| Re: Buses with racks go a long way
The Real Bev wrote:
> Wayne Pein wrote:
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>> More on drivers out to kill and collide with others! Yes, there are a
>> very few psychotics out there. Am I going to assume they are after me?
>> No. Should anybody assume that? No. If you did, then you'd have to
>> yield inappropriately at every junction out of fear that the boogey
>> man had finally found you.
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> Have you ever actually driven a motorcycle? You've never seen somebody
> deliberately open a door in front of you? Yeah, I know that's what
> happened -- the little ****head was looking right at me and laughing
> when he did it.
When I ride my motorcycle or my bicycle, I do not operate in the Door
Zone, therefore suddenly opening doors are irrelevant to me. Where you
operate within the lane is a basic element of cycling safety.
>
>> I think a safer and more realistic attitude is to assume that people
>> don't want to hit you, but might make a mistake and accidentally do
>> so. So you drive your vehicle in such a way as to mitigate that risk.
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>
> Yeahyeahyeah, but it's a lot more efficient to just assume the worst --
> active malevolence -- and plan accordingly.
And live in constant paranoia? Not for me.
Wayne
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