Originally Posted by Blaireau
-1 for this post. And minus many cyclist lives with that kind of sheep-like mentality on our side of the issue.
It is dizzying the amount of human behavior that has been modified by laws and prison sentences and fines (drunk driving for one). Nothing says that the laws that work to keep our society the way it is, can't be reasonably modified to better protect our lives when we are riding a bike.
We can agree to disagree here. Ultimately it's academic. Unless you can make the entire world bike-weenie friendly (and you can't) and make them give a **** about cyclists and motorcyclists (ditto) you seriously might consider getting a handle on what you can and can't control. Start here:
Stuff in the world you can NOT control: 99.99%
Stuff in the world you CAN control: .01%*
* This does not include your teenage children, the Chicago Cubs' inability to win a World Series for the last 80+ years or the propensity of bike weenies to wring their hands over meaningless topics like 'why didn't that other cyclist wave at me?'.
By the way, if you disagree with any of this, I can send you the 'Patentcad Master of the Universe' instructional video I made in my clueless youth.