Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2003 07:40:01 -0500 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav?= <des@des.no> Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How do hackers drive? Message-ID: <3FA8EFA1.7020507@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <xzpy8uvp7c8.fsf@dwp.des.no> References: <20031104192215.GA848@online.fr> <xzp7k2frbm8.fsf@dwp.des.no> <3FA8382F.50204@potentialtech.com> <xzpy8uvp7c8.fsf@dwp.des.no>
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Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote: > Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> writes: > >>Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote: >> >>>Bicycle-friendly, but lethal for pedestrians. Dutch cyclists treat >>>pedestrians with the same contempt as drivers to cyclists in most >>>other countries... >> >>Are you serious? That doesn't sound possible [...] I would >>think there is a certain amount of self-preservation that prevents >>cyclists from colliding with pedestrians. > > That doesn't mean they *respect* pedestrians. They generally treat > pedestrians like vermin invading their right-of-way (at least that's > what it felt like in Delft, though Amsterdam - or the parts of > Amsterdam I've been in - isn't nearly as bad) Well, that I can understand. It follow what I said about many cyclists not obeying the rules of the road. Professional cyclists (like bicycle messengers) tend to assume that everyone out there has developed lightening-fast reflexes. And I think part of the reason that bicycle messengers exist at all is _because_ they can generally get away with breaking the rules (and thus travel faster than cars in a crowded city). I guess the general rule might be that the fast generally disrespect the slower. -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com
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