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Permalink Reply by GabeW (not the other Gabe) on February 28, 2009 at 9:27am

That link to the bike card is the one I used in the title post to try to come up with a less fine print type of card. Like you said, no one reads paper anymore. I'm going to focus on the single message cards like the one I drafted up for the 3 foot rule. Big dummy-proof graphics was the whole point from the beginning.

And this is a public forum, anyone can come and join. We have stickers and t-shirts advertising it, as well as some blog write-ups. If anti-bike people want to come on here, we can't stop them. If you want a gaited community, join chifg. I would personally welcome a differing point of view - the discussion is more interesting that way and might get more results.

payton said:

How about this? I carry it around.
http://www.bikelib.org/enforcement/bikelawcard2007.pdf

Note that Chicago law supersedes Illinois law in many cases, e.g., sidewalk riding.

I don't have a problem with the idea of flyers per se -- like I said, I've used the Bike Ambassadors ones before, which have the added advantage of being all "Mayor Daley" official -- but I was responding to the notion of a "Chainlink" one. I don't want to openly invite the deranged people who have a grudge against cyclists to pollute this site's forums, and to track me/you/us down. Maybe I've had a few too many "I'm going to finish you off!" threats.

And as for Critical Mass, we've had plenty of coverage in the local media. Doesn't seem to actually trickle down to the people in the metal cages, though. Remember, no one reads newspapers anymore...

GabeW (not the other Gabe) said:

I definitely want some outside/legal advice on this. I've been using the law from this site as reference(and the links in the title post):

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Permalink Reply by DonRay A.K.A. Zesty on February 28, 2009 at 12:33pm

Are you going to post the official ordinance "code" so drivers realize that these are laws and not just our opinions? Perhaps you have covered this issue, if so forgive me.


GabeW (not the other Gabe) said:

That link to the bike card is the one I used in the title post to try to come up with a less fine print type of card. Like you said, no one reads paper anymore. I'm going to focus on the single message cards like the one I drafted up for the 3 foot rule. Big dummy-proof graphics was the whole point from the beginning. And this is a public forum, anyone can come and join. We have stickers and t-shirts advertising it, as well as some blog write-ups. If anti-bike people want to come on here, we can't stop them. If you want a gaited community, join chifg. I would personally welcome a differing point of view - the discussion is more interesting that way and might get more results.

payton said:

How about this? I carry it around.
http://www.bikelib.org/enforcement/bikelawcard2007.pdf

Note that Chicago law supersedes Illinois law in many cases, e.g., sidewalk riding.

I don't have a problem with the idea of flyers per se -- like I said, I've used the Bike Ambassadors ones before, which have the added advantage of being all "Mayor Daley" official -- but I was responding to the notion of a "Chainlink" one. I don't want to openly invite the deranged people who have a grudge against cyclists to pollute this site's forums, and to track me/you/us down. Maybe I've had a few too many "I'm going to finish you off!" threats.

And as for Critical Mass, we've had plenty of coverage in the local media. Doesn't seem to actually trickle down to the people in the metal cages, though. Remember, no one reads newspapers anymore...

GabeW (not the other Gabe) said:

I definitely want some outside/legal advice on this. I've been using the law from this site as reference(and the links in the title post):

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Permalink Reply by GabeW (not the other Gabe) on March 1, 2009 at 5:56am

Thanks everyone for your feedback, here's what I've decided on doing:

It will be a two page .pdf (so you can do a double sided print if you want), one side with the 3 foot graphic, and the other with an illustration of bikes having the same rights and duties on the road as cars. A fine print of those ordinances will be on each side:

9-36-010 (c) Overtaking on the left - Permalink -
The operator of a motor vehicle overtaking a bicycle or individual proceeding in the same direction on a highway shall leave a safe distance, but not less than 3 feet, when passing the bicycle or individual and shall maintain that distance until safely past the overtaken bicycle or individual.
Added Coun. J. 3-12-08, p. 22783

9-52-010 Rights and duties - Permalink -
(a) Every person riding a bicycle upon a roadway shall be granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all of the duties applicable to the driver of a vehicle by the laws of this state declaring rules of the road applicable to vehicles or by the traffic ordinances of this city applicable to the driver of a vehicle, except as to those provisions of laws and ordinances which by their nature can have no application.

I think those are the two most important topics, and all the little details tend to fall under the rights and duties blanket.

oh, and no boxes frank

are there any other feeling about using the chainlink logo - for or against?

deadline - aiming for the ride of silence, but hopefully sooner

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