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I will give you the benefit of the doubt since you don't even know anything about me. I live in the city precisely because I love the city. I'm big on public transit and while I do own a car and motorcycle, I rarely drive - I think I fill up maybe once every 2 or 3 months. After growing up in Mississauga and having to commute an hour each way, its really nice to be able to stroll to work in the morning in jusst under 10 minutes.
It's not the events, but rather the difficulty in doing something as simple as trying to come home. Try paying the high taxes in Toronto and then having some police officer tell you that you can't drive down a street to get home. Fustrating to say the least. Festivals like the Taste of the Danforth and others are less intrusive because they are limited to one street. But these marathons shut down at least a 10 city block radius. And there are now so many it is becoming a nuisance.
I just think there are better places to hold events that require significant road access. One example is why would you hold the G20 in a city like Toronto, shutting down the city when you could have it in a smaller city which could better use the publicity and subsidies from the province?
Not trying to be an armchair critic, but as soon as I saw the car stopped at the green on your left...I would've started slowing down (I guess that's just something to keep in mind in the future). Any time the right lane's moving downtown and the left one's stuck...prepare for a crazy person crossing the street or someone being let into the intersection someone into their lane (most likely from a gas station/parking lot/etc.)
Also another thing to note is that in situations like these, a honk freezes most people when they hear it. It'll buy you a little bit of time to swerve a little.
I'm really glad you didn't hit her - that could've gotten messy af.
This is just the type of attitude that drives me mad. What is it you're trying to say with that kind of comment? The only thing I get out of it is "I pay taxes so I own the street".
Like when I drive with people who complain about Sunday morning parades or sporting/cultural events because they can't get to the pub as quickly as they have done on every other Sunday for their whole lives. WTF? Never mind the opportunity to experience something different, or the potential net benefit to the city, or the desire to build something world class (as in the city or the event itself). It's always about me me me.
I pay taxes in Toronto and I've had the marathon run right down my street but that wasn't frustrating (I actually enjoyed it). It's narrow mindedness that's frustrating. Not saying that's you, but that's how you're coming across.
Hmmm, where do I begin? Isn't your argument using the same logic that frustrated you? You pay taxes in toronto and enjoyed a marathon so everyone else should just shut up and stop complaining? Isn't that the same selfish logic that you accuse me of?
The reason why you only hear "I pay taxes so I own the street" is probably because you don't hear very well and oversimplify everything.
You also have a tendency to make a lot of assumptions when making an argument.
I definitely don't think I own the roads because I pay taxes. However, I do think that everyone has the right to enter into their property with minimal restriction. I don't think that's too much to ask.
I think street festivals are fantastic. But they should be limited to avoid as much disruption to residents.
However, I do think that no matter how much I try to debate, you will be so closed minded that the best we can hope for is to agree to disagree.
I wonder if you didn't just make an off-the-cuff complaint and I'm making it out to be more than what you intended because it happens to be a pet peeve of mine.
Anyways you seem like a rational a courteous poster so if you care to pursue this off-topic discussion, I've sent you a crushing PM
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The girl was an idiot to cross. The OP will be a statistic by seasons-end if he keeps riding like that. Each 50% at fault.
With less than six months' riding experience, on my first bike -- a 600 cc, 110 BHP crotch rocket -- I rode 21,569 km around North America solo in 2011: ridermike.blogspot.com
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