Originally Posted by
livedarklions
I find the uninformed post-mortems based on the sketchy information publicly available quite distasteful. This always degenerates into a debate over whether or not to blame the dead guy, and I don't believe anything is learned from such threads other than the extent to which people will impose facts to "prove" either that it'll never happen to them or it's always the driver's fault.
If we want to do debriefs on our own accidents, fine, I might do that if I'm trying to figure out how I could've handled the situation differently. But let's face it, these threads don't produce any knowledge, they're just water cooler arguments over corpses and maimed cyclists.
Good point; they must be read with some skepticism. I only contest
opinions I disagree with, not fault-finding, but I have posted:
Originally Posted by
Jim from Boston
... My safety aphorisms are based on accidents I learn about, either personally or vicariously.
As always, FWIW.