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 PP> truck she apparently
 PP> assume was about to make a right turn - it didn't
 PP> and she hit it head on
 PP> - I read this in our university paper and in the local paper. It's
 PP> something I often tell to others... but then humans have this
 PP> "wonderful" ability of self-denial " it won't happen to me..."
DH>Crying shame, isn't it? I mean, simple physics tells me that I'd
DH>rather be hit from behind, with the lower impact velocity, then
DH>head-on, anytime. Besides, if it's my time to go, I'd just as soon
DH>not know what hit me (grin!).
Unfortunately, most cyclists worry, almost to an obsession, about being
hit from behind, so it's possible some ride the wrong way in a mistaken
belief that if they can see it coming, they can avoid it. The above
story is a good counter-example to this kind of thinking. I suspect the
reason most worry over getting hit from behind is that cyclists are
overtaking many times by motor vehicles - with no "cocoon" of steel and
glass in between ones body and the offending car. Funny, but I no longer
flinch at a car or truck the passes very close, except when it then
start moving quickly back to the right.
Phil
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