PE> Any time you get out from under your bed and venture outside,
PE> you decide that the risk of losing your life is not as great
PE> as the convenience you get of being able to go to movies etc.

RG> Risking your own life is one thing. Risking
RG> the lives of others is a whole new ballgame.

RG> As a bike rider, my greatest fear isn't when I'm riding, but when
RG> I'm stopped at traffic lights and there's a car behind me. This
RG> is when I'm most vulnerable. If the cars brakes don't work, and
RG> ploughs into me I'm totally rooted.. Either run over by the car
RG> itself, or pushed into the oncoming traffic... neither is very nice.

BL> this was the reason I finally sold the bike and kept safe inside my
BL> tin can: car drivers. A bike rider is so vulnerable to dickheads in
BL> cars, either shaving you in your lane, slipping past as if you're not
BL> there and then braking hard so you run into them, or simply missing
BL> sight of you and leaving you to dodge them as best you can.

RG> I consider this as "acceptable risk" and for the most part
I can take
RG> steps to minimise such risks (pulling up between cars at the lights
RG> is one such example.. I've never yet seen a car go sidewise under
RG> these conditions).  However, when stopped at traffic lights (with no
RG> cars to shelter between) there is nothing I can do to protect myself
RG> from the cars coming from behind...

Thats life, no point in moaning about the risk, if you dont like the
risk, use a safer mode of travel and stop whingeing like all you poms do.

RG> and when I realise that PaulE can't be the only
RG> dickhead that thinks its safe to drive without brakes

Pity he doesnt, he think its safe to drive a car that has a split
braking system thats specifically designed to fail gracefully if
it has a brake failure. If you cant actually grasp the VERY basic
stuff like that, it just goes to show that your 'brain' damage must
be much more severe than any of us thought. If thats actually possible.

RG> it does start to make being on the bike being beyond acceptable risk..

Its always been a MUCH higher risk. If your brain damage
is so profound that you havent managed to grasp that...

RG> It *will* be a dickhead like Paul that finally wipes me out..

Nope, its FAR more likely to be driver failure than
a bomb failing mechanically. And if your 'brain' damage
is so severe that you cant even grasp that either....

RG> and I won't even have the satisfaction that
RG> he'd have a guilty conscience over it. :-(

True, but then neither would anyone else after bumping off a brain
damaged pom, no great loss. Real service to the world in fact.

Likely wouldnt even damage their car much either. A real bonus.
@EOT:

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