Everyone of my outings is potentially a suicidal mission!
On May 9, 2:16*pm, (Don Klipstein) wrote:
In , His Highness the TibetanMonkey, the Beach Cruiser Philosopher wrote: On May 8, 3:32 pm, (Don Klipstein) wrote: I snip to here * I say, refuse to be a victim! *Build some muscle, act like you have it, and look like you have some chance of surviving being hit to sue afterwards! * Get a horn or put some b@!!s in your voice! *I even have a strangely "b@!!sy" falsetto when I need it. *Every bike I get on has a horn and a siren! *I even get tough West Philadelphia jaywalkers out of my way! * Take the same attitude to tough drivers! *Look them in the eye, make them know you're there! *99.8% of them will take care to not hit you, and you can evade the other .2% with suitable wariness. SNIP *** Eye contact? Not when I'm wearing sunglasses and they got tinted windows. You take the plunge and face the bull. Spaniards say, "Ole!" * I don't wear sunglasses, unless they are bright light yellow ones for blocking UV and nearly-UV wavelengths. *I make the drivers see my eyes. When they want to ignore you they just avoid your eyes. They even practice it at point blank. |
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