No harm no foul?

[Griff]

Originally posted by arz
My motorcycle riding uncle and I have an additional theory as to this "I didn't see him" excuse.

People in cars are binary. Something approaching them is either car or not_car. The processing algorithm is:

if (thing = car) then call additional_processing_power
else call go_now

Since not_car can also be defined as "not_a_threat" then there's no issue with calling the go_now subroutine/struct/method.

"additional_processing_power" does things like double checks for velocity and integrates to get distance, reapplies the brake pedal pressure, stuff like that.

I think your uncle has something there. I've had cars pull out in front of me many times when I was sure they took their time and looked right at me. Pete and I have taken to waving at these cars which seems to break them out of their fog. In my experience the aged have been the worst offenders either from years of applying the algorithm or poor eyesight.

A nice loud slap on the trunk acts as a nice wake the blank up next time idiot.