In the decade or so riding up Rock Creek Rd, I've never had any problems with any of the motorists or residents..
It has always been a beautiful quiet route with very little traffic of either the two-or-four wheeled variety.
It is a shame that a few people's attitudes can potentially cause suffering and pain for many of us :(
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From: "Steve Long"
To: "Jerald Powell" , kenji@obra.org
Cc: obra@list.obra.org
Sent: Friday, August 19, 2011 10:07:50 AM
Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] Rock creek rd
That is not going to do anything to calm this guy down. This guy is going to kill someone and at that point, it will have been too late to say “I’m sorry, I behaved badly.”
Other action needs to be taken here and I’m not sure what that action is but perhaps a community meeting with some legal representation would help .
Steve
From: obra-bounces@list.obra.org [mailto:obra-bounces@list.obra.org] On Behalf Of Jerald Powell
Sent: Friday, August 19, 2011 9:52 AM
To: kenji@obra.org
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Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] Rock creek rd
What a great idea! Symbolic maybe... but SO "in your face".
Jerry
On Aug 18, 2011, at 10:50 PM, T. Kenji Sugahara wrote:
Anyone know if Rock Creek Rd. has been adopted? e.g. adopt a road-
clean up etc.
On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 7:44 PM, Lynne Cuevas < toyotapu996@yahoo.com > wrote:
I just talked to my neighbor about the incidents on Rock creek rd.
It seems that they are extremely pissed about cyclists hogging the road, spitting on them and in general being there at all. They need to drive on that road and they feel the road is not appropriate for bikes. They said several times that they are startled by the bikes in the road and that someone is going to get hurt or killed.
They also said that Scott has lots of money and is a very influential guy. I told them that I am a coutious rider and make every effort to be off the road or on the line for cars. They became extremely irritated and said if I choose to ride there that I get what I get. It has definetely strained relations with my neighbor. Now, we aren't just politically opposite but road use ideas as well. We agreed not to talk about it anymore.
One of the last things they said was that bikes shouldn't pretend to be cars.
Obviously his friend that is harrasing the cyclists thinks he has enough political pull and money to weather hitting a cyclist. It was a very disterbing and hard cconversation that didn't last long and left all of us in opposing corners of the ring. They clearly stated that being coutious and sharing the road doesn't mean squat! YOU DON'T BELONG THERE PERIOD. That was very clear.
Lynne
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