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[SirDigby]

oh yeah. I didn't think about bicycles. they don't follow the rules anyway. they are always running stoplights and signs. i'm surprised more don't get run over. they shouldn't even be allowed on the roads without proper lanes for them, then they should pay a licensing tax and have plates to ride on those. (imo)
the front windscreen is not tinted, so night driving is not a problem. (the 1% of the time I drive at night)
living in phoenix, i'm sure you can see the advantages of tint in the summertime...

[scratchpaddy]

Originally Posted by SirDigby

oh yeah. I didn't think about bicycles. they don't follow the rules anyway. they are always running stoplights and signs. i'm surprised more don't get run over. they shouldn't even be allowed on the roads without proper lanes for them, then they should pay a licensing tax and have plates to ride on those. (imo)
the front windscreen is not tinted, so night driving is not a problem. (the 1% of the time I drive at night)
living in phoenix, i'm sure you can see the advantages of tint in the summertime...

There are a lot of idiots on bikes. There are a lot of idiots in cars. I rode my bike to work for years. I follow all the rules. Get on a bike and ride down the road, and you'll be shocked at how bad some drivers are at looking where they're driving. On a bike, you have to be aware of what's going on all around you at all times, because not all the drivers follow the rules, and the consequences are a lot worse for the one on the bike.

I do appreciate tint here in Arizona, but unless you're using cheap dye tint (the kind that turns purple in a few years), darkness doesn't have much to do with heat rejection. Good, modern tints have coatings that block light in the UV and infrared spectrum, which is invisible, but it's where most of the heat comes from. 35% feels like a good middle ground to me.

[tmontague]

Originally Posted by SirDigby

oh yeah. I didn't think about bicycles. they don't follow the rules anyway. they are always running stoplights and signs. i'm surprised more don't get run over. they shouldn't even be allowed on the roads without proper lanes for them, then they should pay a licensing tax and have plates to ride on those. (imo)

Yes, more restrictions to people who want to use physical exercise as a means of transportation, just what is needed to send us back a few solid decades

Commute by bike for a few months, it will give you some insight and a full dimensional view of road use...and has the added benefit of becoming a better driver.

Sure some cyclists are arrogant asses, as are many drivers. But if you're going to be that guy that nit picks over a cyclists rolling a red or a stop sign when there is no car in sight on small side roads then you must also be that driver that makes sure they are going the exact speed as the speed limit, makes a complete stop at all lights and so on and so fourth. Oh and follow rules just for the sake of being a good rule follower even when it makes virtually no sense to.

I think it's time to tranfer this part of the thread over to the gen discussion. Poor OP cringing every time a new off topic post comes up