You should aim to have these regrets because it’s the people who lived long enough to be interviewed on their death bed that have them. The people who died suddenly probably have regrets like “I wish I hadn’t been texting while driving.”
“I wish I hadn’t been pulled into the ore crushing machine by my sleeve while on the 15th hour of my shift because it’s the only way in this town to make enough money to pay for the medicine my son needs to fight the disease this town and refinery caused in him”
But I guess maybe that counts as “I wish I didn’t work so much”
As an ex-motorcyclist and current cyclist, eyes on a swivel, everyone on the road is a fucking idiot or one distraction away from being a ton of death metal. Bike infra is so peaceful. Phones, Valium, Passenger, Sleep deprivation, whatever, just assume the worst. Situational awareness is your friend, anticipate the idiocy.
This is why I do not use highways. I route myself with GPS to avoid highways because I just assume at some point I WILL get hit by some idiot, and I’d rather spend an extra few minutes driving and crash at 45mph than crash going 70mph. The amount of difference that makes is hard to put into words. Kinetic energy increases disproportionately with speed. So 70mph is like almost 3x as bad as 45mph.
You should aim to have these regrets because it’s the people who lived long enough to be interviewed on their death bed that have them. The people who died suddenly probably have regrets like “I wish I hadn’t been texting while driving.”
“I wish I hadn’t been pulled into the ore crushing machine by my sleeve while on the 15th hour of my shift because it’s the only way in this town to make enough money to pay for the medicine my son needs to fight the disease this town and refinery caused in him”
But I guess maybe that counts as “I wish I didn’t work so much”
“I wish I had more bullet holes on my wingtips and the central section of the fuselage, and maybe some on the elevator.”
If they only kill themselves, it’s a benefit to humanity
I’m a motorcyclist and I HATE people using their phones while driving
As an ex-motorcyclist and current cyclist, eyes on a swivel, everyone on the road is a fucking idiot or one distraction away from being a ton of death metal. Bike infra is so peaceful. Phones, Valium, Passenger, Sleep deprivation, whatever, just assume the worst. Situational awareness is your friend, anticipate the idiocy.
This is why I do not use highways. I route myself with GPS to avoid highways because I just assume at some point I WILL get hit by some idiot, and I’d rather spend an extra few minutes driving and crash at 45mph than crash going 70mph. The amount of difference that makes is hard to put into words. Kinetic energy increases disproportionately with speed. So 70mph is like almost 3x as bad as 45mph.
Tbf, this is also how motorists should be viewing motorists.
That too.
As a current motorcyclist, everyone on the road is a fucking idiot, including me
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