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02.08.2008 4:01 pm

Bikers, joggers should stay off main alternate routes

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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The I-64/Hwy 40 reconstruction has created a dangerous situation for joggers and bikers who have long utilized many of St. Louis County’s secondary streets. Joggers/bikers are putting themselves (and drivers) at risk by using these now overly populated side streets. I appeal to MoDot and media outlets to encourage bikers/joggers to find safer areas to get their exercise. Side streets such as Clayton, Litzsinger, Warson, Spoede and Conway have often attracted bikers and joggers. Drivers familiar with these areas have learned to share the road. However, the highway closures have brought many new motorists to these streets.The additional motorists, many of them less than familiar with the danger spots along their new routes, are coming precariously close to injuring defenseless bikers/joggers. This is a fatality waiting to happen. Until Hwy. 40 reopens, I think it is in everyone’s best interest to encourage bikers and joggers to find suitable, safer alternatives.  Bill BurtonBrentwood

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with my darn cataracts I can hardly see those bicycles…please wear brighter outfits.
I get so close to those bicycles; once I couldn’t even see it till I brushed up against it, I think I just brushed him but don’t exactly know. My memory is somewhat fading also.

— olga
4:01 pm February 11th, 2008

If roads were constructed for bikes they would be narrow not made with multiple lanes and shoulders(for bikes and walkers). And bike owners would have to pay a tax for operating their bicycles.

Where do you work at 2pm on a Sat….Target?

— megan
4:04 pm February 11th, 2008

Megan,
I happen to know a few physicians that ride their bikes to work…..for some that could be around 2pm on a saturday. Good try.

Olga,
It may be time to turn in that license of yours, just a thought.

Share the road.

— slingen
4:26 pm February 11th, 2008

I think all of you alternative people are truly hypocrites. You don’t live on or near Kehrsmill rd. I do and I see you cwe types driving your gas saver 10 year old cars and parking at our high school in Clarkson Valley and taking your skinny bikes off the rack. Gaud those skin tight outfits there are children around. Is it some kinda turn on for you guys. 2008 Cadillac Escalade, Josh

— josh
4:30 pm February 11th, 2008

If physcians are so shallow to take 2 hours to get to the hospital, then we have a problem. There aren’t any hospitals along Kehrs Mill, Litszinger…I don’t see their physcian’s bag on their bike basket. Fabricated lies. Dr’s certainly would not risk their lives on the busy streets on a bicycle.

I know my Doctor would never put me at risk taking the long way to get to the hospital.

Admit it, you just like to get the attention of drivers. What’s wrong with Forest Park?
That’s a pretty diverse crowd of spectators there. You know good and darn well it is not a mode of transportation to work, period.

— Megan
4:47 pm February 11th, 2008

“Stop being risk takers that’s all drivers ask” perfectly describes the confusion that dominates drivers’ minds.

How many drivers are killed by fellow drivers every year? How many people are killed by cyclists in a year?

Tricky questions for power-starved drivers.

— john
5:08 pm February 11th, 2008

#36 That’s even all the more why cyclists need to steer clear of the roads.
Stick to the trails or sidewalks or drive a real bike like a motorcycle so you can keep up with the speed limit. Do you ride the minimum speed limit on the streets? If not, you cyclists are breaking the law.

You power riders starving for attention and power.

— Megan
5:16 pm February 11th, 2008

Wow. Doctors only work at hospitals. Only cars can get you to work. There is a minimum speed on non-interstates roads. All these things I never knew before reading this thread.

I average about 12 mph on my bicycle. Not far off from what I average on short (non-highway) car trips.

Simian

— Simian
5:23 pm February 11th, 2008

12 mph in your tiny car you have got to be joking! Now I understand why you prefer a bike to your car.

What dr’s are you talking about…a chiro..non-doctor?

— Megan
5:26 pm February 11th, 2008

Megan -

Do you forget to breathe sometimes?

— Ryan
6:11 pm February 11th, 2008

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