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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Dave,</FONT></DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Rock on, man. I loved your piece about the bike riders in our area who think they completely own the road and actually make the roads more dangerous for all of us who travel more "sanely" by car. Just the other day I had to pass several of these slow weaving cyclers on a street downtown. Made me ten minutes late for work! And one of them had on this self-righteous shirt stating "One less car"; tell you what, when I saw that, I almost made the world better off by one less biker! In fact, I just ordered a couple of shirts saying "One less Bike...and proud of it!"...I'll send you one!<BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I know all about the state law that says bikes have rights to the road, but when will they learn that it's survival of the fittest out there? Sheesh, I had to buy me a huge SUV so my family would be safer on the road...don't these folks get it? Bikes are history, man. they just aren't safe and I am supposed to feel bad if one of them gets clipped by a car? As you inferred in your article from those who "fail to realize that it just isn't safe to bike", maybe if more of them get hit, the message will finally get through. I bought my 6-year old an ATV so she could be an experienced driver! It'd be a death sentence to get her interested in biking. Articles like yours will do us all a great service by steering parents and kids away from suicidal cycling...you're providing a valuable community service!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I really liked different parts of your article: I loved the joke about the "Great Bicycle Rack in the Sky" and the one about bikes causing conditions that resemble the glacial progress of state government...ha! let's face it, most of these bikers are liberals anyway and probably like big government!! And your recommendation of riding on the sidewalks? I am with you, dude. I am always yelling at these guys to get on the sidewalk...let the pedestrians deal with them. heck, the pedestrians are my second biggest problem. Maybe you could write an article about them and how maybe we should abolish sidewalks; no one uses them anymore and we could use an extra travel lane for sure out here in Waterham. And as for the "dorky" clothing...wierd liberal expensive clingy stuff, man. When I am out shooting ducks on the charles, I can pick up an orange t-shirt at eddie bauer for $9...and those helmets? I am with you, I never needed one of those when i was a kid either even though I experienced several head trauma; those accidents and injuries make one tougher, doncha think? Again, I think the helmet lobby is one of those liberal conspiracies, for sure. maybe you could do some research on that?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>As for riders riding abreast...two or more constitute a row in my mind and any row is a target in my mind (see duck hunting above). I agree with you that they do this to spite the drivers and are only asking for trouble.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Thanks for the insightful (and inciteful, if you know what I mean *wink*) piece; obviously, you have had extensive experience with these two-wheeled nuisances! keep up the good work (see sidewalk abolition suggestion above!).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Your faithful reader,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Dodge Durango</DIV>
<DIV>Waterham, MA</DIV>
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<DIV>PS: attached is a recent pic of my SUV...ain't she a beaut?</DIV>
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