Editorial: Hits and misses

juanita wrote:

Save your applause - when you get back in your car, try to remember those of us on two wheels or two feet.

onenation wrote:

no everything in vina sucks

Ediah wrote:

Juanita, just be sure to not wear a Target store logo shirt. It can be misleading to motorist:) I always wondered why so many cycling jerseys come in such crazy designs - then I started road riding...the more I stick out the safer I feel!

juanita wrote:

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Hi Ediah,
The other day I was riding with my kid. A lady was at a stop sign. She waited until my kid had already passed the corner and then she jumped her car right out in front of us. My kid skidded to a stop and jumped from his bike, missing her car by about a foot.
boy, I was so mad, I wanted to fix that woman up with Sawblade. I am out there on my bike, with people like Bride of Sawblade running loose, hard to have a positive outlook.
some cop commented this morning on the city budget cuts - says the council should ride along with cops. Well, when I asked our ex-police chief, Mike Efford, now the head cop at Butte College, to take a stroll through my neighborhood to see the traffic problems around the library and the adjacent school, he told me, in so many words, he had better things to do. Hagerty has even less concern - it is his policy that police do not respond to traffic accidents unless there is an injury requiring an ambulance - ask your insurance agent what that does to your auto rates.
The cops don't care. The city don't care. The motorists are morons. We cyclists are out there on our own, and we ain't even allowed to pack a piece.
As for you Sawblade, if you're going to stalk me, how about coming up with some positive things about Chico, little man?

juanita wrote:

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Hi Ediah,
The other day I was riding with my kid. A lady was at a stop sign. She waited until my kid had already passed the corner and then she jumped her car right out in front of us. My kid skidded to a stop and jumped from his bike, missing her car by about a foot.
boy, I was so mad, I wanted to fix that woman up with Sawblade. I am out there on my bike, with people like Bride of Sawblade running loose, hard to have a positive outlook.
some cop commented this morning on the city budget cuts - says the council should ride along with cops. Well, when I asked our ex-police chief, Mike Efford, now the head cop at Butte College, to take a stroll through my neighborhood to see the traffic problems around the library and the adjacent school, he told me, in so many words, he had better things to do. Hagerty has even less concern - it is his policy that police do not respond to traffic accidents unless there is an injury requiring an ambulance - ask your insurance agent what that does to your auto rates.
The cops don't care. The city don't care. The motorists are morons. We cyclists are out there on our own, and we ain't even allowed to pack a piece.
As for you Sawblade, if you're going to stalk me, how about coming up with some positive things about Chico, little man?