S
Simian
Guest
Jon Senior wrote:
>> Perhaps you should have assumed he'd do that and eased off slightly,
>> giving him plenty of time to turn if he was going to.
>
> Wrong... he should have looked and assessed my speed before moving. If
> he can't manage that... he shouldn't be driving.
I'm afraid this marks you out as the perenial victim.
Other people are stupid. Accept it. Deal with it. Learn to cope
with it. If you are such an **** that you can't accept that other
people may make mistakes, and thus 'arm' yourself against them,
then you deserve every near miss you claim to have.
> When I'm not being forced to do emergency stops, I never lock either
> wheel. If I lock a wheel it's because I'm braking _far_ harder than I
> should have to.
I lock a wheel once a day for fun, mostly the front. In fact, there's
a park I cycle through every working day that has a down hill bit
that's muddy and gravelly. I can usually (3 days out of 5) get the back
wheel two foot off the ground and then lock up the front for a couple
of feet before I have to put it back down and act sensibly for the A4.
I suppose one of these days is going to end up with me crushed against
the railings, claiming that the dog ran out of no where and that there
was nothing I could do... but anyway... It'll be my fault...
> Come and join me in Edinburgh. 15 miles a day for a week during
> commuting hours and I'd be interested to see whether you kept your cool.
> ;-)
Heh. I don't actually have a cool to keep.
>> Perhaps you should have assumed he'd do that and eased off slightly,
>> giving him plenty of time to turn if he was going to.
>
> Wrong... he should have looked and assessed my speed before moving. If
> he can't manage that... he shouldn't be driving.
I'm afraid this marks you out as the perenial victim.
Other people are stupid. Accept it. Deal with it. Learn to cope
with it. If you are such an **** that you can't accept that other
people may make mistakes, and thus 'arm' yourself against them,
then you deserve every near miss you claim to have.
> When I'm not being forced to do emergency stops, I never lock either
> wheel. If I lock a wheel it's because I'm braking _far_ harder than I
> should have to.
I lock a wheel once a day for fun, mostly the front. In fact, there's
a park I cycle through every working day that has a down hill bit
that's muddy and gravelly. I can usually (3 days out of 5) get the back
wheel two foot off the ground and then lock up the front for a couple
of feet before I have to put it back down and act sensibly for the A4.
I suppose one of these days is going to end up with me crushed against
the railings, claiming that the dog ran out of no where and that there
was nothing I could do... but anyway... It'll be my fault...
> Come and join me in Edinburgh. 15 miles a day for a week during
> commuting hours and I'd be interested to see whether you kept your cool.
> ;-)
Heh. I don't actually have a cool to keep.