Bicycle Austin forum

The only way the roads will ever get safer is if people think about driving correctly.  Driving a car is a dangerous act, more dangerous than shooting a gun.  People who cannot shoot guns responsibly are not allowed to shoot them anymore, people who drive cars irresponsibly should not be allowed to drive them anymore.  The implementation of this is up for debate, but the underlying principle must be applied, or people will continue to use these weapons to kill people.  I am a firm believer that 80% of collisions (Not accidents, because most collisions are actually preventable) are caused by 20% of the drivers.  Get those 20% off the road and you will reduce the death toll both for pedestrians and cyclists, but also motorists by 80 people per day at least.  And maybe with 20% of the drivers unable to drive, society will finally take public transportation seriously and create ways for these people to get around safely and quickly.

I wonder if the charges would have been as severe if he had not upset a police officer.

I do not think you can get a cab for $6 from anywhere to anywhere, it is usually $20-50

You can have the most carefully crafted bullet proof explanation in the world, and some people just won't listen.  Also, these people don't just get mad at cyclists for being in the way.  I get people honking at me and zooming around me all the time when I drive a car, because I keep a 1 car per 10mph following distance.   (That is 7 car lengths on the highway)  It matters not that I am going the exact same speed as the car in front of me.  Or they get mad at me because I refuse to accelerate into a red light, etc etc.  Some people drive like morons, and the only real solution is to enact legislation to separate them from their driving privileges.  Do that enough times and they will be the cycling advocates, because it will be their only source of transportation.

I strongly believe that 20% of the drivers cause 80% of the accidents, and if we could just prevent that 20% from driving AT ALL, the road would be safer for children, cyclists, other vehicles and animals.

As for what to say.  When someone says it is not safe to cycle on the road, I would say: "If you drive in such a way that you cannot stop if something slower is in front of you, you are driving badly, and should not be allowed to continue."

On the road, cars are as dangerous or more dangerous than an ak-47.  Bicycles are about as dangerous as a paintball gun.  With increased power comes increased responsibility and liability.

What average speed do you think?

I need a clearer picture and I removed the aero bars.  Now that I figured out how to get the pictures off my phone, I may take them more often :)

APD is much better than this in my opnion.  They may not be perfect, but they do not make up charges as they go.   (In my experience).

I am sure there is more info, but you can start here:

http://bicycleaustin.info/justice/whattodo.html

or on your mandatory helmet.  (You need the helmet so we can read your license).

Apparently cars do indeed run red lights the way that bicycles do.

Ok, the trying to kill you on purpose, I'll give you 1%, but it is more than 1% that get within inches of me when passing because they are trying to tell me I shouldn't be on the road.  And this is when I ride in the middle of the lane.

Oh and the ones who tailgate me when I am going 25mph, if I hit a stick I am roadkill.

Oh and the ones who wait till the LAST minute to pass me, when THEY are being tailgated, and the tailgater behind them almost splats me.

I could go on and on, the problem is not only malice, but endangering me out of ignorance as well.

I wish you the best in your search, may he go to jail for a long long time.  And may a large man named bubba call him "honey".

:)

See, in the UK they take this crap seriously, and attitudes about speeding and laws are changing.

Watch this video and see if your attitude about speeding is ever the same again.

Oh, warning, there is blood etc etc (Just like the real world).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lb5q_YYpxB0

I have not found any directly related to road rage, but if we had an attitude to "show it like it is" here in America, people might just start taking it seriously.