TS> As I said, _ANY_ car without good tyres and working brakes is a death trap.

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.

Pity you risk the lives of others every time you go
out on the road Rod. Just like everyone else does.

You even do when you use public transport, coz your use of that public
transport usually does mean that there are more public transport vehicles
moving around overall, and people do sometimes end up dead because they do.

RG> As a bike rider, my greatest fear isn't when I'm riding,
RG> but when I'm stopped at traffic lights and there's a
RG> car behind me. This is when I'm most vulnerable.

Sure, but if you are silly enough to radically increase the risk
to your life by choosing to use a bike, thats the choice you make.

We aint about to do anything special cars wise just so you can get
the same level of risk to you life you would have in a decent car.

RG> If the cars brakes don't work, and ploughs into me I'm
RG> totally rooted.. Either run over by the car itself, or
RG> pushed into the oncoming traffic... neither is very nice.

Thats life, thats the risk you take Rod, just like it is when
you walk across the road too. Someone may well not notice you
and run you over, even in the most perfect car available.

RG> Fortunetlly, it's never happened to me on the bike yet...

Some of us may feel otherwise on that |-)

RG> but I've been rammed this way while I've
RG> been in a car on 3 different occasions.

Pity you havent actually established that it was BRAKE FAILURE that did that.

Thats life, or possible death in your case. Your choice.
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