They always meet with defense contractors, big oil, automakers and the financial industry, but has any other sitting president or presidential candidate met with bike industry leaders and made a similar promise?
Does anybody know, for example, if Jimmy Carter promoted bicycling for transportation at all? I know that Ralph Nader believes cycling is too dangerous, saying that, "Competing on city streets against heavy motor vehicle traffic is not fair for a bike rider. I'd walk."
- Bikes Belong press release.
- Interbike Times.
- Bike Portland.
- BRaIN: pre and post.
"I'd walk" ... I've had more close calls in crosswalks then I have on my bicycle. Walking is not necessarily a safe activity.
ReplyDeleteDisclaimer: I was hit by a truck when I was in 8th grade. I ran through a stop sign and got hit by a truck going 25+ Mph. I survived with only a small ankle fracture. I was NOT wearing a helmet.
Oh, the irony of Nader's comment. Surely he, with his background, should know that walking is more dangerous than cycling.
ReplyDeleteHa Chris.
ReplyDeleteWatch out for the helmet police. 8>)
When I was in 8th grade I don't think we had helmets.
ReplyDelete...hope the man gets the nod & in turn, steps up to the plate for cycling...
ReplyDelete...nader: highly intelligent...has always had some extremely creditable & workable ideas...sometimes doesn't show the common sense of a banana slug...