alexanderpope
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13 years ago @ KATU - Portland, OR - Leading indicators ris... · 1 reply · +10 points
13 years ago @ KATU - Portland, OR - Leading indicators ris... · 1 reply · +10 points
13 years ago @ KATU - Portland, OR - Girl, 8, injured after... · 2 replies · -1 points
At any rate...I was almost creamed twice yesterday; once by an angry old guy in a huge pickup who was rolling through a stop sign without stopping and the second time by an oblivious driver of a short bus who crept into the bike lane on Broadway to make a right hand turn and only bothered to signal halfway into the turn and less than ten feet from the street. Fortunately, my 40 years of cycling experience and 30 years of driving experience served me well and saved my life or at least my body.
My point being: If I can use my significant driving and riding experience to predict...or at least to identify screw ball drivers and react when they do stupid things...and a avoid getting run over by bad inattentive ignorant and self-absorbed drivers then a person driving along a road and seeing an inexperienced child-cyclist should have the basic ability and simple common sense and basic fundamental concern for human life to slow down in preparation for 'unexpected behaviors' such that they could control their vehicle in a manner to avoid grave injury to others. Regardless, of what the child did...the driver was at fault...the larger vehicle always has the greater burden of responsibility because driving is a privilege and a responsibility and because of the great mass and kinetic energy represent a grave potential harm to the public and; therefore, drivers those self-propelled environmental hazards have the exclusive duty and burden of responsibility to the public to conduct and control their massive vehicles in a prudent and safe manner at all times. There are no accidents only irresponsible behaviors that result in injury.
All my sympathy goes to this small child who was run over by this huge 6 tonne vehicle and trailer. Suffering the abuse of three axles and three sets of wheels passing over her 8 year old body. I am disgusted by the driver of the hummer on so many accounts that I can only spit. Of course, the driver is an idiot...driving a hummer is the exclusive domain of idiots and narcissist.
13 years ago @ KATU - Portland, OR - Nationwide diamond thi... · 1 reply · 0 points
13 years ago @ KATU - Portland, OR - 85-year-old stands to ... · 5 replies · +2 points
In accounting when you take from one side of the balance sheet it is like adding to the other side of the balance sheet and it works the same way in American Tax economy: when the rich and corporations pay less in tax then it raises the effective tax on the poor. For instance: since the wealthy and corporations refuse to contribute, and pay lobbyists handsomely to influence congress, congress responds by cutting social services and education etc. all the while increasing the budget for security forces; police, homeland security, various spy agencies so that when the poor actually do revolt there is a para-military force to protect the wealthy. It is called fascism...
13 years ago @ KATU - Portland, OR - Continental flight say... · 0 replies · +2 points
13 years ago @ KATU - Portland, OR - Trail around Metallica... · 5 replies · -2 points
13 years ago @ KATU - Portland, OR - Woman could face life ... · 0 replies · -8 points
13 years ago @ KATU - Portland, OR - Woman could face life ... · 0 replies · -7 points
13 years ago @ KATU - Portland, OR - Top cyclists gather at... · 0 replies · 0 points