[OHPV-list] Large Horns

[Jkeenan(Yahoo Account)]

Michael,

You'd never make it in Qatar on a recumbent. <grin>  Just about everyone toots and waves at me.   But when I'm here, yup, me feels like you duz.

Slo Joe
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Michael.Wolfe at kp.org 
  To: OHPV-list at ohpv.org 
  Sent: Monday, May 15, 2006 3:57 PM
  Subject: [OHPV-list] Large Horns



  One more note regarding the ride this weekend: while I was on the scenic highway along the Sandy River, a car passed me and honked.  The person in the car was someone I know.  I know this person was just trying to be friendly, but I would like to say, the next time you're in a car and have the urge to honk at a cyclist, even if you're just being friendly: don't.  Horns are made to be heard by people inside other cars.  They are overwhelming on a bike.  It's at least startling, if not life-threatening, to have one blast at you when you're trying to navigate between obstacles and cars and the edge of a road.  And, as someone who rides his bike every day in traffic, a horn that's trying to say "Hi there!" sounds exactly the same to me as a horn hit by some half-evolved cretin trying to say "Git off the f***in' road!" 

  Only hit that thing if you have a legitimate need to get the cyclist's attention, like a life-or-death situation.  Thank you. 

  -Michael


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