That must be quite an ego-stroke... makes quite a bit of sense, all things considered.Mike Cash said:If you can actually successfully perform a trick, you'll be a god.
I couldn't begin to count the number of bike/skateboard guys I've watched attempt tricks over the years. I recall seeing only one successful attempt at anything.
I bought a $60 15-speed Kent. It's cheap, but it moves my old fart self from home to the beach and back. Actually I'm having a lot of fun exploring the southern Kanto Plain on my bike. Don't have to worry about parking or driving after a few chu hi's.
Yeah, i understand, but I wasn't talkin about being totally snockered. But with the BAC for an "imparment" charge at .03, I figure thats about one, at most two drinks for an average size man, its better on a bike.A word of warning: since July police have started to crack down on drunken cyclists.
Yeah, i understand, but I wasn't talkin about being totally snockered. But with the BAC for an "imparment" charge at .03, I figure thats about one, at most two drinks for an average size man, its better on a bike. Do they have a BAC limit for riding bikes too?
Don't quote me on that, but if you ride on roads your bike's considered a "vehicle" , therefore the Road Traffic Law applies to cyclist as well.
As a pedestrian, I find bikes on the sidewalk to be more obnoxious and dangerous than bikes on the road. I'm sure my feelings would change if I were behind the wheel in Japan. Around here, there are plenty of bike lanes and not that many bikes, so they don't seem to get in the way as much. If I ever find myself in Gunma, I'll walk my bike for Mike's sanity.
Which is why the bicycle riders who insist on riding in the street (because they're "vehicles") tick me off so bad.
They conveniently ignore every single other traffic and common sense rule and are a hazard to themselves and everybody around them. When I become Dictator, there will be a bounty paid on their pelts.
Ah, a typical trucker on bikes. I agree with you on every point, Mike. They main thing that pisses me off about them is they some do not wish to use the safe bike lane next to the road, but instead use the road. Bloody annoying when trying to get a lorry around them during rush hour. "USE THE BL***Y BIKE LANE, YOU KNOB" is something I am regularly shouting at them, but as you said they can't hear you as they have a mp3 played stuck in their ears, and I think technically illegal in the UK to do so.
I must say I have never seen a cyclist using a umbrella in the UK. Using a mobile whilst driving is illegal in the UK and you can get points on your licence if caught, doesn't stop some people, though, usually in BMWs or VolvosWhy don't they crack down on bikers using keitai and/or umbrellas while riding? Or motorists using their cell phones while driving? Or speeding trucks?
I must say I have never seen a cyclist using a umbrella in the UK.
Furthermore, the Road Traffic Law stipulates that cyclists have to ride on roads. Paradoxically, many cops wave me off big streets urging me to use the pavement. I usually ignore them.
Next time that happens, do me a favor and take a look at the road signs over the sidewalk. Tell me if the sign doesn't show a pedestrian and a bicycle, together with a little white sign below it saying ﾅｽﾂｩ窶彎ﾅｽﾃ披?堙?窶ｰﾃ? In those places (and they are numerous), the "cyclists have to ride on roads" excuse just doesn't wash.
This evening, coming back from Tokyo, I encountered two death-wish idiots on bicycles. One was riding in the street on the Omiya Bypass....despite a clear, wide sidewalk marked for bicycle use and close to zero pedestrians to get in his way. One was going across the two lane bridge into Gunma Prefecture in the road. It's a long bridge, narrow, with no breakdown lane. If you're on the bridge, you're in traffic....80% of which at that hour is heavy truck traffic. The bridge has a very wide, very well lighted pedestrian/bicycle section safely divided from motorized traffic by sturdy guardrails....yet nothing will suit the jackass but to ride in the motorway. Did I mention that both idiots were dressed head to toe in black?