[muglo] Re: Parking
- From: Alex <admeddemda@xxxxxx>
- To: muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2002 01:23:57 -0400
> >> Secondly, If you add even the cost of Gas to get to Toronto ($15-25,
> >> depending
> >> on which car) + parking you are not far off the price of this Yamaha.
>
>Parking in Chinatown doesn't seem to concern people ;P <dripping with
>sarcasm>. They just park there willy-nilly like the morons drivers typically
>are <grumble -- people should have the right to execute the egotestical
>(spelling intentional) assholes that drive mini-vans, SUVs or vans as
>single-occupancy vehicles (young women in SUVs are the most dangerous
>drivers... even more so than testosterone loaded bucks))>.
>
>(& Toronto drivers are actually more skilled than London drivers where
>people are as likely to run you over due to inattention or speeding (I'd say
>biking or walking in London is *more* dangerous than in Toronto (3 years of
>experience in London and 2 in Toronto), instead of the intentionally
>targeting of cyclists and pedestrians by Toronto drivers).
>
>Anyway, excuse the rant. Drivers do need to be shot, or at least experience
>a warning shot over the bow once in a while ;)
I agree Eric! (except the gender diff's btwn SUV drivers). I'd like
to see an all out ban on SUV's. I am one of the few people who is
happy when gas prices go up. It would all be fair if gas went to $20
a litre, with $19 of it in tax, to be used to clean up all the damge
cars do (of course it can;t all be cleaned up, but gas at those
prices would certainly cut down on use!). Not to mention people might
actually stop using gas motors for lawn mowing and such, which
_severely_ contributes to city smog in the summer... one hour of
running one of those, and you might as well have driven around in an
SUV for 4 hours. What's wrong with electric mowers, and they're
quieter, too. I would so love it if small engines were banned. But
there again, a huge gas tax would clean up the problem better than
any ban.
A few weeks ago I was almost run over on my bicycle (which is hooked
up with an electric motor assist)... a camero with 2 guys in it
actually swerved over half a lane (on a very wide road) into me
(mising me by inches) while the passenger yelled "fall off!"... so
intentional targeting of cyclists by some drivers is here in london
too. I must admit I really hate car culture. I think car culture is
much more prevalent here in suburban london, than in toronto... one
way toronto is better !
If everyone had a nice electric assisted bicycle, we could have roads
the size of sidewalks and turn all the old roads into tomato
gardens... tomatoes for all! ;-)
~Alex
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