificating the ways in which i could destroy this car with  
>> my u-lock, i thought that the driver may have been a recent grad of  
>> brookline high, whose parents had just bought him/her a brand new  
>> SUV (given current trends, it was most likely a she) for graduation  
>> despite the fact that their son or daughter have no idea how to  
>> drive.
>>
>> for safety's sake, let's just say that i'm right, and that everyone  
>> should be horribly careful around new looking SUVs in and around  
>> brookline.
>>
>>
>>
>>
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