Originally Posted by
Maelochs
...Plenty of people on this forum have been hit from behind, on all sorts of roads, at all sorts of times of day and external conditions.
So you are saying that all roads and situations offer the same amount of risk as far as cycling goes. Interesting.
Originally Posted by
Maelochs
People who find cycling too risky should not ride...
People who find
certain roads too risky should consider other elements that make those roads even more risky, before they set out. Some roads that are perfectly legal to ride a bike upon should be avoided altogether perhaps, yet, people cycle on them anyway. Good for them. Just keep in mind that a man or woman JUST LIKE the one driving in the OP story is coming up behind you, again, and again, and....
You want to make sure the sun is in their eyes too, just for fun.
Originally Posted by
Maelochs
People who are afraid to ride should not presume to counsel people who have no problem riding safely..
There is generally no problem riding safely, until there is a problem. Some would presume that cycling on high speed auto roads can not be made safe for slow moving, low profile road users. All we can do is mitigate as much risk as we can, and still get where we want to be. Alive. Or like you suggested - give it up. Blasting off without a care in the world seems less than safe to me.