Originally Posted by RobertHurst
At the far end of the curve are riders who have rolled hundreds of thousands of miles on city streets in a decidedly non-VC fashion.
Many NYC cabbies roll hundreds of thousands of miles on city streets in a decidely contrarian-to-normal-traffic-rules-and-defensive-driving-principles fashion as well. That doesn't mean anyone should be training or recommending anyone else to drive like that.
Originally Posted by RobertHurst
The general point is that experience on the bike translates into a drastically lower accident rate--but it sure ain't 'Effective Cycling' that gets em there.
One of the key points of most training programs is to accelerate the natural learning-from-experience process.