I cannot believe that Bill Kennedy (June 22) wants people to pay for riding a bicycle. Young people are not able to get a regular driver’s license. That’s about it. What will be next — a license for walking and talking? Kennedy should realize that his suggestion is not reasonable. Is there anyone who hasn’t […]
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Try a change of attitude
In a letter published on June 22, Bill Kennedy made a number of assertions about bicyclists, their behavior and the idea that they aren’t paying their fair share to use public roads. I agree with him about a couple of things: some bike riders don’t follow the rules of the road and those riders should […]
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Bicyclists should pay fair share
Legislators passed a law requiring a 3-foot separation between cars and bicycles. In essence, they made every road in Maine a bike path where drivers have to yield to bikes. Published guidelines even pictured a car being forced to cross a double yellow line to avoid a bicyclist. Watch a bicyclist for 60 seconds. They […]
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Better planning needed
I write in response to a photo and caption, “Roads are for everyone in Oxford County” (Sun Journal, May 15). There is not a more dangerous bicycle route through Oxford County than the Sodom Road. It is one of the most crooked and narrow in the county. It is dangerous for automobiles, to say nothing […]
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Bicycle Coalition talks safety with Bethel residents
BETHEL – The assistant director of the Bicycle Coalition of Maine advised selectmen and other residents Monday night that there needs to be some give and take between motorists and bicyclists. Jim Tasse was invited to address the board after it approved three signs last month for the beginning of Vernon, North and Intervale roads, […]
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More than 2,000 bicyclists to Trek Across Maine this weekend
NEWRY — More than 2,300 bicyclists are registered for the 30th annual Trek Across Maine, which leaves Sunday River Ski Resort on Friday and goes for 170 miles to Steamboat Landing in Belfast on Sunday. It’s the largest American Lung Association cycling event in the country, raising $22 million in the past 29 years. Kathryn […]