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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Here is a CBC News story that deals with a cyclist
and a car driver who got into a violent shoving match in Kensington Market,
Toronto:</FONT></DIV>
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href="http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2006/01/31/toronto-fightphotos060131.html">http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2006/01/31/toronto-fightphotos060131.html</A></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The pictures referred to in the CBC story shows
several problems, some of them appear to be criminal:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A
href="http://www.citynoise.org/article/2770">http://www.citynoise.org/article/2770</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><BR>1) The pictures show a man attacking a woman.
The man is larger than the woman, and the woman is on her bike warding off an
attack. The man is later shown stomping her bike.<BR>2) Another pic shows
standers by having to intervene by pulling the man off of the
woman.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>As a cyclist, I religiously follow these rules when
I deal with car drivers:<BR>1) Limit interactions with car drivers to "rules of
the road" hand signals. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>2) Own and use a loud bicycle horn to get the
attention of car drivers. Mountain Equipment Co-op sells one kind that makes an
ear splitting "blat."<BR>3) Avoid negative interactions with a car driver as
this will only distract the driver and potentially make a bad situation worse.
This is especially true if you land a "live one" as the pictures show.<BR>4)
Report reckless or negligent car driving to the police general, non-emergency
number. Time permitting, they may investigate your complaint, often as an
exercise in driver education, if you give a plate no. and brief
details.<BR> <BR>I have "been there & done that" with most types of
car-bicycle interactions. </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>Consequently, I stick
to items 1 thru 4 above when dealing with car drivers.</FONT></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{}{<BR>Terry
Mulcahy<BR>PO Box 425<BR>23 George Street<BR>Sydney, NS<BR>Canada B1P
6H2</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Murphy's First Law:<BR>If anything can go wrong, it
will<BR>MacGillicuddy's Corollary: At the most inopportune time<BR>Murphy's
Second Law:<BR>Left to themselves, things tend to go from bad to worse
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