"Just A User" <ken@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:8f2dnb75J_Q6TffanZ2dnUVZ_tuonZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Recumbents are safe in traffic if you add a visibility object on the
back
> of the bike / trike. I have a bright yellow green behind the seat bag on
> my RANS Velocity Squared. It makes the bike much more visible from
behind.
> They also sell flags and windsock objects.
>
> Use a rear view mirror. You will need one because it is difficult to
turn
> your head to see behind you like on a diamond frame bike.
>
> And take a lane when making left hand turns.
>
> And be aware of people making turns in front of you.
>
> I personally think that the low visibility thing on a recumbent is more
of
> a perceived thing. If you think you are visible then you will feel safe.
>
> Ken
Here I am trying to save lives and here is Ken giving out the usual bum
advice about taking a lane even though motor vehicles are competing with
you
for that lane.
I have been riding in traffic for over 30 years and I can tell you that
sooner or or later if you continue to think you are a motor vehicle with
legal rights to the road, you are going to be killed.
God Damn it all the way to Hell and back! I am fed up with you numbskulls
who think you have right to the road. You don't and you never will because
motor vehicles can run right over you and kill you dead and they will not
even have a scratch on them. Further, they will claim that they did not
see
you and they will get off scot free because every jury in the land will
see
things their way. Either get some smarts or get dead - you confounded
blockheads!
Regards,
Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
aka
Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota
