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'DEFEND YOUR RIDE' from CBS Chicago

Came across this link this evening, I do not even know what to think, this gal in the link below... just, wow. 

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/top-lists/defend-your-ride-megan-at-the...

Looks like CBS is doing a series of people talking about why their cars are so great & in my opinion, looks awful. I poked around the website and couldn't find any reasoning for the series or an actual article on it. 

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/category/autos/defend-your-ride/

Wonder if they are taking submissions for bicyclists to 'defend our rides'. I doubt it. 

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Permalink Reply by C.R. on March 12, 2012 at 10:43pm

WOW,

I threw my .02 in the comments, but seriously..  Wow, I'm kinda glad I went to UIC. 

Permalink Reply by Gerry G on March 12, 2012 at 11:21pm

“I’ve been in a couple of really bad accidents.”--Megan

The brain damage she suffers is evident in her responses.  

Permalink Reply by Jeremy on March 13, 2012 at 9:16am

Look, I don't know this girl, so I won't go out of my way to attack her or call her names, but that Q&A just made me feel embarrassed for her.  She says Chicago has too much traffic, but she drives to a university two blocks from a major public transportation hub.  She listens to Kesha.  That should be enough right there.

The only redeeming thing about that feature was Justyna's comment.  Way to take the high road Rapid Transit! 

Permalink Reply by Fran Kondorf on March 13, 2012 at 9:52am

Another part of the problem, not the solution.

Methinks the bleach has been seeping into her pwetty widdle head. OMG LOL!

Permalink Reply by Chicago Ride of Silence on March 13, 2012 at 10:05am

Does anyone have a contact at CBS to find out why they are even doing such a series???

Permalink Reply by Leah Jone on March 13, 2012 at 10:47am

HOw about the call out on this one, "I'm terrified of anything on two wheels."

Permalink Reply by Gort 12-mile Pinklegneep on March 13, 2012 at 12:40pm

There's probably not going to be a lot of cyclist input because I'm guessing we don't feel defensive about our rides. The premise of the piece and the title imply there's something wrong with driving, like this idea has managed to become pervasive enough that they would even bother approaching pro-driving from this angle. Consequently this segment actually makes me feel pretty good about the Things.

Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on March 13, 2012 at 12:42pm

+1

Jeremy said:

Look, I don't know this girl, so I won't go out of my way to attack her or call her names, but that Q&A just made me feel embarrassed for her.  She says Chicago has too much traffic, but she drives to a university two blocks from a major public transportation hub.  She listens to Kesha.  That should be enough right there.

The only redeeming thing about that feature was Justyna's comment.  Way to take the high road Rapid Transit! 

Permalink Reply by Duppie on March 13, 2012 at 12:46pm

Thanks Megan, for this impromptu piece of comedy. I had a good laugh!

Permalink Reply by Michelle S on March 13, 2012 at 8:29pm

She's all of what, 21 years old and has already been in "a couple of really bad accidents", including totalling a car? How did we reach the point in our culture in which that's not completely outrageous?  Yeesh.  

Permalink Reply by bk (aka: Dr. Mambohead) on March 13, 2012 at 9:20pm
CBS is in the DEpendency and consumption business. Amongst their most-valued benefactors are car companies and petrol. The LAST thing CBS wants is INdependence from that paradigm!

I especially dig her oblivious self-awareness... As she likely sits in traffic as far as the eyes in her pointy head can see... Somehow, for her? It is BIKES which are "always in the way". Poor thing.

Classic!!!!

To call her a chimp would be insulting to our simian cousins.
Permalink Reply by Nançois on March 14, 2012 at 10:51am

This is embarrassingly revealing, but I totalled our family car my first time out, at age 16, on a learner's permit. I also totalled our other family car at age 19 without even being in it (left it in neutral in the parking lot at work while I went inside to ask if someone could jump-start my dead battery and it rolled across the parking lot and down the hill at the end). No pedestrians or bystanders injured on either occasion--both collisions involved hitting trees.

However, I do think that is completely outrageous and I haven't owned a car in 25 years.

Michelle Stenzel said:

She's all of what, 21 years old and has already been in "a couple of really bad accidents", including totalling a car? How did we reach the point in our culture in which that's not completely outrageous?  Yeesh.  

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