"Resound" wrote:
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> As someone who drives on a reasonably regular basis,
As do I, my friend, as do I.
> I rather object to being lumped in with the sociopaths you describe.
> Cultivating an us versus them mentality is worse than useless, it's
> actively counterproductive.
I did say, "in general". There may not be too many who practice this sort of
behaviour, I'd agree, and far be it for me to accuse you of this. But, in
talking to different people, otherwise reasonable people who are drivers, I
am frequently amazed at the antagonism in their attitudes to cyclists on the
roads, and so often the abject falsehoods that they perpetrate about my
right to travel or exist as a bike rider. I do take a very reasonable
approach, and *attempt* to make them more aware of the actual rules, and
actual road conditions. I believe more people than we think hold quite
anti-social attitudes to yours and my right to ride my bike on the roads.
But again, as I said earlier, some people, while driving cars, have done
these things to me (mostly men in their twenties). NO cyclists have done
anything like this to me. And while driving I have had other people driving
cars do some similar things, including one actual assault.
While I am aware of the thread by Andrew J about the tool on St Kilda Rd,
can you say that cyclists do these sorts of things to you?
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Cheers
Peter
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