Re: 4WDs - High and Mighty

K.A. Moylan <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

In article said:

From 'Background Briefing' on ABC Radio National last Sunday morning:
... (The Cars that ate Cities) ...
The full text is at:
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing/stories/s881845.htm

One of the observations I made was the fear & discomfort felt by car
drivers towards big 4WDs has the same causes of the fear & discomfort
felt by cyclists towards motorists:
* they are bigger;
* they cause disproportionately more damage to the smaller one;
* they dominate the roads;
* the operators (unconciously) become more aggressive or assertive;
* the operators feel safer.

My greatest hope is that car drivers get a road law that says something
like 'the bigger party is presumed negligent in a crash' (& everything
that leads to).

Cheerio,

K.A. Moylan

Yeah, it wasn't the 18 yo WRX drivers fault, must be the 35yo diesel
Landcruiser ute driver.

Pat
Brisbane, Australia
http://homepage.powerup.com.au/~mangey/