"experto crede is a Latin motto which means Trust in one experienced; literally: "(the/an) expert trust". It is usually used by an author as an aside to the reader, and may be loosely translated as: "trust me", "trust the expert", "believe one who has tried it", or "have faith in experience".
A lot of these threads are about the law and using good judgement. One is fact and the other is opinion. You just need to accept who the experts are and sometimes forget the law.
It's a fact it's legal to bike without a helmet. Real bikers, the experts in the spandex know that's a stupid law. They all have cracked skull stories.
It's fact that taking over a road is not always legal. The experts know that you are more likely to get clipped by a car or truck mirror or run into debris than run over from behind. So even if it looks foolhardy to you, it's not.
It's a fact going through a stop sign is not legal. The experts know that if they have full visibility it is safer to roll through.
The people in spandex are just telling you what they are going to do.
The responses in this thread were far more kinder than I have read in similar threads 2 years ago. Am I seeing a shift in acceptance?
Last edited by tomwed; 01-18-2016 at 08:28 AM.
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