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From: AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org>
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Subject: Re: Disc brake maintenance tips
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2024 09:57:19 -0500
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On 6/24/2024 8:44 AM, Rolf Mantel wrote:
> Am 24.06.2024 um 02:40 schrieb AMuzi:
> 
>> In fairness, Mr Forester wrote a very long time ago and 
>> assumed automobile pilots were neither homicidal maniacs 
>> nor stoned out of their minds. This isn't as true now. He 
>> also wrote before walk-around telephones; now every other 
>> driver is consumed with denigrating some kid in a chatroom 
>> with his thumbs while wandering across lane lines...
> 
> .. and many modern cars, like mine, already ensure they stay 
> in lane and keep enough distance to the car or bike ahead.
> 
> By 2040, these kind of safety features will be present in 
> more than 90% of the cars, so it will be meaningful for a 
> cyclist to make sure the car LIDAR has seen him rather than 
> the car driver...

Does that feature mean a driver cannot move over (slightly 
out of lane) to give courteous space when passing a cyclist? 
I don't know.
-- 
Andrew Muzi
am@yellowjersey.org
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