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Late last August, along the coast of New Hampshire, Kevin Walsh, police chief in the town of Rye, got a lecture on law enforcement from a bunch of grown-up bicyclists. Local law requires bikers to ride single-file when there is traffic. But this day, a pack of a dozen or so bikers were racing down Ocean Boulevard, at high speed, up to five abreast, according to an interview the chief later gave. Walsh decided to flag them down and tell them what they were doing was unsafe, “out of control,” and “an accident waiting to happen.” He stood in the middle of Ocean Boulevard and signaled them to stop. The bikers blew past him in a whoosh! of Lycra, sweat, and profanity. Walsh got in his cruiser and cut off the bikers four miles up the road. When he stopped them, they began to chew him out. “You almost killed somebody back there, standing in the middle of the road,” one of them screamed at the cop. “Do you understand we can’t stop? Do you understand we can’t stop like a car?”
Many people, have stories about bicyclists, automobile drivers, and pedestrians. It is really not about the vehicle or no vehicle. It is really about people. Some are considerate of others, others not so much. This instance is one more example of the aphorism of Cleobulous, Pre-Homeric Greek philosopher, who noted "The chief source of evil among men is excessive good."
http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/drivers-get-rolled_766425.html#
Drivers Get Rolled
Bicyclists are making unreasonable claims to the road— and winning
NOV 18, 2013, VOL. 19, NO. 10
BY CHRISTOPHER CALDWELL
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