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07-30-2009, 09:45 AM
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07-30-2009, 09:51 AM
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Me too problem is which routes/rooftops to man. Quote:
Originally Posted by ajax ive got a paintball gun!
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07-30-2009, 09:58 AM
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Originally Posted by misteranswer If they were a motor vehicle, then yes. Just like Segways. | Nope, I don't care what it is, if you want to ride share the road with cars you should have to register and insure.
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07-30-2009, 10:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Sid Vicious you know what u gotta do  | Great thinking.
Someday I'd like to go up a couple floors in some building and throw bags of shit on them. Will teach these global warming hippies to stop fucking with the public.
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07-30-2009, 10:17 AM
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Originally Posted by Great68 Nope, I don't care what it is, if you want to ride share the road with cars you should have to register and insure. |  good points
pay like how motorcyclists pay
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07-30-2009, 10:18 AM
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Originally Posted by 1exotic Great thinking.
Someday I'd like to go up a couple floors in some building and throw bags of shit on them. Will teach these global warming hippies to stop fucking with the public. | global warming my ass, no one is dieing
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07-30-2009, 11:25 AM
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Originally Posted by murd0c spike strips that would be the best way to shut them the fuck up | Quote:
Originally Posted by RX_Renesis just buy a SHIT LOAD of thumb tacks, be ahead of them and just cover the road in thumb tacks. | Quote:
Originally Posted by 124Y Lets all throw water balloons at them! | Quote:
Originally Posted by BNR32_Coupe why doesnt somebody get a twig and throw it at the spokes of the first few bikers? then it'll be called critical injury as a domino effect of cyclists falling off their bikes | Quote:
Originally Posted by you! time to go gta style | Quote:
Originally Posted by quasi Filled with motor oil then enjoy the carnage. | Quote:
Originally Posted by Sid Vicious you know what u gotta do  | Quote:
Originally Posted by Alphamale Why don't we just unleash the wrath of the black peoples? | Quote:
Originally Posted by hk20000 Time to build a oil spray contraption on your car, make sure you get ahead of the bikers when they start and just lube the road for them. | Quote:
Originally Posted by slammer111 Actually, what we should do is organize a mass (500+) cars to do 140 down certain highways in a protest of speed limits. Cops can't pull 500 cars over right?  |
LOL at you guys  Great ideas but are you goin to do it ? Stop suggesting something you can not accomplish.... these comments are only good for a laugh.
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07-30-2009, 11:29 AM
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these people are misguided retards. what happens if they block off an ambulance or a fire truck
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07-30-2009, 11:59 AM
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God, I have an exam on Friday. FACK FACK FACK
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07-30-2009, 12:01 PM
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Originally Posted by silk LOL at you guys  Great ideas but are you goin to do it ? Stop suggesting something you can not accomplish.... these comments are only good for a laugh. | No chance, I would never get stuck in that mess. I oppose the idea to them acting like dicks and accomplishing nothing but pissing off people who don't ride in the name of change.
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07-30-2009, 12:05 PM
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Originally Posted by q0192837465 God, I have an exam on Friday. FACK FACK FACK | Skip the exam and say, Oh i couldnt come to class cuz of the CRITICAL MASS.
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07-30-2009, 12:20 PM
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Originally Posted by shenmecar Skip the exam and say, Oh i couldnt come to class cuz of the CRITICAL MASS. | That's not a valid excuse.
If you had any academic background, you would have known that.
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07-30-2009, 12:22 PM
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^ I think Shenmecar was being sarcastic. Imagine if that excuse also worked for your job. |
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07-30-2009, 12:25 PM
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Originally Posted by slammer111 ^ I think Shenmecar was being sarcastic. Imagine if that excuse also worked for your job.  | I don't think it was so much sarcasm as it was just... A thoughtless post.
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07-30-2009, 12:37 PM
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Instead of suggesting total BS solutions, and stuff that will never happen, call your local MP and demand to know why your local police department is allowing and seemingly supporting the breaking of the road laws in your area. Then call the Vancouver Police department (not 911 you dumbasses) and let them know you will be in the downtown core on Friday afternoon and would like to know what the police will be doing to those cyclists who are endangering the Public as well as running posted traffic lights and signals.
After that, if you really want to do something, get as many motorists together as you can, and follow the critical mass ride. Be prepared for a very long afternoon, but be on your Horn the WHOLE DAMN TIME. Call it “Critical mass Auto edition” and claim you are protesting the fact that you are putting out more emissions thanks to cyclists blocking the downtown core.
I’m all for more bikes downtown and less cars, unfortunately critical mass simply makes drivers pissed off, and dose nothing to help promote change. Critical mass needs to be stopped before someone gets hurt directly or indirectly because of it.
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07-30-2009, 12:52 PM
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Suck it up ladies
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07-30-2009, 12:52 PM
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who else thinks critical mass is just a bunch of hippies that can't afford cars so they try to shape the city down to their level?
me thinks if u gave a critical mass homo a lambo they'd stop riding around in bikes and being a prick to everybody
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07-30-2009, 01:07 PM
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I'm not a cyclist myself, but at least I can understand the intent (though I don't necessary agree with the means) of Critical Mass. The original intent of Critical Mass was to generate awareness about cyclists on the roads. I think its mission has been accomplished - at least people are talking about it.
Cyclists are treated as motor vehicles under the law and their rights to be on the road should be respected. To all those crying that they should be insured, etc., well instead of complaining about it, maybe you should talk to your local MLA and get the motor vehicle act changed. Would you rather have cyclists riding on the sidewalk? I personally would rather have cylists on the road. If every cyclist now switched to cars, the roads would be worse (well, we all own stock in GM and Chrysler so I suppose we should encourage car ownership to get our tax dollars back.)
As for the police, well it's rather hard to arrest thousands of cyclists, just like it's hard to arrest the hundreds who gather in front of the Art Gallery on 4/20.
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07-30-2009, 01:08 PM
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Originally Posted by oniyou who else thinks critical mass is just a bunch of hippies that can't afford cars so they try to shape the city down to their level?
me thinks if u gave a critical mass homo a lambo they'd stop riding around in bikes and being a prick to everybody | I think they'r just a bunch of insignificant ppl who wants ppl's attention because most ppl will not give them a second look otherwise.
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07-30-2009, 01:18 PM
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there are gonna be a lot of pissed off people downtown, imagine being stuck in traffic with the heatwave going on, theres gonna be blood!!!!
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07-30-2009, 02:20 PM
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07-30-2009, 03:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Tapioca Cyclists are treated as motor vehicles under the law and their rights to be on the road should be respected. | Just as they should be respecting the laws of the road, the same as any other motor vehicle on the road. Which a lot of the time, especially during critical mass, they do not. Quote: Rights and duties of operator of cycle
183 (1) In addition to the duties imposed by this section, a person operating a cycle on a highway has the same rights and duties as a driver of a vehicle.
(2) A person operating a cycle
(a) must not ride on a sidewalk unless authorized by a bylaw made under section 124 or unless otherwise directed by a sign, ---> (c) must, subject to paragraph (a), ride as near as practicable to the right side of the highway, <---
(3) Nothing in subsection (2) (c) requires a person to ride a cycle on any part of a highway that is not paved.
| A lot of the cyclists see the "RIGHTS" part but completely ignore the "DUTIES" part
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07-30-2009, 03:24 PM
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you know what these dumbass cyclists will be 1000 times safer riding on the sidewalk
there is more room to ride on the sidewalk than fucking riding on the road
ROAD are for cars, not for fucking pedestrians or runners, or in this case the FUKING CYCLISTS
how many people walks on sidewalk vs how many cars are actually driving on the road? the ratio will be it is less chance of a dumbass cyclist to run into a pedestrian (which cant cause death) vs a dumb shit cyclist getting run over by a truck (and die )
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07-30-2009, 03:45 PM
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They should be allowed to protest / celebrate as much as they want, but not at the fucking expense of others. One day someone is going to snap.
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07-30-2009, 04:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Great68 Just as they should be respecting the laws of the road, the same as any other motor vehicle on the road. Which a lot of the time, especially during critical mass, they do not.
A lot of the cyclists see the "RIGHTS" part but completely ignore the "DUTIES" part | Exactly, many only obey the laws when convient otherwise it's anything goes.
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