Originally Posted by
genec
All of which leads to a cyclist having to be so cautious as to take some of the fun out of cycling itself... where one can't just ride balls to the wall from light to light and pursue the much enjoyed speed that JF so fondly mentions in his ADC paper. You describe a situation wherein the cyclist is all but tiptoeing down the road like a mouse waiting for a cat to pounce.
Not at all. I ride aggresively and forcefully, taking into consideration the factors Cudak describes and I get into close encounters all the time, but 99.9 % of them I am ready for what the driver is doing and just shrug it off.
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