Re: Hefty fines levied against cyclists in Washington County

gschreckchat@comcast.net

2007-07-06

Good job. It demonstrates the benefits of speeding in an SUV. While it uses more fuel, the global warming folks never bother to calculate the avoided costs of your medical bills and lost wages from your SUV being hit by a cyclist when they compute the costs of global warming. Greg, you are the real hero in all of this. ;-)

--

George Schreck
gschreckchat@comcast.net
(503) 502-0425

-------------- Original message --------------
From: Greg Crane

> Boy do I feel safer now that the cops are cracking
> down on cyclist. I was almost killed just the other
> day in my Xtera by a cyclist not following the rules
> of the road.
>
> Lucky for me I was doing 15 over the speed limit and
> was able to get out of the very dangerous situation I
> was placed in by a thoughtless person on a bicycle.
>
> Greg
> --- Mike Manning wrote:
>
> > Just thought I should forward this message on to the
> > rest of you.
> > Mike Manning
> >
> > Fellow Cyclists- FYI, on a note I received from a
> > Tri-athlete who rolls in our neighborhood!
> >
> > Part of a group I was riding with yesterday was
> > ticketed $335 apiece for rolling though the stop
> > signs at the intersection of North Plains Rd and
> > Glencoe. The officer indicated that the north plains
> > PD has stepped up ticketing cyclists in the area
> > since the rider was killed a few weeks ago. Beware.
> >
> > Lindsay Kandra
> > Portland TriClub
> > _______________________________________________
> > OBRA mailing list
> > obra@list.obra.org
> > http://list.obra.org/mailman/listinfo/obra
> > Unsubscribe: obra-unsubscribe@list.obra.org
> >
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________________________________________________________
> ____
> Luggage? GPS? Comic books?
> Check out fitting gifts for grads at Yahoo! Search
> http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mail&p=graduation+gifts&cs=bz
> _______________________________________________
> OBRA mailing list
> obra@list.obra.org
> http://list.obra.org/mailman/listinfo/obra
> Unsubscribe: obra-unsubscribe@list.obra.org