What’s it like hauling nuclear weapons across the country?

Re:What’s it like hauling nuclear weapons across the country? by themaninthedark on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @07:01AM (#27892246)

No, I notice bicyclists more because when they do reckless things because I am an attentive driver who makes sure he is not endangering others.

Bicyclists often have this view that they are above traffic laws and break them: >he will start riding on the pavement in places that are absolutely unsuitable for that, or on hiking trails that are absolutely unsuitable for that.

In my state, cars and bikes share the road and have to follow the same laws.

There is a stop sign at the bottom of a hill near my house, I have never seen a car drive through it, plenty of bike don't stop.

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Re:What’s it like hauling nuclear weapons across the country? by zip1234 on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @09:06AM (#27893222)

People in general are bad at driving and the potential for harm is much higher in a car than a bike due to the kinetic energy involved. Read about how complicated human visual perception is, how cognition changes at the slightest distraction, and how our 'clear' mental picture is often more interpolated than it is real. I mean, there are 6 million car crashes every year in the United States alone.

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Re:What’s it like hauling nuclear weapons across the country? by lmm on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @08:29PM (#27900912)

Which state is that? I don't think any state applies exactly the same rules to cyclists and motorists, and many states have a law that cyclists may treat stops as yields.

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