Originally Posted by
Leisesturm
You (conveniently?) missed where I said "I SAW HIM". And so I did not put myself in harms way until I was assured it was safe to proceed.
Again, a cyclist acted wisely, used his/her own experience to safely negotiate a potentuially dangerous situation ... and gets flamed for it.
Fact is, we are Not generally as invisible or at risk as some of us profess to think. And as [MENTION=36008]Leisesturm[/MENTION] adds ....
Originally Posted by
Leisesturm
I see the YouTubes of the cyclists barreling head down into blind corners and roundabouts and etc. and are surprised and upset when they are hit. They put 100% of the responsibility for their safety on devices, or other people. They aren't even hesitant to post themselves behaving ... carelessly, because of the ingrained entitlement. Interesting that, fearful to the point of paranoia, enough so to record ones rides but incapable of even a modest amount of defensive riding adoption. SMH
I place all responsibility for my safety on Myself. I hope other drivers will operate safely, but it is not ideology, it is survival. I have Zero problem letting a few cars by so I can cycle more safely on a winding road ... regardless of my "Right" to hold them up. And I know that at Every intersection, a car could jump the light, try to catch the changing light, simply space out and go for no reason ....
I Ride Safely. not to win debates on BF, but to stay alive and uninjured.
As I mentioned elsewhere ... myself (and a lot of other cyclists with urban riding experience) cringed when we saw the video of that college professor coming up on the right of the truck in that video of the fatal collision in Boston. Regardless of who had the right of way legally, we all could see disaster about to happen.
I do not ride in fear. if I was afraid, I wouldn't ride. I ride with full knowledge that i have zero protection and am 100 percent responsible for my safety. happily most drivers cooperate, and the few who do not, generally don't get a chance to hurt me because i am ready for them.
I rarely agree with [MENTION=36008]Leisesturm[/MENTION], but here I have to. safe cycling is possible, it is easier than most people here seem to think, and it is the responsibility of the cyclist to survive. Using those ideas, I have survived.
I don't care what ideas others use. I am glad if they also survive.