scott wrote:
>> I once made a safe stop at a red light.
>> I started to fiddle with the radio and started to hear tires squealing.
>> Next thing I know a guy blows past me sideways spinning into the 
>> intersection.
> 
> Oh wow, yeh at least he didn't just plough into the back of you.
> 

I now keep an eye on traffic behind me when stopping at lights.


> I had a similar experience on my bike once, it was at some construction 
> work and the light went red, so I stopped and was first in line.  A 
> split second later I see a cyclist (who must have been right behind me) 
> come flying past me in the air pretty much separated from his bike. Once 
> he'd picked himself up off the road and collected up his (now 
> unrideable) bike, he said to me how stupid I was to stop at the light 
> and I should have just gone through it like all the other cyclists!
> 
> 

Don't cyclists have to obey the traffic laws as well - I guess that's 
the way of things.  If someone does not do something you expect them to 
do - it's your fault.



I've seen 1 or 2 accidents that were just that accidents.
But most of the accidents out there should be labeled stupidities - 
because someone was doing something stupid and the 'accident' was 
totally avoidable.

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