Here's a letter I submitted to the Free Press this morning. It was published as "Letter of the Day" on Wed. April 5
Geoff Kirbyson’s article “Work Cycle” included some helpful hints for would-be cyclists, however, it failed to mention the one accessory I have found essential since becoming an all-season commuter: a rear-view mirror. A mirror keeps cyclists conscious of the goings on in the urban jungle and helps him or her make better decisions. For example, cyclists can dodge the myriad of potentially deadly spring potholes and cracks in the pavement without fear of being run-over when using a mirror. They can increase their courteousness by yielding to busses, cars turning right at stop lights and extra-wide commercial vehicles. The informed rider is also aware of aggressive drivers who give no quarter, and can act accordingly (i.e. hug the curb). No-one would operate a motor vehicle without proper rear-view mirrors, and frankly I’m amazed that so many riders, and cycling advocates, have overlooked this critical tool.
Sunday, April 02, 2006
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Hey Ryan, this is not a comment on your post, but rather your page layout. For some reason, the pics you have added to your sidebar are not appearing correctly in Firefox, as one of the pics (JoJo) is overlapping and obscuring your top post. Internet Explorer is not doing this, so obviously the developers at Mozilla are really at fault here, but just though I'd let you know. For those who have Firefox, I reccomend the IETab extension which lets you convert a page in Firefox to display either natively in Firefox or within it as an IE page - quite handy in situations like this!
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