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.