You wrote:<<looking back at you as an
> afterthought>>
Howdy -
IMHO, car & truck drivers have the same problem with bicycles as we do
with motorcycles - we're just not accustomed to *seeing* motorcycles (or
bikes) on the highway. We are looking for other cars not 2 wheelers.
I and my friends have ridden street motorcycles and it;s *very* common
to approach an interection and see a car waiting at a stop sign. They turn
toward the motorcycle and look *straight* at it as they then pull out
directly in front of the approaching bike. One froend was a motorcycle
cop - after 3 or 4 accidents - 2 of which resulted in broken legs and pins
used to repair them, he went on to a different department. Once he said
the driver looked at him and pulled out - he was too close to do anything
and hit the front fender. As he was flying thru the air he thought, "Oh no,
not again!" Of course, the 1st witnessed on the scene always aked, "Should
I call for help?" Duh! It's funny now, but not at the time.
Anyway, that was in the 70s - now people have so many more things to
distract their attention - phones, DVD players, etc. - all the while making
it even more difficult to negotiate other vehicles in traffic.
I think the way some people try to turn their passenger compartment into
a living room or entertainment room is causing dangerous distractions - and
they may not be documented by the accident investigators. If they are the
info is not getting out to the public..
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----- Original Message -----
From: "ernest breakfield" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2007 2:09 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Am I seeing TVs in front seats of cars?
> yeah,... apparently it's What's Up. the current Thing To Do. Yo.
> as if the average driver needed even more distractions when
> operating a piece of machinery on public roads, eh?
>
> and what's up with (what i call) 'The Passing Drift'? why is it that
> so often that an overtaking car that passes a bicycle in the bike lane
> 'drifts' into the bike lane afterward? is it that they didn't really
> notice the cyclist until they'd already passed and they're looking back
> in the rear view to see if it's still there, and their already poor
> vehicle control skills have them drift to the side they're looking? or
> is it just that their lack of focus is causing them to have that much
> trouble casually re-establishing a place in a lane after passing?
> i used to think that it was an act of outright intentional
> intimidation, but it happened to me so much over the last few decades
> that i can't believe that any more. as unpopular a technique as it might
> initially seem to non-cyclists, it seems like the only way to prevent it
> is to actually be farther *out* into the traffic lane more directly in
> drivers lines of vision as a *part* of traffic where it requires
> overtaking drivers to make more of a conscious effort to negotiate
> driving space; then, they don't seem to be looking back at you as an
> afterthought, and don't seem to do The Drift as they're perhaps paying
> more attention to their space in the lane.
>
>
> cheers!
> e
> Berkeley
>
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> Zoltan Finks wrote:
>> Okay, those with their finger on the pulse: Tell me - is it becoming a
>> trend to have a TV screen hanging from the ceiling in the front seat
>> area?
>>
>> Recently I saw a "donked" car (thanks to whoever enlightened us on
>> that term a while back) with about a 13" screen in it. It passed us
>> and it looked to me like the screen was right up by the driver. Not
>> surprisingly, the car was running a late yellow light at a high rate
>> of speed.
>>
>> And today as I rode my bike up the hill to get to our house I was
>> passed by a Mitsubishi Eclipse with a TV screen that also looked to be
>> up in the driver's area. And on this small a car, it wouldn't really
>> matter if it was technically in the back passenger area - you could
>> easily view it by reclining the seat. This driver, it happens, did not
>> leave a very courteous amount of space between their vehicle and my
>> person - perhaps not even the mandated three feet. They then drifted
>> into the bike lane after they got past me.
>>
>> You would think that TV or computer, or DVD or whatever, screens in
>> the front passenger area would be quite illegal. And they are a
>> no-brainer to spot, so their use, it seems, would be an almost sure
>> bust by the cops if they were illegal. If they are not illegal, then
>> cel phones are no longer a worry. Now we have drivers vegging out in
>> front of the TV or playing video games while "driving".
>>
>> Anybody know about this?
>>
>> Brian
>>
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