November 13, 2006, 11:23pm

It makes me really angry to read car accidents like this.

http://hk.news.yahoo.com/061113/60/1wbyi.html

Come on, let the bikes go first. Only release the brake when the bikes are out of your way. Why would the bikes yield the way for a truck in the first place? They are just kids. How can you predict what they are going to do? They are so small. It's very difficult to see them in the mirror.

What is the "reason?" Is it reasonable at all? I really hope this is not really what the driver said. How come he would be looking at the wall instead of watching out for the kids? The wall won't move. Let the kids go first then he will have more space!

I really don't understand. I think this can be a good research question. Why drivers in Hong Kong and so many places in China don't yield to pedestrians and bikes? Come on, I will be driving 20 miles/hour even in the campus. A car goes so much faster than the two legs. Why not just stay for 2 seconds and let the pedestrians and bikes go first? A car will pass them within half a second. A car can also run over them in a millisecond.