The road to fitness is long, but it is not wide. That is Geezer’s conclusion after watching this video debate about who is more wrong: cyclists, pedestrians, or drivers, and reading this New York Times piece on close on way-too-close encounters between runners and drivers. First, the numbers" There are, according to the Times,. 41 million runners in the United States, and 202 million licensed drivers. Both constituencies believe they have a right to the road, but the drivers, when one includes their vehicles, have a distinct weight advantage. Runners, on the other hand, have an adrenaline advantage, which can convert immediately to a disadvantage if the person who steps out of the offending vehicle is very large, in the company of several friends, or armed. What would non-adrenaline pumped person do? “If an obnoxious event happens and you’re already 60 percent aroused,
you may end up throwing something at a driver,†says Dr. Stosny of Germantown, Md., who developed a course on road rage that is used to help rehabilitate criminal offenders. "You should really be thinking about is how healthy it is for you to be
running.â€Â
Read more in the New York Times.
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I am a biker and have my own issues here. In my area reside a bunch of Yuppie Nerds who think anyone who moves beyond a walk is a threat to their safety. They have no concept of accelerated motion and have turned me into the cops a few times though I never came close to them. I try to do my thing early when they are not around but this is not always possible. Also the path is not very wide and therefore not possible to give a wide berth to these pussies. Our sedate, slow-moving, obese individuals have already managed to get aid from the govenment due to their laziness for medical reimbursement because they cannot control their eating – now they want us all to slow down to their snail’s pace – not me – move it fat-boy!
Wow. Crazy stuff. I’ve had horns blown at me, of course. And a few yells that weren’t from friends. Most everyone else has been courteous.