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He managed to kick my back tire, and I skid to a halt and dismount.

The default for Truecrypt at least is to dismount upon hibernation.

There is no cracking going on. There is a question around hibernation - Truecrypt can dismount drives before hibernating so might be protected.

The safe thing to do when biking on sidewalks is to dismount as you arrive at an intersection, even if the pedestrian light is green.

Seems like much of the modern porn industry is scripted like the floor exercises in a gymnastics event, you have to have moves A, B, C, Etc., and a great dismount.

And they're dangerous to everyone around them because they can't dismount a goddamn lift without falling down and probably knocking down their neighbors.

Correct, where I grew up, we were taught in school to get out of intersections as quickly as possible, or dismount and walk across the crosswalk if it was available.

>> The safe thing to do when biking on sidewalks is to dismount as you arrive at an intersectionI think this is also the legally required thing to do in most jurisdictions.

I said:>>Fortunately, most sidewalks where I live are sparsely populated, and I make sure to slow down to walking speed or dismount completely when going through areas with lots of pedestrians.

When this happened to me, I banged into the side of the van which was cutting me off, and my helmet kept my head from hitting the vehicle, likely right at the temple, which could have caused significant damage.- Unintended dismount.

The author does bring up a more general explanation, though, which I have heard before - about right-handers preferring to mount or dismount a horse on the left side, and it being safer to do this on the shoulder rather than the center of the road.

One interesting thing, in order to dismount there is a small sensor strip about 3 inches wide where the one wheel senses a rider, after coming to a stop, you then slide your foot off the sensor strip, which disables the wheel allowing you to dismount.