Tampa area bike safety action plan workshops - November 29

In response to the rash of cyclists deaths in Toronto over the past few Months…and there something like this is long overdue two workshops on November 29th for Hillsborough County/Tampa residents, their voices are heard be a safer place our area, therefore, to use a bike instead.

First .details here be a "participating" session in the FDOT District 7 Office McKinley Blvd. Tampa (near USF):

RSVP required for this one...

Later on that day the Hillsborough is hosting a workshop Planning Organization (MPO) Metropolitan:

A public workshop is then on the same day NOV 29 from 6 pm to 8 pm in the 25th floor of the County Center at the 601 E. Kennedy Blvd. Tampa, Florida 33602 in downtown Tampa stattfinden.Das MPO wants to share your ideas and experiences on cycling in our County and what we can do to you feel alarming crash statistics to reduce free to RSVP for this public workshop, but you are welcome and encouraged to or to visit!

Contact information:
Gena Torres-(813) 273-3774 X 357
torresg@plancom.org

We can be not only quiet - especially if our words and thoughts and ideas can help, our area a safer place to go machen.Also hoping to catch the public workshop if my schedule allows in the evening if you can, please am besuchen.Ich.

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A thought experiment on bike safety commute

Josh King's guest post "10 rules for urban commuting" sparked a lively debate, not only in our comments but about the blogosphere. Now, the bike commuters corner of the blogosphere anyway.

If you missed it, the essence of the article (if I should a summary risk) is this: If security and survival decisive for an urban bike commuters, then laws and courtesy secondary subtleties sind.King was praised and criticized for its style and substance and people responded strongly to both.

Let's go ride a bike posted a thoughtful and passionate criticism of King's article, and it is "macho sound."In this article moved more comments as King's original article. (And Yes, we're a little jealous about it.)

Here we have in our Headquarters, which had several discussions about King's 10 rules (plus one), as well as responding to you.One of these discussions evolved this thought experiment.

Think of the fragile and valuable thing in your life, be carried out on a bicycle konnte.Es could your child, your cat or your Tom Selleck collector plate sein.Diese is valuable thing along your regular bike commute, during the time of the day with the busiest traffic, are performed on the bike of a robot holdings.

Trust me.

For example, you can the robot to say:

Follow all traffic with no exceptions.Obey all traffic laws, except for certain nonsensical ones.Obey all traffic unless laws, certain situations laws arise.Be indifferent against traffic but remain upright and to avoid collisions.

And if you are looking for loopholes are: the robot looks like a man (so it anti robot militias will not alert) is it not more or faster than you, and has the same reaction time as Sie.Wie it can say usually the difference between a person, a dog, a car, a mailbox, etc..No, it can not fliegen.Es has unbewaffnet.Es cannot turn otherwise invisible, even in a tank, a sofa, or anything to verwandeln.Genug with looking gaps! it suffice it to say that the robot has the physical abilities, but it behaves exactly as you sit behavior with no judgment.

Oh, and you will be liable for any damages or injury caused by the robot.

Their precious thing is loaded, and the robot expected your instructions.

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Safety Recall: Klean Kanteen Sport Cap 2.0

Posted by Jack "Ghost Rider" Sweeney On June - 7 - 2010

Many of you use the Klean Kanteen stainless steel waterbottles…so we wanted to let you know about a safety recall for their “Sports Cap 2.0″ announced by the company.

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