Horseist! Personally I think a traction engine is the way to go - pretty much nothing would come off better in a bump with one of those except maybe a bigger traction engine. A bloody big traction engine is the way to go.
....but there'll always be someone who's traction engine is bigger than yours....where will it end? As for horse riders, I consider them as pedestrians on unpredictable beasts, with limited intelligence... (note careful placement of a comma to create ambiguity) I know a man with a wooden leg, named Fred...
...and it's folk like you with attitudes like that are why this country is in the state that it is and moreover
Lummy, you copped me a fair one there guv'nor, slap on the bracelets I'm not scared of doing bird for me crimes....
I want history to note that the Traction Escalation wars, the 2nd round, started on this fine day of the year of our lord 2013.
Of course - can't have an aircooled traction engine, where would the steam come from? As for a flat 4, the thing would flatten most things I would imagine...
Speaking as a sometimes pedestrian its the Lycra a**e in the air cyclists that are the ones to watch. Pedestrian crossings...cars stop idiot cyclists don't. One way streets don't figure in their thinking either. Pedestrian zone only means no cars...not applicable to cyclists or so it would appear. ....
I think the original complaint of people having earphones in is a good point. I feel it is worth fewer points when you hit someone with earphones. A teenager is worth 20 points without earphones but I have an unfair advantage if they can't hear me coming so I automatically knock 5 points off.