tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12570433.post1125793306797483284..comments2021-10-01T00:01:56.259+10:00Comments on Rooman: Technique: How to ride safer in the cityRoomanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00608911710186978463noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12570433.post-83334518966661777452007-09-15T11:11:00.000+10:002007-09-15T11:11:00.000+10:00yes, very true, but strength lies both in numbers ...yes, very true, but strength lies both in numbers riding and in greater numbers doing the right thing. This includes being visible...better to be visible and the subject of a ranting substandard journalist's ( and his peers) misguided enthusiasm to incite hatred amongst amongst his paper's perceived audience than appeasing such whimsies and not being visible or worse still not...being alive. <BR/>Being alert is a two way thing in my book, it requires being responsible to alert others of your presence on the roadway, which is a part of one's common law duty of care on the highway anyway (basic Law of Tort)and to assist in discharging that duty , if you are a vulnerable road user, alerting others by as many means at your disposal is a given. If that offends a journalist's and other's (warped?) sense of appropriate fashion and peer pressure trendyism so be it! Thank's Crowlie, for the timely reminder of these recent rants... it is easy for them disparage by their prejudices...!, it's their problem. One day they may see how small minded they are!Roomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00608911710186978463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12570433.post-29735093864541299162007-09-15T09:49:00.000+10:002007-09-15T09:49:00.000+10:00Heh, 'be alert, be visible' this is where we get c...Heh, 'be alert, be visible' this is where we get criticised for dressing like some kind of maniac parrot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com