I didn’t mean to restrict your freedom to utter profanities if you feel it’s necessary. My only request was that you attempt to keep variations of the “F-word” to 4-5 utterances per post, if at all possible. Just because my parents read this sometimes.

But don’t let me impinge on your freedom of speech. It’s great to have you back, so express yourself as you see fit.

Because, after all, leaving out the vowels really makes it all ok!

Returning to the subject of this post, I thought the whole point of a carpool lane was to give us donorcyclists a lane to ourselves. No?

Now, I have thrown down the gaunlet. (Which, BTW, I watched on Turner South earlier today. You know, the movie with Clint Eastwood and Sandra Locke.)

Every street, seemingly, has a bike lane.

Speed bumps are everywhere.

Curbs mushroom out at intersections to prevent easy right turns, forcing cars to turn right from traffic lanes. This is done intentionally, to slow traffic and to “reduce the distance between curbs for pedestrians.”

Many downtown streets have reserved bus lanes, leaving one narrow lane for all cars.

Traffic engineers when queried refer one to the office of the city traffic planner, a young woman from US Berkeley.

oh yea and hooray that the angry clam is around

Go drive your Hybrid off a cliff hippie…

McCAIN 2004!