Originally Posted by
wolfchild
What about all the law abiding cyclists and other safety nannies with buzillion lights, and/or following all the rules of the road and still getting hit and/or killed ??..For you to say that the Ninja deserved to be hit or that they killed themselves is just real nasty. Who the heck are you to judge other cyclists ?
Nasty, if you wish, but true. A man who plays Russian Roulette (if anyone doesn't know what that is: load a round in a revolver cylinder, spin the cylinder, put the barrel to your head, and pull the trigger) is killing himself (if he loses). That's what an invisible rider in night traffic is doing. It's just stupid, its the cycling version of Russian Roulette.
The riders who are doing it right - lights, reflectives, riding safely - and still get killed? Well, I feel bad and angry about them.