Originally Posted by
urbanknight
Spoken like someone who doesn't understand. It's ok, I don't understand either, but I listen to those with real experience to try and get closer to understanding. I'm sure it only takes once falling victim to something like this to make someone take simple precautions to avoid them in the future.
I understand that there are some who post as if they are afraid that most motorists are always texting (or otherwise distracted while driving), or are fools indifferent to the continuing health of any bicyclist in their presence, and/or that all LEOs are racist brutes out to harass bicyclists, resulting in a miasma of ever present danger of while bicycling. I also understand that some posters may have reached these conclusions about this extreme level of high risk all around them by "listening" to those who post on the Internet of such fears and alleged "experiences" and incorporated these fears and anecdotes into their own version of bicycling reality.