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Originally Posted by George Makrauer
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I drive a car, drive a golf cart and ride a bike so see all sides.
Typical of my view of most things. The best accident is the one that doesn't happen. Almost all accidents can be avoided so even the term accident is incorrect.
Riding a bike. If, you are hit by a car or a golf cart, the bike and the rider will get the worse end of the encounter. Why people ride without lights, without helmets, escapes me. The best of them are far less expensive than your head.
Signals? I wonder. It is rare indeed to see a driver use them.
We all only see the poor drivers and the stupid things people do.
We do not even notice that most drivers are good drivers-MOST OF THE TIME.
As to bikes obeying traffic signals. For those that do not ride bikes. For those that want to bully people on bikes. Realize,
a bike does not accelerate as quickly as a car or even a golf cart. A tough situation is a stop sign where you are forced to enter traffic on the other side. The person on the bike cannot stop for the stop sign and then speed up on the other side.
DO WHAT YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO DO. I've had people trying to be nice stop to let my bike go. Not aware that the car behind them in a hurry to no where is going to go around them and can't or likely won't see the bike.
In the end all should THINK. Part of the thought should be IF HE, HOW CAN I AVOID AN ACCIDENT. If, you have no answer then you should not be doing what you are doing and or how you are doing it.