[Info-vax] open source OpenVMS (Re: Oracle-RDB seminar notes)

[Paul Sture]

In article <kjas4a$g4d$1 at dont-email.me>,
 David Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:

> Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> 
> >  Just look at some
> > of the technology going into cars.  People can't drive so lets give them
> > technology they can blame for their mistakes.  (You know those "blind spot
> > detectors" in things like Mercedes rear view mirrors. they don't detect
> > motorcycles. I have been cut off several times already and the drivers
> > don;t seem to care.)
> 
> It may not be that they don't see you.  It may be that they don't care, 
> and even intend to do so.  I no longer ride on the road.  Not because I 
> didn't enjoy it.  I also don't play russian roulette ....

Many drivers simply do not understand how much room to give 
motorcyclists, nor do they understand braking distances in the wet.

Cyclists are often ignored too.  A friend who was a keen amateur rider 
had a driver overtake then turn left (this in the UK) in front of him 
and he had nowhere to go except into the car.  The driver genuinely 
didn't believe that cyclists could go so fast.

-- 
Paul Sture