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Hmmmmm...so Loco, I take it you must've been elsewhere the day your Scout Master was teachin' your troop the Scout motto of "Be Prepared", huh?!

Come on, you can tell us where y'all were at! My guess is that you were behind the barn smokin' that there first cigarette o' yours, right?!

(oh and btw, to put your mind to rest here, you "Devil-May-Care Fun-Lover" you...the ideas of "bein' prepared" and "enjoyin' a nice ride", are not, AND don't have to be, mutually exclusive ideas, ya know!)


Well there is a lot to answer here. Never got to be a scout had to work on a farm. I did how ever when I got the chance sneak out behind the barn to smoke, and drink.
What I am saying I guess is that you guys kinda sound a little obsessed with the notion of being killed by a cager. Skill, preparedness, and awareness are great things to keep in mind while riding, but over analizing to the point you are now playing chess rather than riding is beyond good riding practice.
I am no-one to preach about good riding practice. I am aggresive some would say wreckless. However I have been riding on the street since I was 9 and have survived till now with out even 1 collision with a car. I have had countless near misses, and out of my own disregard ended up in, well less than ideal conditions.
If a cager turns left infront of you to closely you will be an ugly hood orament, thats all there is to it. Be prepared. I agree, are you prepared to die because death comes for us all. So in short dont forget to have a little fun while you are out there, also do some good for some one else.
By the way the next time you crack open a bottle of Glen think I am probably doing the same.

I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago. Edgar Allan Poe