On May 23, 2010, at 3:30 AM, William Robb wrote: > There is no justification for refusing to share the road, but that is a two > way street, so to speak. A cyclist who is operating his vehicle in such a way > as to be a danger to others deserves some consequences.
A danger to others? Who exactly would that be? > For myself, if I have to make the choice of going up on a sidewalk or > crashing into a building to avoid an adult cyclist who is being an ass, I'll > take the path that does the least damage to my vehicle and puts someone other > than me clearly at fault. And you may end up in all sorts of shit if they find out you deliberately chose that course of action. Damaging some property isn't in the same league as maiming or killing someone. I can understand if your choice is between running down one person or a whole family though. > I do cut young children a lot of slack, but about the time they hit puberty I > figure they should be showing some sense. > If that means playing Whack-A-Mole with an idiot who wants to be a fatality, > then I'm not going to argue with the dork. > If I run into a parked car to avoid a cyclist, I'm the one who has run into a > parked car, and I'll also be the one who get's nicked for doing it, since the > cyclist is unlikely to wait around to admit fault. > It's easier on my insurance that way. You'd kill someone to avoid a bit of hassle? What the fuck kind of misguided ethics do you live by? Would you then return your vehicle to the dealer for a refund? > Our police are taking it pretty seriously though. A few weeks ago a cyclist > ran a stop sign and got knocked over by a truck. The police made the effort > to go to the hospital and ticket him for failing to stop, and I believe > operating a vehicle without due care and attention. He obviously deserved it for being stupid... even though the ticket was probably the least of his worries. Down here the law is that if you could have stopped but chose not to, you bear responsibility. This applies regardless of how stupidly the person you hit was behaving. If you think about that for a few seconds you'll realise it makes sense in the context of road safety. Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
