Word: bike
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...motorcycles than with eliminating the real cause of the problem, the Average Joe Driver, who never sees anything smaller than a Chrysler and blithely turns left in front of motorcycles with a devil-may-care attitude engendered by the two tons of steel between him and that 300-lb. bike...
...what does society think of the recommended leathers and big bikes that can be seen? Ha! If you can avoid the never-even-saw-'em-CRASH! drivers, the fuzz locks you up as a menace to society. Admittedly, the Bermuda shorts set on their Japanese toys aren't too bright, but it still comes down to one thing: on a bike you have to expect every jerk on the road...
Across the State. That abuse has not kept U.S. cyclists out of their saddles: there are some 60 million regular riders, and annual new-bike sales have doubled to 5,000,000 in the last twelve years. Now the cyclists are demanding rights of way of their own. Their proposal is for bikeways, usually secondary, lightly traveled roads which are marked with blue-and-white signs to guide bike riders along the route and warn motorists to be extra cautious...
Cure for the Rat Race. Even Lyndon Johnson has now declared himself the bicyclist's friend. Calling bike riders "the forgotten outdoorsmen of today," he said last March, "I see an America where our air is sweet to breathe and our rivers clean to swim in. I see an America where bicycle paths running through the hearts of our great cities provide wholesome, healthy recreation for entire families." Picking up his cue, the Interior Department now plans to build 10,000 miles of bike paths in national parks in the next decade...
...they will be used. Thousands of middle-aged Americans have been converted to cycling by the example of Heart Specialist Paul Dudley White. In Boston, lawyers and businessmen have found that bicycles are the way to beat the traffic jams on their way to and from work. Radically new bike designs have also spurred the sport. Today's bike (which can cost up to $150 for a fancy French import) is lightweight, comes with ten or more gears, which take most of the effort out of climbing hills, and easily removable wheels that allow the bike to fit into...