Riding at night: a strategy for survival?
ComandanteBanana
to survive among the dinosaurs (which is why we are here)...
Anyway, now my next door neighbor wants to ride at midnight... And he
ain't one of those crazy bums on a Huffy. He even bought a vest with
blinking lights (DUI drivers and SUV drivers chatting on the cell
phone should be able to see him). And his bike cost him 2 grands
(important in this hierarchal jungle where you are what you drive), so
I guess he better find a use for it. The other day he told me he
didn't have the nerve anymore to ride in traffic (he ain't no chicken,
he's a veteran), which leads to this daring survival strategy.
Actually, I do the same with my canoe, where the motorboats put me at
the bottom of the food chain in the day time.
Well, our dinosaurs (SUVs and motorboats) make us get smarter and get
nocturnal. And I can only hope Darwin was right: "It is not the
strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but
the one most responsive to change."
NOTE: I told my neighbor to knock on my door. Just in case I'm
sleepless...
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Jon Bendtsen
> Nothing new about it: The little furry mammals developed that strategy
> to survive among the dinosaurs (which is why we are here)...
>
> Anyway, now my next door neighbor wants to ride at midnight... And he
> ain't one of those crazy bums on a Huffy. He even bought a vest with
> blinking lights (DUI drivers and SUV drivers chatting on the cell
He could get a dynamo hub and some lights. The best dynamo
hub should be SON from Schmidt, but it's rather expensive.
The front and rear light could be from Busch + Muller, but
schmidt has a real nice LED light comming real soon now(tm).
See:
http://www.peterwhitecycles.com/schmidt.asp
http://www.bumm.de/index-e.html
http://www.nabendynamo.de/english/index.html
JonB
ComandanteBanana
All those lights are nice so you can see, but to be seen all you need
is that blinking vest. I guess.
Jon Bendtsen
Probably other people can see all those lights as well.
Gunner
<nolionn...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>The other day he told me he
>didn't have the nerve anymore to ride in traffic (he ain't no chicken,
>he's a veteran),
Which means he knows how easily and how randomly a life can be snuffed
out
Gunner
wrote:
Unless some drunk decides you are an intersection.
Ever wonder why cops get killed more than anyone else in traffic
collisons?
Drunks zone in on the flashing yellow or red lights in the back window
of a patrol car, like moths to a flame.
Gunner
Rod Speed
Nope, because they spend a lot more time at well above the legal speed limit.
Jon Bendtsen
Thats right. Further more cops spend alot more time on the
roads than other people do, all that increases the chance
of getting involved in a car accident.
nick hull
Gunner <gun...@NOSPAM.lightspeed.net> wrote:
> Ever wonder why cops get killed more than anyone else in traffic
> collisons?
Because they are the worst drivers and ignore the rules?
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ComandanteBanana
> On Thu, 1 May 2008 09:43:49 -0700 (PDT), ComandanteBanana
>
> >The other day he told me he
> >didn't have the nerve anymore to ride in traffic (he ain't no chicken,
> >he's a veteran),
>
> Which means he knows how easily and how randomly a life can be snuffed
> out
I guess so. I'm not so sure it would be much safer at night, as there
would be fewer but more dangerous drivers out there.
In the canoe, it's another story. Hardly any motorboats out there.
Gunner
So thats why they get hit from the rear.
Fascinating
Gunner, ex-leo
>
Gunner
wrote:
So thats why they get hit from the rear, while parked on the shoulder.
Fascinating
Gunner
wrote:
I forgot to point out to you and Rod, that based on your criteria,
truckers should have the highest fatality rates of all.
Wouldnt that be correct? They spend far far more time on the road
than anyone
Gunner
ComandanteBanana
>
> - Show quoted text -
Truckers are the best (and perhaps only good) drivers in America. They
undergo the training we all should be having.
Jon Bendtsen
> On Fri, 02 May 2008 11:43:53 +0200, Jon Bendtsen <no...@example.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Rod Speed wrote:
>>> Gunner <gun...@NOSPAM.lightspeed.net> wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 02 May 2008 07:11:21 +0200, Jon Bendtsen <no...@example.com>
>>>> wrote:
[cuuuuut]
> I forgot to point out to you and Rod, that based on your criteria,
> truckers should have the highest fatality rates of all.
>
> Wouldnt that be correct? They spend far far more time on the road
> than anyone
Truckers dont die because they drive BIG trucks. They only harm
other people, no harm comes to them. Police cars are small cars
compared to trucks.
JonB
Rod Speed
Nope, because they are inside vehicles which have a hell of a lot higher weight that
what they run into, and are way higher up than the poor sucker in the car is too.
> Wouldnt that be correct?
Nope.
> They spend far far more time on the road than anyone
But there is much more involved than just time on the road.
Rod Speed
They dont always get hit from the rear.
And those that do get hit when the car is stationary, are usually
OUTSIDE the car, in one of the most dangerous situations around,
in which they are in FAR more often than the average car driver is too.
> Fascinating
Pathetic, actually.
> Gunner, ex-leo
Just ex.
Bob Brock
<rod.sp...@gmail.com> wrote:
I wouldn't put too much stock in his ex-LEO claim.
Tom Sherman
> [...]
>
> Truckers are the best (and perhaps only good) drivers in America. They
> undergo the training we all should be having.
That includes following at a distance of less than 10 feet at 70 mph?
Not slowing down when the fog limits visibility so much one can barely
see the overpasses when going under them?
--
Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
The weather is here, wish you were beautiful
Tom Sherman
to walk up to a car parked ahead of them, which is, of course, routine
behavior for a police traffic stop.
Gunner Asch
Heads up...Truckers get mostly OJT. On the Job Training. They undergo
a certification program to get their DLs....and thats just about all.
Here in California, there are a ton of truck driving schools, mostly
run by east Indians..often times Sihks. Those schools are designed
to teach one to pass the driving test for a Class 1.
Everything else comes with OJT.
Been there, done that. Got the Class 1 (with Hazmat indorsement)
though I dont drive big rigs anymore
I drive about 65,000 miles a year in my job as a self employed machine
tool repair tech (CNC lathes etc etc). Ive had a drivers license
since 1967. Most of my driving is Central. California down to the
Mexican border.
Ive had 2 moving violations in those 40 yrs. One for crossing over the
double yellow lines into the car pool lane (to avoid being sideswiped
by a buffoon on a cell phone, and the other for failure to stop at a
red light, when my brake lines exploded on a car Id not 30 minutes
before purchased. The previous owner had replaced the rusted out brake
lines with plain copper tubing. The mustang I T-boned in that
interection was the first and only motor vehicle accident Ive ever had
as well (knock on wood)
Ive drive 50,000 lbs of explosives over Whitehorse Pass, etc etc etc,
drilling rigs down Grocers Grade and so forth.
Nearly all OJT.
Gunner
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ComandanteBanana
wrote:
Has it occurred to you that they want you out of the passing lane?
They are pretty much the only ones in America to observe something
close to lane discipline.
Cars do all the time in Europe too.
Tom Sherman
> On May 2, 11:08 pm, Tom Sherman <sunsetss0...@REMOVETHISyahoo.com>
> wrote:
>> ComandanteBanana wrote:
>>> [...]
>>> Truckers are the best (and perhaps only good) drivers in America. They
>>> undergo the training we all should be having.
>> That includes following at a distance of less than 10 feet at 70 mph?
>> Not slowing down when the fog limits visibility so much one can barely
>> see the overpasses when going under them?
>
Has it occurred to you that I was NOT in the passing lane and that it is
stupid of you to assume that I was?
> They are pretty much the only ones in America to observe something
> close to lane discipline.
>
Really? I see plenty of large trucks in the left and middle lanes moving
slower than traffic. There is at least some justification for the middle
lane, since too many stupid drivers try to merge at 2/3 of the speed of
traffic.
> Cars do all the time in Europe too.
Do what? Do these European cars have drivers?