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Subject: [T@H] RE: Driver held to answer on felony charges involving bicyclist
Date: 12/16/2008 9:11:25 AM
List: Tandem

From: "David Burckhard"

Snipped from a great post--

I guess what I really
> want to emphasize is that the driver of the car apparently has a pent-up
> rage that was based on a number of incidents not just with bicyclists but
> with other motorists.

Which is why I get really annoyed at the boorish behavior I see from fellow
cyclists very often. It does make it worse for the rest of us--sometimes
dramatically so. Many of the descriptions of this incident and similar
encounters on this road start with ; we were riding 2 abreast when a car
came up from behind and honked so I moved out of the way. The road is also
described as narrow and busy. I have never been there but in a case like
this it seems that the best policy would be to ride single file at all times
on this stretch of road if only to be considerate of others.

No excuse for this driver who might get what he deserves.

Len Diamond
Ridgewood, NJ

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