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Originally Posted by John Mercier
For me, it wasn't just Bike Week...
Every event that we have in the area carries a certain amount of discomfort for those not in participation.
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Including Election days. Lots of cars and traffic interrupted. People milling around the polling places, some not paying attention to their environment.
From other posts:
"Inexperienced runners" The participants are not out for a little jog. They run multiple legs of 7+ miles. They can't do this without a significant investment in running on all sorts of roads and the experience that comes with that.
"An accident waiting to happen" You could say this every time you walk down a flight of stairs or turn on a stovetop burner or put your child in a bathtub. Lots of things have an associated inherent risk. They have been doing this for over 20 years with 1000's of runners and a thousand+ vehicles every year. If bad things happened we would hear about it. Just because YOU find annoying and outside your comfort zone doesn't make it significantly dangerous.