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A Visit To Canada British Columbia Is Truly A Worthy Experience

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Jun 17, 2007, 7:49:03 AM6/17/07
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British Columbia is situated on the extreme west of Canada. On the northwest side, it is bounded by the US state of Alaska. The direct northern portion of Canada comprises Yukon and Northwest Territories. The eastern side of British Columbia is demarcated by Alberta and on the south, you will get to see the states of Washington, Idaho and Montana. Victoria situated at the southeast of Vancouver Island is the capital city of British Columbia. Towa...

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Jul 13, 2007, 5:12:45 PM7/13/07
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On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 11:49:03 +0000 (UTC), knowled...@hotmail.com wrote:

> British Columbia is situated on the extreme west of Canada. On the northwest side, it is bounded by the US state of Alaska. The direct northern portion of Canada comprises Yukon and Northwest Territories. The eastern side of British Columbia is demarcated by Alberta and on the south, you will get to see the states of Washington, Idaho and Montana. Victoria situated at the southeast of Vancouver Island is the capital city of British Columbia. Towa...
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> Read full article at http://www.knowledgefield.com/articles/a-visit-to-canada-british-columbia-is-truly-a-worthy-experience.shtml

You also have to wear a helmet; and fixed-gear, ordinary, and uni-cycles
are not allowed on the roads.

Not a particularly cycle-friendly place to visit.

Király

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Jul 14, 2007, 12:16:50 AM7/14/07
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_ <jtayNO...@hfdontsendmespamx.andara.com> wrote:
> You also have to wear a helmet; and fixed-gear, ordinary, and uni-cycles
> are not allowed on the roads.

You are right about the helmet (but enforcement is not consistently
applied) but dead wrong about the others. All the cycles you mention are
permitted on BC highways.

--
K.

Lang may your lum reek.

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Jul 14, 2007, 6:42:19 AM7/14/07
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They all have brakes that can skid the braked wheel on dry pavement?

That's be some trick on a uni-cycle.

Király

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Jul 14, 2007, 11:56:27 AM7/14/07
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_ <jtayNO...@hfdontsendmespamx.andara.com> wrote:
> They all have brakes that can skid the braked wheel on dry pavement?

Yup. The brakes are built-in to the cranks and are operated by your feet.

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Jul 21, 2007, 6:55:57 AM7/21/07
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On Fri, 20 Jul 2007 18:44:00 -0700, DiscoDuck wrote:

> x-no-archive:
> On Jul 13, 9:16 pm, m...@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) wrote:


>> _ <jtayNOSPAM...@hfdontsendmespamx.andara.com> wrote:
>>> You also have to wear a helmet; and fixed-gear, ordinary, and uni-cycles
>>> are not allowed on the roads.
>>
>> You are right about the helmet (but enforcement is not consistently
>> applied) but dead wrong about the others. All the cycles you mention are
>> permitted on BC highways.
>

> enforcement of the helmet law is strictly contingent on the officers
> personal feelings. In Victoria, most officers leave you alone if you
> are not hurting anyone. However a few bad eggs give the rest a bad
> name. In Vancouver I saw only one ticket issued-ever.

That's one of the unforseen bad things about helmet laws. Forseen is that
they reduce cycling, and have zero or negative effect on head injuries; but
who would have thought that the enforcement would be capricious, based on
whether the officer was having a bad day, or didn't like cyclists as a
group, or some other non-legal reason?

Király

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Jul 21, 2007, 12:02:11 PM7/21/07
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DiscoDuck <fornew...@shaw.ca> wrote:
> enforcement of the helmet law is strictly contingent on the officers
> personal feelings. In Victoria, most officers leave you alone if you
> are not hurting anyone. However a few bad eggs give the rest a bad
> name. In Vancouver I saw only one ticket issued-ever.

Outgoing Vancouver police chief Jamie Graham was interviewed by the
Vancouver Courier several months ago. He commutes to work by bike. He
admitted that during his commute he regularly stops and tickets
helmetless cyclists. This is the CHIEF. And on his own time - not even
on duty.

Colin B.

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Jul 21, 2007, 5:09:53 PM7/21/07
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Király wrote:

> Outgoing Vancouver police chief Jamie Graham was interviewed by the
> Vancouver Courier several months ago. He commutes to work by bike. He
> admitted that during his commute he regularly stops and tickets
> helmetless cyclists. This is the CHIEF. And on his own time - not even
> on duty.

Chief Graham seems to think that this is an important thing to
enforce. Every bike month, to encourage less people to cycle,
they launch a helmet enforcement campaign. I would rather they
enforce other more serious violations, such as motorists running
red lights, cyclists riding at night without lights etc.

Colin


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A Concerned Citizen@concernedcitizen.com

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Sep 12, 2007, 7:39:25 AM9/12/07
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_ wrote:
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> On Fri, 20 Jul 2007 18:44:00 -0700, DiscoDuck wrote:
>
> > x-no-archive:
> > On Jul 13, 9:16 pm, m...@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) wrote:
> >> _ <jtayNOSPAM...@hfdontsendmespamx.andara.com> wrote:
> >>> You also have to wear a helmet; and fixed-gear, ordinary, and uni-cycles
> >>> are not allowed on the roads.
> >>
> >> You are right about the helmet (but enforcement is not consistently
> >> applied) but dead wrong about the others. All the cycles you mention are
> >> permitted on BC highways.

No laws are applied consistently. They are always at the discretion of
the government,
law enforcement policies and ultimately the police officer at the end of
the line.

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