On Sun, 29 Jun 2003 14:34:31 +0930, "Kasper Kowalski"
<kasper.kowalski@no-spam> wrote:
>
>"PC" <get@no-spam> wrote in message
>news:3efe68b3.80409993@no-spam
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>> >those of us that do comply have the right to complain about *anyone* that
>> >doesn't... car drivers and cyclists alike.
>>
>> So you've never exceeded the speed limit or used your horn without a
>> valid safety concern?
>
>I suspect I exceed the speed limit on many occasions... but, I look at the
>road/traffic, not my speedo. Speed limits are largely irrelevant as they
>dont take into account the many factors that govern a safe speed given a set
>of conditions.
And I'm sure that any cyclists that run the red would justify their own
actions in much the same way - "the light may have been red but there
weren't any cars coming", or "the light was red, but i knew I could make
it through the intersection before any cars got there".
In other words, it's a piss-poor argument.
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Cheers
PeterC
[Rushing headlong: out of control - and there ain't no stopping]
[and there's nothing you can do about it at all]