Originally Posted by
Metieval
drivers are people
cyclist are people
pedestrians are people
people are DANGEROUS!
Originally Posted by
Lightning Pilot
I think you have summed it up quite succinctly. Unfortunately, while absolutely true, all too many people are "uncomfortable" with the idea.
Originally Posted by
livedarklions
Because it's misleading and simplistic? Drivers are people operating machines that can crush and dismember people. That inherently makes their actions more dangerous than those of cyclists and pedestrians.
Those machines are just so much potential scrap metal
without the people operating them. The people are the dangerous element. No weapon ever kills without human interaction, no tool causes death or injury without human interaction. It is, indeed, simple. A simple truth that most are uncomfortable with. We, and only we, are responsible (oh that word!) for whatever happens with a tool of any kind that is under our control. Anything else is fiction.