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MechEngDropout
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 Posted: 04/27/06 - 08:34 Post subject: Why are people so afraid of highways?
I'd much rather ride my bike on a highway than in town.
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j1miller
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Posted: 04/27/06 - 08:35 Post subject:
Because so many people don't know how to drive.
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purple hayes
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Posted: 04/27/06 - 08:43 Post subject:
| j1miller wrote: | | Because so many people don't know how to drive. |
You mean like talking/texting on the phone and speeding?
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j1miller
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Posted: 04/27/06 - 08:44 Post subject:
| purple hayes wrote: | | j1miller wrote: | | Because so many people don't know how to drive. |
You mean like talking/texting on the phone and speeding? |
something like that.
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purple hayes
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Posted: 04/27/06 - 08:45 Post subject:
Can't ride on the interstates here. The the longest stretch of the most direct route from my old house to work was also closed to bicycles.
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j1miller
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Posted: 04/27/06 - 08:46 Post subject:
which is why I am taking PH's trainer. 
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.jrjo
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Posted: 04/27/06 - 09:48 Post subject:
location.location.location
why won't people move so they have an easy/bikeable commute? 
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wanttorun100
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Posted: 04/27/06 - 09:53 Post subject:
| .jrjo wrote: | location.location.location
why won't people move so they have an easy/bikeable commute? |
cause my farm is well out in farm country
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purple hayes
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Posted: 04/27/06 - 09:54 Post subject:
| .jrjo wrote: | location.location.location
why won't people move so they have an easy/bikeable commute? |
Do you really want another list of excuses?
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.jrjo
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Posted: 04/27/06 - 09:57 Post subject:
| purple hayes wrote: | | .jrjo wrote: | location.location.location
why won't people move so they have an easy/bikeable commute? |
Do you really want another list of excuses? |
Naw.. let's just blame Dubya and call it political 
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cherylpf
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Posted: 04/27/06 - 10:23 Post subject:
| .jrjo wrote: | location.location.location
why won't people move so they have an easy/bikeable commute? |
That sounds nice but is it feasible? Didn't you have a longer commute and now its shorter? Did you move or change jobs? Moving the job is often easier (or not even a choice with layoffs) than moving the residence, particularly when there are kids involved.
for the record, I live in a bikeable commute with no highways, I'm just scared
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.jrjo
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Posted: 04/27/06 - 10:26 Post subject:
| cherylpf wrote: | | .jrjo wrote: | location.location.location
why won't people move so they have an easy/bikeable commute? |
That sounds nice but is it feasible? Didn't you have a longer commute and now its shorter? Did you move or change jobs? Moving the job is often easier (or not even a choice with layoffs) than moving the residence, particularly when there are kids involved.
for the record, I live in a bikeable commute with no highways, I'm just scared |
I changed jobs and then changed residences... closer job, then ideal location/commute.
/i'm too logical for my own good sometimes 
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karlene
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Posted: 04/27/06 - 10:29 Post subject:
Bike are not allowed on highways here...not that it stops people from biking on them though. For me, it would be more lack of trust for the drivers of the cars going 120 km/h...
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MechEngDropout
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Posted: 04/27/06 - 10:32 Post subject:
| karlene wrote: | | Bike are not allowed on highways here...not that it stops people from biking on them though. For me, it would be more lack of trust for the drivers of the cars going 120 km/h... |
I wouldn't bike on a highway with speed limit 65mph or above unless it had ample shoulder room. But if it does, and it is legal, why not?
Interstates... no way.
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Posted: 04/27/06 - 10:33 Post subject:
| MechEngDropout wrote: | | karlene wrote: | | Bike are not allowed on highways here...not that it stops people from biking on them though. For me, it would be more lack of trust for the drivers of the cars going 120 km/h... |
I wouldn't bike on a highway with speed limit 65mph or above unless it had ample shoulder room. But if it does, and it is legal, why not?
Interstates... no way. |
Define highway
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