PSA on doorings: check your mirrors!

[MXHOWES at aol.com]

These things come to mind:
 
1. Is the bike OK? <g>, LOL ,or whatever (I'm trying to be  funny)
2. Maybe this will get the politically correct crowd so outraged that they  
will make GM (Government Motors) go back to producing cars with suicide  
doors again. 
3. A hole bunch of years ago, when I was a little boy, we were told to  
ride on the wrong side of the street, that way you saw the cars coming and  got 
out of their way.
4. I have an issue with a lot of the bicycle riders on the open road. They  
ride like they own the road yet don't pay a nickel for the construction or  
maintenance. The don't ride on the paved shoulder (too many rocks= flat  
tires) so their 'lane' is the white stripe that denotes the shoulder. This 
makes  it very tight if a car happens to be passing you at the same time.  
Generally, I lay on the horn, they flip me the bird, and both of us are  happy.
5. When I went to college the only means of transportation I could afford  
was a small motorcycle. Several years of daily commutes in the LA area 
taught  you that sixth sense to understand that every car, whether or not being 
driven  was a potential trip to the hospital. This ends up making you a much 
better  driver. Also owning a '69 Lotus Europa (with the biggest blind spots 
of any car  on the road) taught you to know the location of every car 
around you, at  all times.
6. My life experiences have lead to 38 years of accident free driving  
(don't even ask me about the first 10 years!)
7. Sorry about my rant......I'm a little gitty now that the A4 is  
running....(Audi content requirement satisfied)