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Sunday, February 13, 2005

Joel...
If you were a mouse, would you be mad at the cat who tries to eat you? No. As a cyclist, you have to live with the fact that you are smaller and less visible than a car. Mice are wary of cats. Bikes should be wary of cars. Always. You aren't going to change the world by being hit by an SUV (as much as I would like to believe it myself).

If the SUV had seen you and proceeded anyway; then can you be angry.

Unlike the mouse, you need to make yourself visible. A car (or SUV) can't be blamed if it can't see you. If the SUV would have seen you, it probably would have stopped. Use lights, wear light-colored clothing.

Cars dominate small towns. Bikes and pedestrians are scarce, making them less expected. It's the town that you live in, not the SUV. Good luck and keep your eyes open and on the road. Being on a bike doesn't give you leniency to chat with friends. Drive as carefully as you would if you were in a car. Fortunately, on a bike. you have a very quick response. If you had been in a car and the SUV had done the same thing, you would have collided.

Just some thoughts.

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