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  • The World is Full of Murderous Motorists

    From Peter Keller@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jan 14 15:31:14 2024
    So sayeth a rather prolific poster.
    Yesterday I, on my bike, needed to cross a busy 4-lane main road to get
    to the shared path on the other side in order to turn left.
    There is a safety island in the middle of the road.
    I cross to the safety island, then stop to see if I can complete my
    crossing without being murdered.
    One car whizzes past.
    The next murderous motorist slows down and signals me to cross.
    There being no other murderous motorists in sight I duly cross.
    Whew! Saved by the skin of my teeth.
    ?

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  • From JNugent@21:1/5 to Peter Keller on Sun Jan 14 13:22:02 2024
    On 14/01/2024 02:31 am, Peter Keller wrote:

    So sayeth a rather prolific poster.
    Yesterday I, on my bike, needed to cross a busy 4-lane main road to get
    to the shared path on the other side in order to turn left.
    There is a safety island in the middle of the road.
    I cross to the safety island, then stop to see if I can complete my
    crossing without being murdered.
    One car whizzes past.
    The next murderous motorist slows down and signals me to cross.
    There being no other murderous motorists in sight I duly cross.
    Whew! Saved by the skin of my teeth.
    ?

    I strongly suspect, Peter, that most road-users in your neck of the
    woods (including your good self) adhere to the "Do unto others..." rule.

    And so they should.

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  • From Peter Keller@21:1/5 to JNugent on Mon Jan 15 11:06:49 2024
    On 15/01/24 02:22, JNugent wrote:
    On 14/01/2024 02:31 am, Peter Keller wrote:

    So sayeth a rather prolific poster.
    Yesterday I, on my bike, needed to cross a busy 4-lane main road to
    get to the shared path on the other side in order to turn left.
    There is a safety island in the middle of the road.
    I cross to the safety island, then stop to see if I can complete my
    crossing without being murdered.
    One car whizzes past.
    The next murderous motorist slows down and signals me to cross.
    There being no other murderous motorists in sight I duly cross.
    Whew! Saved by the skin of my teeth.
    ?

    I strongly suspect, Peter, that most road-users in your neck of the
    woods (including your good self) adhere to the "Do unto others..." rule.

    And so they should.

    Hopefully yes.
    I don't see much sense in demonizing everyone else. It is much more
    pleasant to live amongst and interact with nice considerate friendly people. "Do unto others... etc" is one of the better things a certain wayward
    Jewish sect preacher said over 2000 years ago. People would do well to
    follow this mantra, irrespective of their views on religion, God(s) etc.

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