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Re: Driving Pet Peeves
In article <rba.76.001E534E@augenstein.ultranet.com>,
Bruce Augenstein <rba@augenstein.ultranet.com> wrote:
)>The basic stuff like the law, I already understand. The basic stuff like
)>the fact that motorists don't respect the law, or the cyclist's right to
)>travel, I also understand. What *you* fail to understand is that motorists
)>are *wrong* to disrespect the law and the cyclist's right to travel.
)
)Tom, any motorist who respects the law is a danger to his or her fellow
)drivers. Motorists know the speed laws are ridiculous, and drive accordingly.
How exactly do motorists "know" this? Why is the person who is obeying
the law the one who is creating the danger? If your speed is too high to
safely share the road with all reasonable road users (including bicyclists),
then your speed IS TOO HIGH.
)It isn't that anybody objects to cyclists. We object to anyone who is an
)obstruction.
I object to anyone who insists on driving 10MPH over the speed limit, and
the law agrees with me.
)As a cyclist, if you insist on equal rights to road use, you will get
)statistically killed, or cause someone else (typically a motorist) to be
)to be statistically killed.
Actually, riding on the roads, using the vehicular rules of the road, is
the safest way known to cycle.
)Many cyclists quote the law under these circumstances, which is just so much
)silliness when we all know exactly what goes on out on the roads, why people
)get killed, and why speed differential is so much a part of this.
Please provide some statistics which show that speed differential is so
much a part of people getting killed on the roads.
-Tom
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