I want you to thank you for the
site.
Thanks aren't necessary, I'm just glad to
help.
I'm very glad you found the site useful, because
that's why I created it. My sites get thousands of
visitors a day, and when even a fraction of them send me
personal thanks, then that's a lot of extra mail for me
-- and I already have several thousand messages in my In
Box. So I appreciate your wanting to thank me personally,
but it isn't necessary. I know you liked it, because
every day more and more people talk it up on
messageboards and link to it, so your good wishes
successfully made it to me in spirit anyway. And even
though I don't know who you are, I wrote this note for
you, so consider that we shared something special
together in this little paragraph.
The text on the right side of
the window is cut off.
This is happening because of a combination of
two things:
(1) You're using a ridiculously wide window size. Make
your window a more reasonable width. I have no idea why
you're trying to read web pages with such a gargantuan
width anyway, they're not intended to be displayed like
that. And,
(2) You're using Internet Explorer. Use a less buggy
browser, like Safari
or Firefox.
I want to suggest collision #11
for the article.
I'm sorry, this article is NOT intended to be a
comprehensive manual on bike safety; it's 10 ways to
not get hit by cars. The "10" is intentional. The
article is popular and accessible precisely
because it's a good size to read -- long enough that
people can see it has useful information, but short
enough that they'll actually do so. If I added all
the suggestions people have made over the years the
article would be five times as long and no one would read
it.
I want to offer an addition for
the article.
Feel free to share, but please don't be offended
if I choose not to incorporate your advice, even if the
advice is sound. I'm intentionally trying to keep the
article at the size it is now to make it more accessible.
The article isn't intended to be a comprehensive manual
on bike safety, but rather an introduction. The article
is popular and accessible precisely because it's a
good size to read -- long enough that people can see it
has useful information, but short enough that
they'll actually do so. If I added all the suggestions
people have made over the years the article would be five
times as long and no one would read it.
So if your suggestion is compelling I might very well
add it, but please don't be offended if I don't. Here's
the
link if you'd still like to submit your
suggestion.
I want to reprint the "How to
Not Get Hit by Cars" article.
I specifically link to the terms of the
reprint permission from the top
of every page. (If you're not seeing the actual reprint
permission, be sure to look in the right-hand sidebar).
That tells you everything you need to know. I spelled
it out in detail so you wouldn't have to write to me.
Unfortunately, people often write to me about it anyway,
either to "double-check" (pointless and unnecessary), or
to ask for clarification (when none is required). So if
you want an answer, you already have your answer.
If you insist on double-checking, then fine, in that
case my answer is No, you may not reprint.
I want to know if you have
materials (brochures, pamphlets, handouts, books, etc.),
or
I want "more information" about
something you wrote about.
I'm simply amazed at these kinds of
requests. Doesn't it make sense that if I had these
things they would already be on the website?!
Would I really go to the trouble of creating a website
about bike safety and then intentionally withhold some
of the information, unless people wrote to me and
asked me for it personally?
What you see is what you get. If it's available, it's
on the site. If it's not on the site, I don't have
it.
I have some other kind of
question.
I'm sorry, I have, literally, thousands of
messages in my In Box and it's simply impossible for me
to function as a free Helpdesk. Please respect that.
I want to let you know that we
linked to BicycleSafe.com.
Thank you for considering BicycleSafe.com to be
of interest to your readers. Please note that because I
already have several thousand messages in my In Box, I'm
no longer adding links back to the sites that link to
mine, since I simply don't have time. If you'd still like
to let me know about your link then feel
free to do so, but please don't expect a
return link.
I disagree with you about
helmets.
Save it. Of all the messages I've
received about my article about
helmets, 100% of the senders either didn't read or
didn't understand my points. Or they wanted to share
anecdotal evidence, which is completely useless. So after
subjecting myself to a lot of argumentative email, much
of it insulting, and none of it illuminating, I finally
decided to put up this notice instead, stating that I'm
no longer accepting messages about that article. If it's
really important for you for your voice to be heard about
this, then simply do what I did: Write up your thoughts
and put them on the Internet. When you do, you can be
sure that *I* will not write to *you* to complain about
what you've written.
Other reason (not listed
above).
Forgive me if I'm skeptical, but 99% of those
choosing "Other" actually missed the correct choice which
does appear in the list. So I'm afraid I'm going to
have to ask you to choose an option from the list. If the
item you want is truly not listed, then just choose one
of the options that does give you an address and use that
one. If I see that you're writing to me about something
that's not listed then I'll be sure to add it to the
list. Apologies for the inconvenience.
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