FW: 4 new messages from your neighbors today

[http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert (Robert)]

 > From: Nextdoor Japantown <http://www.r.email.nextdoor.com/~nextdoor>
 > Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2014 21:05:33 +0000
 >
 > Nextdoor Japantown: Daily Digest
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 >     Jonathan Miller from Hensley:
 >         So this happened to me. Riding home from work on 6th St. the
 >         other day a pedestrian stepped out from between two cars in
 >         front of me. She was jaywalking and I barely saw her in time
 >         to avoid her. She was not looking as she crossed and so I rang
 >         my bike bell and then swerved around into traffic to avoid
 >         her. Fortunately, no other cars were coming. She quite clearly
 >         glared at me angrily because I had the audacity to nearly run
 >         her over. I mean, jaywalking is ok since everyone does it. I
 >         should be more careful. And ringing my bike bell? How dare I
 >         do that? It is amazing to read some of the vitriolic comments
 >         and hyperbolic overgeneralizations about cyclists that are
 >         made in forums like this and in the comment sections of bike
 >         blogs and opinion pieces. I'm not apologizing for bad behavior
 >         and rude and inconsiderate behavior on sidewalks but please,
 >         when you feel your blood boil, try to dial it back and realize
 >         that the vast majority of cyclists don't behave this way.
 >         Worth reading:
 >		https://medium.com/cycling-in-the-city/why-bikes-make-smart-people-say-dumb-things-9316abbd5735
 >         
 >         Jonathan