[rescue] rescue Digest, Vol 49, Issue 19

[Phil Stracchino]

Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote:
> Sat, 09 Dec 2006 @ 17:33 -0500, Phil Stracchino said:
> 
>> I can see a considerable amount of sense in it, but it didn't pass.
> 
> I don't see any sense in it at all.
> 
> Nothing about riding a motorcycle implies better drivers.

The main point of it was to make sure all car drivers are aware of
motorcycles and know, from a motorcyclist's perspective, how dangerous
heavier traffic can be to a motorcyclist.  (Also, possibly, to let them
get their early stupid mistakes out of the way on a 400lb vehicle
instead of in a 300lb one.)

> Motorcycle drivers are among the rudest and most dangerous drivers on
> the road, in a car or on a cycle.

Thank you for that sweeping overgeneralization.  Excuse me while I go
clean the tar off.

> I rarely see the hog crowd being dangerous, but the other 75% are.

I'll bet you probably only notice the 5% of squids.  The other 70%
probably never even catch your attention.


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