This thread is in some ways not unlike a very, very brutal boxing match.
Much as I dread at times the way it's going, I find myself compelled to stay and watch.
I know little of traffic law, but I'm pretty sure that some people will see things one way and some will see them another.
One or two of the responses are slightly reminiscent of the 'Mr Angry' driver shaking a fist and shouting unheard road-use advice to the innocent cyclist or motorcyclist.... The driver, insulated from human contact by doors & windows, can say whatever he or she wants. The same protection is offered by a Web forum - and sometimes the same type of outburst may result.
The edge enjoyed by the web forum is that the road-rage sufferer has only seconds to respond. The chatroom contributor can spend hours seething about some imagined slight and drafting the perfect reply.
Please keep the entertainment coming... but please don't let it get too enjoyable for the spectator.
Surely we are getting close to Round Twelve...
...of twelve.
Much as I dread at times the way it's going, I find myself compelled to stay and watch.
I know little of traffic law, but I'm pretty sure that some people will see things one way and some will see them another.
One or two of the responses are slightly reminiscent of the 'Mr Angry' driver shaking a fist and shouting unheard road-use advice to the innocent cyclist or motorcyclist.... The driver, insulated from human contact by doors & windows, can say whatever he or she wants. The same protection is offered by a Web forum - and sometimes the same type of outburst may result.
The edge enjoyed by the web forum is that the road-rage sufferer has only seconds to respond. The chatroom contributor can spend hours seething about some imagined slight and drafting the perfect reply.
Please keep the entertainment coming... but please don't let it get too enjoyable for the spectator.
Surely we are getting close to Round Twelve...
...of twelve.