The death of the Night Biker: Those of us on bicycles can see ourselves having been run over by that car. But we do know we are smaller than cars in the same way that a mini-car driver knows his vehicle could be smashed by an SUV or truck. I agree with the notion that our culture promotes the idea that our Government has made our lives safe, removing all but "tea totalers" from the roads. We hear that cell phones must be banned and other distractions. We look to the STATE for justice and feel everybody must pay. Yet all is merely an illusion in support of legislation. Remaining on the roads as car drivers are emotionally disturbed, medicated, infirm, retarded and a hundred and one other factors which might make driving skill and judgment poor. Even oncoming headlights, dirty glasses or a simple headache could cause the demise of a bicyclist. Remember that while driving in a car on a two-way street, one is only about three feet away from "instant death."
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