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When I pulled up to the stop line at the traffic light in North Amherst this morning, I was the only vehicle in the center (“go straight”) lane; there were two waiting in the left-turn lane.

In the moment before the light turned green, I looked left and nodded at the other cyclist in the left-turn lane, with the car waiting its turn behind him.

Now playing: Cortez The Killer from A Box Of Birds by The Church

Posted by pjm on June 30, 2004 1:13 PM |

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At least you’re not a rider here in Atlanta. I think most motorists think they get paid a bounty or something to hit a biker. It’s actually quite sad.

Posted by: damocles | June 30, 2004 5:09 PM

I think there is probably more than one reason I’m lucky I’m not in Atlanta. Sorry. :-)

Posted by: pjm | June 30, 2004 10:50 PM

Atlanta isn’t that bad. (Granted I’ve lived in Georgia my whole life, I may be a bit biased….) It’s just that we have little tolerance for alternate forms of transportation; mention public transportation, cycling or anything else that would lift the perpetual fog of pollution that grips us constantly, and people brand you a commie. As I said earlier, most feel bikes have no buisness on the roads, and also feel adequate public transportation brings the “undesireables” into our urban sprawl neighborhoods.

Thanks for the space to rant! :)

Posted by: damocles | July 1, 2004 10:58 AM

Ah, see, there’s the difference. Apparently we’re all commies up here, or so I was told once. (Personally, I think communism is too conservative for some of our locals, but, as the Oregonians say, we’ll let Baghwans be Baghwans…)

Posted by: pjm | July 1, 2004 2:44 PM

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