Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/10/08

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Subject: [Leica] BOATING PAD #14 - Why Sailors Hate Power Boaters #3
From: wildlightphoto at earthlink.net (wildlightphoto@earthlink.net)
Date: Wed Oct 8 19:01:59 2008

Adam Bridge <abridge@gmail.com> wrote:

>As a cyclist I have this experience quite frequently . . . but I'm
>usually too terrified or too busy seeking somewhere safe to even THINK
>of snapping a photo.
>
>If I did, though, I'd catch Mommy Dearest at the wheel of her black
>Escalade, yacking on her cell phone while the kiddies watch DVDs from
>their car seats in the 2nd row. OR it's a guy in his Prius. I don't
>know what it is about them but man, I treat Prius drivers like they're
>all drunk because they seem never to give up any inch of road they
>seem to feel they own. Shuddering...

As a cyclist the most near-misses have been from high-end Mom-mobiles or red 
full-sized GM pickup trucks.  But I was hit by an MG.

Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com