Originally Posted by
JoeyBike
If you are straddling your bike with one or two feet on the ground behind a car at a red light, you are the definition of a sitting duck.
Only if you're not paying attention and prepared to evacuate. Which you should always be doing NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE POSITIONED!
Originally Posted by
JoeyBike
I see it once a week. Cars right next to me get hit and it has no effect on me, other than making me laugh. I used to run a video camera and have proof. Here is just one of them:
Another sitting duck CAR hit at a light... imagine that. This doesn't prove a bike would have been hit had they been in the same position, (cyclist garners more attention than another car) or that they can't be / aren't hit while sitting to the side in their happy "safe" zone.