Re: Montana: "Let's make stupidity mandatory!"

On 1/14/2025 7:30 PM, John B. wrote:

 One thing that it is important to remember is that in a conflict
between a bicycle and a auto the auto nearly always wins :-(
There is even a poem, dating from the early 1900's:
      Here lies the body Of William Jay,
     Who died maintaining His right of way.
     He was in the right As he sped along,
     But he's just as dead As if he'd been wrong.

It's a cute little poem, but like "always pretend you're invisible," its useless as practical advice for a bicyclist.
A bicyclist who never used his right of way would be unable to practically ride anywhere except on totally isolated bike paths.
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- Frank Krygowski