Also, don't forget to light yourself up like a christmas tree when you walk your dog, so the guy in the 3000 lb. 50mph deth machine, on his way to buys scratch-tickets at 7-11, can see you.
Sorry, I can't help myself. I'm all for riding with lights and reflective gear, and do it myself, but take umbrage to the blame-the-victim attitude that puts the responsibility for not getting hit by a car on all on the cyclist. What about pedestrians, should they be all ablaze too? What about people who can't afford to keep CatEye in business trying to make themselves look like a bipedal quasar? How about not traveling at speeds that make it impossible to react to objects in your path!? Let's face it: Roads and parking lots are *everywhere* in this land. Fact: there is not a place in the lower 48 that is not within 22 miles of a road. You have to cross them or use them to get anywhere, period. This means that when you drive a car, no matter how carefully, you are either endangering people who want to travel _without_ the use of a car, or forcing them not to travel. It makes sense to me, then, that you should have the responsibility of NOT hitting a person in the road, whether they are equipped with lights or not. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
