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On 2005-04-04, electroscopillan wrote:
"Rosalie B." wrote in message But walking I always walk facing the traffic. So I wonder if these were people that normally walked, I imagine that is their rationale - though it is a little frightening. I guess it puts *them* in control of being able to swerve out of the way or not (from visibly oncoming traffic) instead of contending with the constant stream of cars coming up ones backside. The theory behind having pedestrians walk facing traffic is that they can step sideways if a car comes barreling toward them obviously out of control. Unfortunately, bikes can't step sideways, and a head-on crash adds the speed of the two vehicles, so bicyclists are much better off going in the same direction as traffic. Even more important than the reduced difference in speed is that most motorists only look for traffic in one direction at intersections, and bicyclists on the wrong side of the road will not be seen by turning motorists. Pedestrians also have some risk from this, but are much slower moving so are less likely to "appear from nowhere". ------------------------------------------------------------ Kevin Karplus http://www.soe.ucsc.edu/~karplus Professor of Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Santa Cruz Undergraduate and Graduate Director, Bioinformatics (Senior member, IEEE) (Board of Directors, ISCB) life member (LAB, Adventure Cycling, American Youth Hostels) Effective Cycling Instructor #218-ck (lapsed) Affiliations for identification only. |
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======================================= MODERATOR'S COMMENT: This thread has drifted far beyond its original parenting scope. Please limit followups in misc.kids.moderated to the parenting aspects discussed within this thread, and remove mkm from the newsgroups line for further discussion of other topics such as pet care, driving tips, etc. =================================== END MODERATOR'S COMMENT enigma wrote: oh, i can think of a couple perfectly logical reasons... car exhaust isn't healthy & what if someone rearends your car. The rear ending of the car would be pretty awful for the dog that is true. I haven't noticed the exhaust thing as being a problem. I mean I don't notice it going in the kennel but I suppose some of it might. There is zero chance the hitch itself is going to fall off but if the kennel wasn't properly secured to the platform it would be dangerous. if all the humans are in the truck cab & the dog is also going along, he would be in a securely anchored kennel in the bed. I don't see this hitch as any different then being in the pickup bed (other then the rear ending factor which I agreed to). leedogs aren't luggage. they go *in* the vehicle Mine doesn't. It seems I'm always being accused of treating my animals awful on Usenet. I view myself as perfectly ordinary and kind to animals but maybe I just don't get it. Dogs are not people. I've drove miles and miles in the back of a pick up myself and didn't suffer so I can't imagine the dog suffers to much by not being inside the car. It might not be *fun* but I just don't see how he is suffering. I don't equate him to luggage but no I wouldn't strap my kid to the bumper either. I don't think of my dog as a human. There are certain seasons when the dog suffers less back there then inside. For instance in the winter my feet would turn to blocks of ice trying to keep it cool enough inside the vehicle to keep the dog from becoming miserably hot. This is probably mostly a mute point now because it is dh's car as of today. If he wants to let the dog up front he can unless we all go together and then there isn't room unless he rides on my lap, ugh..no thank you. -- Nikki |
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