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Originally Posted by Mark McM
This is why I left AAA many years ago. The Automobile Association of America is just what it sounds like - an organization to promote the cause of automobile use in the USA. This means that they spend their money to lobby for automobile-friendly policies and legislation. Unfortunately, many of the policies and causes they promote are to the detriment of non-automobile transportation - this includes not just cycling, but all other transportation systems, especially rail and mass-transit.
I did not agree with their stand on many transportation issues and did not want my money spent to discourage economic and environmentally friendly transportation alternatives.
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very well put, i couldn't agree more.