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Originally Posted by jswirs
The statement you are referring to said, " Bikes don't stop for anything, it seems" and you say that comment is mostly correct? Perhaps you need an explanation of the statement in question. What that statement means is that whenever a rider mounts his bicycle he mostly never stops until he reaches his destination. Sooo, if I am out of line, you are out of your mind. Drop the asinine attitude.
And, aside from all of that, the comment in question was thoughtless and inconsiderate, to say the least, because it was the golf cart drivers fault, NOT THE BICYCLIST. That comment IMPLIES it was the fault of the cyclist. So yes, I stand by original statement as being accurate.
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Was not present or at the scene, but you are correct cyclist never stop, they may slow down, if they have their head up with full vision of what coming at them.
I no longer ride the road in TV, because of many reasons, one is you have to ride so defensively at all times, especially in TV where age of drivers is a great factor.
I always think that walker, bike, cart, car, or truck may not see ME. I don’t take a chance. I slow down when I see a vehicle that may or may not turn. So instead of carefree, biking many miles, it can be very stressful instead.
Yesterday while going over the Brownwood Bridge, there were orange cones clearly visible, around a mechanical lift with workers fixing the screening. Plus a worker, On the ground slowing, and directing traffic. The golf cart in front of me was either distracted or didn’t see the cones, the very large lift, or the guy (no sun involved) slowing down traffic.
The cart ran over the cones, and barely swerved away from the lift machine, then almost hitting the worker on the ground.
If I would’ve been riding my bike, I may have injured the worker since he had to jump out of the way of the cart. While it would have not been my fault, it would be in my waking, and sleeping mind 24/7.
The cart however never stopped to see if the worker was OK. He was, as were the workers on the lift.
So NO I no longer bike on the roads here, because I can’t predict what that person beside, behind, or in front of me will do, and if I don’t have my head in the game at all times, a dirt nap may come into play