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

On Wed, 15 Jan 2025 11:49:32 -0500, Catrike Ryder
<Soloman@old.bikers.org> wrote:

On Wed, 15 Jan 2025 10:51:19 -0500, Frank Krygowski
<frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
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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.

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

>
What nonsense. I doubt there are any bicyclists who don't ride
anywhere they want providing it's legal.  I know I always have.

The problem isn't whether you use a "right of way" it is what happens
if the auto, truck, whatever, doesn't see you or simply ignores your
right of way?

I even posted reference to two women who seized the lane, as Frank
suggests.The truck apparently did every thing he could do to avoid
them but hit them. One woman and one baby killed in the collision.

Frank's reaction? "Oh, they did it wrong."

One might ask, "If doing it wrong causes your death how will you ever
learn how to do it correctly?"
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Cheers,

John B.