There are two things you find in the middle of the road—a moderate and a dead skunk.
Compare this with the earlier left wing version of Jim Hightower.
We are in the greatest danger of being run over when we have just gotten out of the way of a carriage.
I've almost been hit by a lot of things in New York City. I am pretty sure I have almost been hit by a bike messenger before.
I got my heel stuck in a drain as I was crossing the street and cars were coming. It was really scary. A girl in heels in New York is a hard combination.
What I compare bike lanes to is swimming with the sharks. Sooner or later you're going to get bitten... Roads are built for buses, cars, and trucks, not for people on bikes. My heart bleeds for them when I hear someone gets killed, but it's their own fault at the end of the day
Dogs who chase cars evidently see them as large, unruly ungulates badly in need of discipline and shepherding.
The M6 is terrible and there are always accidents when there is a big highway with lots of traffic.
I stand on the sidewalk watching it because the responsibility is mine and I must, I take a very firm hold on the handles of the baby carriage and I wheel it into the traffic.
Children do not have to learn that streets are dangerous places by potentially fatal trial and error.