Originally Posted by aadhils
Yea but what about...BFers?
One of them isn't thinking about sex...
Originally Posted by Helmet Head
Most cyclists seem to be run over because they are relying on one particular motorist to be paying attention at a particular critical moment, and the motorist is not.
The reality is that most motorists are paying attention most of the time, but all motorists are not paying attention some of the time.
Therefore, at any give time any given motorist is probably paying attention, but he might not be.
So it's okay if your riding behavior and decisions rely on most motorists paying attention most of the time (because they are), but it's never okay to do something that relies on any one motorist necessarily paying attention, particulary if you have no way to verify that. This is of course especially important at intersections.