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These Motorists are Crazy!!??!!

For a laugh I read all of these comments; over 40 complaints by motorists about cyclists to about 5 the other way. 15 implied or overt threats against cyclists; one admission of a criminal assault against a cyclist (nice one, "Concerned1963"). A few complaints about clothing (seriously? "You shouldn't be on the road because you're wearing sport specific clothing," come on people.) A handful of complaints from cyclists about cyclists. A few fatuous complaints about "cyclists not paying taxes" which are sensibly dealt with in other comments.
On reading http://www2.tbo.com/content/2010/mar/22/221358/san-anns-hills-drawing-cyclists-citations I found myself commenting...


I cycled around San Antonio on the roads marked "Bike Route" today. For the most part drivers were polite and gave me more than the legally required amount of space; on a few occasions I was buzzed (about 1 per 8 miles/22 minutes of riding). It needs to be recognized that there are spots where traffic simply cannot safely (or legally) pass- even when it was just me, alone, riding the white line. Riding 2 abreast would make no difference at all in these places as the bike has the (316.2065 (5)A.3) right to the whole lane if it cannot be shared safely with a car and a bike.

Personally I avoid large group rides as much as possible- more than 5 other riders and I'm not really interested; all road users should obey the rules, (including passing margins and speed limits) motorists should remember that they have a duty of care to other road users. Cyclists are not killing 1000 plus motorists a year in Florida; next time you're running a bit late and consider the worth of a couple of minutes of your time to be greater than the life of another road user, perhaps you should take a moment to reflect on what sort of person you are becoming.

Gasparilla Marathon, Tampa

Will all my marathons be like this, I wonder. So my race was almost identical to last year, I had to take a poo then got a bad stitch. This time around I had some stitch remedies at least, so it didn't cause me as much trouble as last year. All was going well then until about mile 19 when I sort of blew up and had to say bye bye to my running companion (up to that point we'd been maintaining a steady 8:40 per mile). Anyway, I dug out my ipod, ate some energy jelly things and got going again, and did a run/walk to the end- final pace 9:07/mil for a time of 3:56.13 which is ok as my goal was 4.

Cannabis

Interesting blog on the Transform site today about the UNODC censoring themselves. The uncensored link about the harms of cannabis criminalisation is available at the web archive.

First Post

Bowing to pressure I've decided to keep a blog of sorts. Mostly as a repository for spelling and grammar mistakes, but maybe I'll find something worthwhile to say. Don't hold your breath.