Re: [St] Headlamp low beam question (now bad drivers)

[Rob M <mckinley@xxxxxxx>]

---- Original message ----
>Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 22:53:31 +0100
>From: Eoin Kirwan <eoinkirwan@xxxxxxxxxx>  
>Subject: Re: [St] Headlamp low beam question  
>To: ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
[snip]
> Honestly, with the mentality of many of the people driving
> here in Ireland (about one third of whom have not passed a
> driving test, many of those have never taken professional 
> lessons, and until a few months ago driving like this, 
> unsupervised, was legal!!!) basically it boils down to 
> this. If they CAN hit you, sooner or later they WILL. 
> Doesn't matter about rules of the road, rights of way, 
> lighting, hi-vis clothing.. if they don't look, they 
> won't see. If they do see, they don't care.
>

I think you could replace "Ireland" in that paragraph with
"most supposedly civilized countries" :-(   It doesn't matter
which vehicle that I'm piloting (car, truck, or bike) or 
where, but someone tries to run me over because they didn't
bother to look. I felt much safer riding last weekend where
the things I had to avoid were deer, horses, dogs, gravel and
some drunk RATs (after the ride)...

Rob

'99 Sprint ST
'04 Thruxton
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