PDX GENERAL 25 RE ON BELMONT BICYCLISTS
From: "Baxter" (lbax01.spaminator@no-spam)
Subject: Re: On Belmont Bicyclists
Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2003 07:41:50 -0700


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"Bob Tiernan" <zulu.pacifier.com@no-spam> wrote in message news:Pine.GSO.4.53MAILDIR.0307040331500.28297@no-spam >
> gatt wrote:
>
> > What I fear is that the taxpayers will spend hundreds of thousands of > > dollars on defense council who will use this same general argument that,
> > if there had been bike lanes >
>
> You know, those four cyclists could have used less-used > streets parallel to arterials such as Belmont. That's > where they're safer.

And those black folk could have just sat in the back of the bus,

> > You see, it's our fault for not having arbitrary white > > lines to protect our citizens from alcoholic outlaw > > drivers >
> Or even first time drunk drivers with all the > necessary papers.
>
Weell, it was the first time that driver had been involved in an accident that day. Nope, no cigar - he had been nailed for DUI before and didn't have "all the necessary papers."