The best protection for cyclists is to learn how to cycle properly in traffic. This means behaving like the driver of a vehicle, obeying the traffic laws, changing lanes properly, positioning yourself on the road properly, stopping at red lights, cycling the right way up one way streets, making proper hand signals, using lights, making sure other drivers know what you're doing, anticipating trouble and being just paranoid enough.
-- Cheers, Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of graywolf > Sent: 01 November 2006 21:26 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: Adults on bicycles > > If you get hit by a car doing 30mph a bicycle helmet is not likely to > help you at all. Paranoia is far better protection. Thet are > out to get > you, don't let them. > > > Mat Maessen wrote: > > On 11/1/06, frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Then there's always the possibility that a cyclist may be > completely > >> in the right, and that a car might be in the wrong and hit > a cyclist. > >> Since cars have a mass of some 20 times that of a bicycle > and rider, > >> physics tend to be on the side of the car in collisions. I'll take > >> whatever protection I can, especially if it's unobtrusive and > >> inexpensive. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
