Rickster wrote:
> Not what I here/see
> 'HEAR' you gimp... I mean, if you are going to go around insulting
> people (see 'moron' line at the bottom of this post'), you could at
> least demonstrate yourself to be a person of reasonable intellect.
> End result is the same. Can we ask car drivers, ney, demand car drivers
> to respect the laws, particluarly the laws which are most relevent to
> cyclists, when a minority, but a very very visible one, refuse to ?
> I don't ask car drivers to obey the law. I ask them to respect my safety
> and ability to travel on the road. If they break the law and it doesn't
> affect anyone (and isn't likely to - not reckless), I care not. They are
> risking penalties if they get caught, but it's not my problem and I
> don't waste my life worrying about it.
> Shockingly, I drive a car. I try to give cyclists a good amount of
> space when I pass them, like I do to pedestrians (even jaywalking ones)
> and slower cars. That's all I ask. Treat people decently, and mind your
> own business.
> Funnily enough, I don't fly into fits of anger when I see pedestrians
> cross against a red man, or cars roll through a stop sign. Furthermore I
> don't think either of these things tarnish the biped collective or the
> car driving community.
> Note for rickster: 'biped' means you have two feet. Bi - meaning two,
> ped - meaning foot. Why not look it up after you've looked up some of
> the words you already know but can't spell correctly.
> Isn't it time that we cyclists actually behave better than motorists,
> 'cos in the end car v bike is a no contest ?
> As Margaret Thatcher once said, 'there is no such thing as society'. I
> don't think this is strictly philosophically true, but I think it's
> interesting - there is no we. My behaviour is not the behaviour of
> anyone else but me, and it reflects only on me (and possibly, drawing a
> long bow, those who influence me and who brought me up).
> I do advocate riding defensively though - for the reason you express,
> bike riders lose in a crash. I even advocate riding defensively where it
> involves not standing on ones strict legal rights - eg not taking up a
> full lane where this will aggravate drivers or hold them up. Is this a
> bad idea in your opinion?
> Just confriming really that there are morons in all walks of life
I'm not sure who has been 'confrimed' as a moron... Could you explain
what 'confriming' is please? How is it different to regular 'friming'?
What about 'ney' (neigh?) and 'relevent' (see above)?
Note for Rickster: Although I've been pretty insulting, I haven't sworn
in my post, nor have I reproduced your smallminded language directed
towards byron27. Perhaps you could try running with this - you never
know who might read this stuff and get offended.
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