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[Charles Shapiro]

Heh. Saw a guy biking down Ponce near the Avondale MARTA station with his
helmet on backwards yesterday. Notta mention the Genius I saw a couple weeks
back coming home at 9 pm. He was riding -- helmetless and lightless -- down
the left side of Clarendon Avenue (near Avondale Estates). I spoke to him,
and that's when I realized he was also drunk.

Actually, I think the real problemo with the ATL and bicyclists is neither
the idiot drivers nor the idiot bicyclists. They're in plentiful supply all
over this great land.  It's the street furniture and the traffic engineers'
willful ignorance of anyone not actually driving a Great American
Gas-Guzzling Death Chariot. In some cases (e.g. Mclendon Avenue between
Little 5 Points and Murray Hill Avenue) they've actually succeeded in making
it worse for everyone. In others (e.g fifth street at West Peachtree St),
they've provided a 'bicycle lane' which is actually more hazardous than
riding with car traffic.

-- CHS
( ALWAYS stops at traffic lights. Takes the Lane only when necessary.
Striving to be a courteous and safe rider)



On 6/15/06, Jim Popovitch <jimpop at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Charles Shapiro wrote:
> > Wow, that thread about commuting definitely hit a nerve.  BTW the ATL is
> > the WORST city in America for bicycling.
> >
> > ( http://atlanta.creativeloafing.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A83637 ).
> > Some folks are trying to change that
> > ( Atlanta Bicycle Campaign, Sopo Bikes, Southern Bicycle league).   But
> > biking (well, train/bicycling) to work still feels like cheating -- have
> > fun, buzz around the city, get to my desk in the morning refreshed. Heh.
>
> I wish I had a nickel for every cyclist that I see NOT abiding by common
> traffic laws.  I wish more people would cycle, but I must say that the
> current cyclists have a bad rap for stopping at stop signs, staying
> stopped at red lights, absent proper hand signals, and worst of all is
> LEANING UP AGAINST MY CAR AT A LIGHT WHILE TALKING ON THEIR CELLPHONE!
>
> There is a reason why Atlanta is worst for cyclists, it's because the
> drivers are fed up with them. :-)
>
> -Jim P.
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