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W i . WAI'hKlLX) CHRONICLEoWednesda r. August 17. 201 i . "IS" 1 WS kitchenerktaeom ® ( J I I I J I , 519-511-2828 . . Two vs foul" A tale of tires 0 O r ‘ Local cyclists and motorists square ofi‘ on conflicting rules of the road i i B\‘ Pitta Ditsmors‘ti , \. ‘1 ,u ‘ 7 '::£__ think we shouldn't be out there." McIntos ‘ (’Irrmur 1e stuff . . 5’ _ . ,i ‘ said. “No matter where you go someone 1 ‘ . ' . I A t. k \ ‘ going to have a problem with it. t antes (lharters ltas had it “11h cyclists iii the a "l ‘ 4 V ”W "But most of the close calls are not neces Jeni ' . y I sarily because of animosity." In particular. he‘s had it with l‘}t‘||\l\ ridr 1 According to McIntosh. many driver trig on the side\\alks. especially on streets don't know how much room to leave cyclist like Davenport Road that haw bike lanes. at the side of the road. and in turn. man " l hey're spending money putting these . cyclists do not know how to properly con hike lanes on hot they won‘t kick them off ‘ duct themselves on the roads either. he said tlte sidewalks." (‘ltatters told the ('hronicle. ‘- “MiStakes happen," he said. “A lot 0 “ I hey're all into this hig car-free fantasy ‘1 It young (cyclists) who have never driven don garbage." ‘5 know what the drivers are going througl (Iliarters. a former transit driier, is coir ’ 9' ‘when they‘re making a left turn or some cerited about pedestrians oit sidewalks and 1,. .0 fi ‘ . L thing like that those getting on and off hoses when cyclists " I“ ‘ ’ \ 1 5' "They have to understand what the drii l oine [lying down the sidewalk. he said. . ' "‘ . .. ‘ .\ . l ers are goingthrough." When he drove bus. he said he often had .~ » . - ‘ Safety precautions, like wearing helmet- to unit to opeti the doors to let passengers ‘ '4. are a source of debate between cyclist oil heiause oi unruh ex elisis ‘. '- ~~ . ' I" ‘ ‘ themselves. McIntosh said there are almos "l \e alniosi been hit milking around 3* ' s. o 4‘ . -, different cliques or factions in Waterloo (hi\\llltl\\lt too." he sold. 7 . " fi ’4 m cycling community. He said he has seen cyclists ride through . f A, I' % Ontario doctors issued a preSs release la red lights and tail to mitt-t other Hllt‘s oi the . , .' 1‘.“ I ‘ "“ week about making cycling safer in th r. hid a .. £72335 province. \ti lirlllllt: to Region ot \\.iierlou \l.lllsllt s I a z” “ According to the release. every year mm in a into trafl‘n ioliisiuiis report. there were . A“ A ’ . than 2.000 cyclists are injured iii \‘Cthlt M: an idents lll\l|l\lll}1 t'kt‘llsls last year bicycle collisions. lliere were in} in 1mm and 132% in the l\\(t ‘ . 4 Sixtyseight per cent of those collision tears lit-tore that ‘ ‘ ' ’ happen at intersections and most frequentl l’lie iolltsioii report unit includes incl ‘ involve children ridingoflofthesidewalk. dents that were reported to the (.ollision ”of", in the past five years cycling fatalitie ’ Iteporttngt cone or irnestigated by police. 1’4"" froin these collisions have averaged 20 pe Robert Mi liitosli. a lot .il tyclist and ’ per?” year. author of the biog. \\.iiei|oi- hikes, said he M They suggest safe cycling education lo understands where ( ,harters is touring from “M cyclists and motorists along with bette 1 "i think a lot oi t \( lists realh don't like to Local (“lists and motorists struggle ‘0 get along in Waterloo as traditional thinking about infrastructure such as paved shoulders i‘ see on lists on the sideaalks at all, McIntosh transportation changes rural settings. said “I knots the lklll‘ rd r \t tests ‘he‘si talking rum uAi’ru.v-.Attr°m‘o With more bike lanes. more cyclists it about the road and more education. McIntosh sail ‘ lite} re ”\ trig dim” 1h.» sittt‘itaIk at go or l’olice \enice. not the t ity days iii Montreal when they collided with a [m of the problems resulting from cyclist t to kin ‘lt " ()lal lleitt/el. commitnicatiotis officer for \‘('lll('ll‘\ in intersections. and motorists on the road together can b i ( m oi \\_,r,-, on Mia-s \t. on off states WINK, said police do enforce the bylaw \o lar this tear. Wlil’S has laid IT»! improved ‘ no person shah d: l\t' a hit \l le has my: a based on complaints front the pulilit charges against cytlists under the Highway He said the addition of bike lanes to l)a\ ‘ “heel or “heels more than no t in Ill (liaine "'l'lie difficulty is trying to locate the DH“ llklllh‘ ‘\ct eitpon Road. his neighbourhood. has been . Ier or ride a skateboard on am botilmatil or sort \ilto rode on a sidewalk." lleitt/el said Seventyetght were for improper bicycle good start. i sltll'\\.t|k es< em on a drneisas‘ " I lie\ 're a little bit different from a motor lighting, l3 for lat k of horns, l3 for riding in "Davenport used to be really had.“ \h In 1 It states further that no [It‘lsttit \hIQH \(‘lllt le when you hate a license plate onto or along a crosswalk attd eight for improper tosh «and "In much better now." olistrtitt or impede ii pedestrian unless otli lH't [WINN- Ilomer Watson Bonk-yard and King hirer ”WM.Ina-""1““[it thei itt ‘ \ big part of this is etltiiation and (yr lists [it 2010. a total of 3H ( ltarges were laid. near(1otiesloga Mail are two other area ( liarieis said the hilau isn‘t being him-a restmnslhllti." l'or McIntosh. the majority of incidents McIntosh said can he "nightmares" to eiiloiteil. ( mes like Hamilton. Windsor and loroii between motorists arid l ycltsts comes front a (‘\‘(‘l|s[s. Mary (reoige. manager ol Iii etising and to li.l\.t' ieietitly stepped tip ptiblit edtita lat k of education He said there is even lfor(1hartcr\. it hasall become too much. standards my the t in ol Waterloo. said tioit about cycling salt-t). “tinting offenders debate about proper guidelines between “If my wife didn't have a l0h- I'd be (“in etiiorcettteitt of Highway lrallh \t t |t_\‘|a\ss is of limo and ml“ 10 lhl‘ PUNK 011““ here." he said. "l'd go someplace with somr the responsibilitt of the Waterloo Regional last week, two cyclists were killed iii two "it's kind of hard to deal with people who common sense." i 1 ...â€" 1 - ~ 5‘7? 4 'r 1’ ‘ "1 TOP AWARD ’ . ‘ ‘ GiNA s MEDI SPA W W‘ __ GlNAS "' 1‘ ' . ‘ . ' ‘. . n» r in “it 'w’ a It": :74 Let Gina‘s be your partner in the fight against skin aging. ‘ .. a a it .. to ' it «Home ‘ . ‘ . who it coils” can