The "it's not worth being right" argument is a prime example of how car-culture orthodoxy distorts discussions about transportation. Unless there is hard evidence that the bicyclist abandoned all defensive bicycling in an effort to assert his rights it is inappropriate to make such a suggestion.
We don't suggest that motorists are asserting their rights to unencumbered travel when they are involved in a speeding-related crash. We don't suggest that motorists are asserting their right to drive drunk in a DUI-related crash. Why should we assume a bicyclist who makes a mistake is asserting their rights? We should just call it like it is in situations like this and point out that everyone needs to be aware that large vehicles block sight-lines at intersections, and to operate their vehicles accordingly. On Fri, 2009-09-25 at 10:52 -0500, Harry Read wrote: > Watching the bus video of the biker hit by the legislator, my wife > commented that the biker was hidden from the driver's view by the bus - > the driver may have calculated that the bus would not be fast off the > mark. This is not to excuse the driver in any way, I just want to offer > it as a defensive biking tip. I'm sure this occurred to many of you, > but I thought worth saying. It's not worth being in the right if it > costs you serious injury, or worse. > > - Harry > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
