Originally Posted by
Biker395
I'm not disagreeing that under some circumstances, taking the lane can be a bad idea.
No one else considered that taking the lane
in this case might have been a bad idea.
Originally Posted by
Biker395
But what a motorist would or would not have done, did or did not see, thought or did not think ... is unquestionably speculation.
What we know is that he didn't fare badly well with what he actually did.
That's not speculation.
People are saying he would have been better off riding in the middle of the lane.
That's speculation. And they are
completely ignoring that the result of doing that could have been much. much
worse. It's as-if they have no ability to conceive of any
other possibility! They are assuming that taking the lane is always better!
Originally Posted by
Biker395
I've had people close pass me under circumstances where it would seem to be anything but wildly speculative ... like laying on their horn as they pass?
It's wildly speculative in
this case.
Originally Posted by
Biker395
This is part of the problem with pontificating about...
No one had a problem with people
pontificating about taking the lane.
Originally Posted by
Biker395
...what someone should or shouldn't have done in a particular situation when we weren't there and didn't witness it.
I'm the only one who is considering that the person who was there might have made the appropriate decision.
That is, I'm not the one second guessing the choice the person there made. You (and others) are the one doing that.