tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10625710.post1773616233847789553..comments2023-07-02T08:30:24.301-04:00Comments on 618 Rants and Raves: Skateboard Ban ContemplatedMr. 618http://www.blogger.com/profile/09888639331798664267noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10625710.post-86407364406772699312008-05-22T12:35:00.000-04:002008-05-22T12:35:00.000-04:00Badtux is 100% correct, a full ban isn't really wa...Badtux is 100% correct, a full ban isn't really warranted. If I gave that impression, I'm sorry. Certainly, the folks who use boards for transportation -- like my friend the penguin -- have as much right to use public thoroughfares as anyone else. It's the idiots like those pictured, the ones who screw around, that make life miserable for the (probably) 95% of skateboarders who try to do the right thing.<BR/><BR/>And FS5, they do make good speed bumps, but the blood would kinda mess up the paint job, wouldn't it? Or do you cover the front of your car with Saran Wrap?Mr. 618https://www.blogger.com/profile/09888639331798664267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10625710.post-33359248758227413552008-05-22T11:54:00.000-04:002008-05-22T11:54:00.000-04:00FWIW, I live a litte over a mile from the light ra...FWIW, I live a litte over a mile from the light rail station, and work is a little over a mile and a half from the other end of the light rail line. The trains are always packed during peak commute hours. I can fit a skateboard onto the train with me. I can't fit a bicycle onto the train with me, not even one of those cool folding bikes -- it's literally standing room only. It takes this penguin 20 minutes to waddle a mile, less than half that to push myself on wheels. So -- I can make my trip 50 minutes longer, which means I'll be commuting for close to 3 hours a day (and that is a helluva lot of life burned up standing in a train), or ... ???<BR/><BR/>BTW, if I chose to commute that way, it would be in the bike lane, not in traffic. Penguins ain't THAT stupid! At the moment I'm choosing to commute via motorcycle most of the time rather than via overpacked train, but in the future... (shrug). Motorcycle is a helluva lot more dangerous than a sedate skateboard trip!<BR/><BR/>-- Badtux the Transportation PenguinBadTuxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01345749557330760251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10625710.post-18826726797000863022008-05-22T07:04:00.000-04:002008-05-22T07:04:00.000-04:00...they are a "legitimate, pollution-free form of ...<B>...they are a "legitimate, pollution-free form of transportation."</B><BR/><BR/>We are doomed if people have come to this conclusion.<BR/><BR/>Skaters make nice speed bumps!Firestarter5https://www.blogger.com/profile/01985878244666085318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10625710.post-90539053291129554652008-05-22T01:28:00.000-04:002008-05-22T01:28:00.000-04:00Skaters who do stupid stuff on the street ought to...Skaters who do stupid stuff on the street ought to get the same treatment as motorcyclists who do stupid stuff on the street -- a careless and reckless citation and (often) a trip to jail. You don't do stunts on a motorcycle on the street. Not anywhere near a cop, anyhow.<BR/><BR/>But for the notion of banning skateboards altogether... err, no. No more so than motorcycles should be banned because of a few idiots doing stupid things. Or even if it were more than a few idiots.<BR/><BR/> - Badtux the Motorcyclin' PenguinBadTuxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01345749557330760251noreply@blogger.com