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**rastuscat** · 29th August 2017, 20:22

Bloke came on a course with me a couple of years back.

Wanted to learn how to emergency brake "really awesome" as he was having to emergency brake 2 or 3 times every week to avoid "Idiots" in cars.

That's not a braking issue. It's a lack of awareness issue. I reckon in the last 100000km on the bike i might have emergency braked 2 or 3 times.

Awareness can be taught.

It makes me laugh to think that we spend time teaching people to emergency brake, then spend even more time telling people how to avoid emergency braking.

Sheesh.

**george formby** · 29th August 2017, 21:29

Originally Posted by rastuscat

Awareness can be taught.

It makes me laugh to think that we spend time teaching people to emergency brake, then spend even more time telling people how to avoid emergency braking.

I think that pretty much covers it. Bikes, A to Z.

**Ulsterkiwi** · 29th August 2017, 23:15

I think Cassina, whether or not he in intends to, provides a service to those who read threads like this one. I think its pretty safe to say the message about Roadcraft is a pretty straightforward one. Riding on the road carries risk, Roadcraft is a system to minimise that risk. (Minimise Cassina, not remove). What an obtuse, twisted, sociopathic, manuipulative line of thinking sometimes does, is it challenges otherwise disinterested passers-by to actually think about what was said and come away with an understanding that might not have been gained otherwise. Its a bit like reading on the news sites about Trump, the man is an idiot who cannot see his own shortcomings, what he can do though is get people fired up and thinking, actually considering what they believe in and why.