"In Bermuda I think so many accidents are because of lack of foresight and carelessness."

I agree. People need to learn that trees and walls can and do jump out at you all the time. With a little foresight we can avoid them.

"BTC have been working on the poles at Watlington Road, and some kind person has sprayed them red so there is hope yet......."

Now that's foresight.....

I think I hurt myself laughing, nothing is illegal in Bermuda, on the road anyway. The so called laws need to be enforced to make something illegal.

I see no reason to enforce the law, the people don't care, the surviving family members don't care, the government doesn't care. People just say thats just the way Bermuda is....Quaint.
I have never meet a people where safety and life means so little. Maybe i should travel more?

Rim..

Well well well. Where do I begin? This is the first time I have felt compelled to reply to a thread on BS.

Hello everyone. Today I have read through a lot of finger-pointing, accusations, guilt-dodging and guilt-assuming posts. My conclusion, from reading this thread, and from driving on these roads is that the vast majority of you drivers with whom I share a road are the worst I have ever had the misfortune to share a road with. So many of you are here to preach, so many of you shake your fists and yell profanities whilst cocooned in the safety of your automobiles and yet, when I drive home this evening I will see so many of you continue to abuse the rules of the road as I see on a daily basis.

My first point - there will be no winner in the cars versus bikes debate. It's not 95% of car drivers who are morons, it's not 95% of bike riders who are morons. It is the vast majority of road users who are morons. The vehicle that they happen to ride is just an outlet for them to express and display their moronic driving habits, whether it be a bike or a car.

Secondly, how many of you here who pour scorn on others are going to drive home tonight and use the correct turn signals at a roundabout? The answer will be close to zero. Drivers on our roads have the attitude "everyone else does it, so can I." What b****ks. Know this: Rules exist to prevent chaos. Follow them, regardless of what the other idiots around you may do. (When was the last time you saw someone turning right at a roundabout and correctly using firstly their right indicator, followed by their left indicator after they pass the exit prior to the exit that they are going to take? - If you did see someone do this - it was me).

Bike riders - a special message for you - it is not OK to overtake in a lot of cases. It is never OK to double-overtake. It is absolutely f*****g never OK to overtake me so close to me that you actually make contact with me and clip my wing-mirror - this has happened (I ride a bike too but hope to change to a car when I can). Overtaking on the left when traffic is moving forward is stupid and dangerous. Forcing oncoming traffic to take evasive action is wrong.

Car drivers - pulling out of a junction when a bike is coming toward you is wrong. Leaving a motorcyclist with the choice of slamming on their brakes causing them to skid, or t-boning you is careless and idiotic. This has happened to me. Rear-ending motorcyclists is unacceptable, especially when you are not even insured - this has happened to me also. (and not because I leapfrogged anybody). Another one - don't f*****g tailgate me, and that includes taxi-drivers.

Car-drivers - fog lights are for foggy conditions, so if it isn't foggy - TURN THE FOGGING THINGS OFF!.

Bike-riders - if you're not going to bother fastening your helmet, just don't bother wearing one.

Bike-riders - I am sure you feel really cool when you ride with one hand on the handlebars and one on your lap. But it's against the law. You may be safe 99.99% of the time doing this, but what happens when you suddenly need to take evasive action?

Car-drivers - Sticking on your indicator when at a junction, or pulling out of a parking lot does not give you the right of way. If it's convenient for me, I will stop and let you out. If not, stay where you f*****g are and wait your turn. Don't start nosing out and forcing people to stop.

Car-drivers - If I overtake you (which I occasionally do when it is legal to do so) that is not a reason to tailgate me or try to intimidate me off the road. Are you so f*****g insecure that you take personal offence when you are overtaken?

Car-drivers - stay on your own side of the road at ALL TIMES. If you are unable to manouevre your vehicle such that you constantly find yourself straying over the middle line (esp. on Harbour Road) then get off the road. I don't care if the roads are too small - if you are incapable of driving within the laws and the lines, stay off the roads.

Bike-riders - your headlights have a dim swtich. Find out where it is and practice using it before you venture out at night again.

All of you - please do not travel on our roads unless you absolutely definitely know all the rules of the road, and further, have the common human decency and moral courage to abide by them.

Here ends the rant.

Choozy....yah juss ah maber as frum toodey..............."Compelled" ?.....Valculm hahboard hahgain.....have a "k" frum mee......eye neid ah quad---ripple...........

With a name like that I suppose you have the right to preach. Just don't let Ace or CO know who you are. Or you might end up being the chosen one. K2U for a great rant. But as Tryangle says, you forgot the cell phones!

The fog light issue is easy. Ban them. It's never foggy in Bermuda. Never. Have them removed.

Let's face it, people use them to look cool.