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You aint helping matters.
Personally I do feel that the emphasis of the demonstration is all wrong. All the CM rally do is wind people up. Its jolly and nice for those partaking in the fun, but those outside the bubble either need to be let in on what things are about, or do not want to partake in matters. Often I'm sure they just want to get home.
I also think the CM wind up the barry boys and the idiots who are looking for an excuse or two. "I drove at him to teach him a lesson" and "I sounded my horn at her until she got out of my way" must run through their minds.
I think there are other ways to protest. If cities and drivers are unhelpful to cyclists and pedestrians then we need to use political means to counter this. In fact I think it would serve more sense if they got a bit sneaky and found the really bad drivers that the Police and Courts keep letting off and kept nicking their wheels, LOL! Atleast then the good drivers would feel some benefit to themselves.
I think CM sympathisers need to start thinking about standing for councillership, get into town planning. Stand for office, as they say. Infiltration is the only way to make change happen. The current CM bubble is exclusive to cyclists, also, pedestrian groups and driver's associations need to be in on the picture and be persuaded to come on side and see that cyclists are not the scary enemy, or hinderance some seem to think.
The CM need someone who supports them who is eloquent and can speak with intellect and wit, someone who can become a public face in the same way Edmund King has with motorists. They need a decent spokesman. Currently everytime I see a CM'er inteviewed on tv they come across as a skunk-head or a dimwit.
Personally I do feel that the emphasis of the demonstration is all wrong. All the CM rally do is wind people up. Its jolly and nice for those partaking in the fun, but those outside the bubble either need to be let in on what things are about, or do not want to partake in matters. Often I'm sure they just want to get home.
I also think the CM wind up the barry boys and the idiots who are looking for an excuse or two. "I drove at him to teach him a lesson" and "I sounded my horn at her until she got out of my way" must run through their minds.
I think there are other ways to protest. If cities and drivers are unhelpful to cyclists and pedestrians then we need to use political means to counter this. In fact I think it would serve more sense if they got a bit sneaky and found the really bad drivers that the Police and Courts keep letting off and kept nicking their wheels, LOL! Atleast then the good drivers would feel some benefit to themselves.
I think CM sympathisers need to start thinking about standing for councillership, get into town planning. Stand for office, as they say. Infiltration is the only way to make change happen. The current CM bubble is exclusive to cyclists, also, pedestrian groups and driver's associations need to be in on the picture and be persuaded to come on side and see that cyclists are not the scary enemy, or hinderance some seem to think.
The CM need someone who supports them who is eloquent and can speak with intellect and wit, someone who can become a public face in the same way Edmund King has with motorists. They need a decent spokesman. Currently everytime I see a CM'er inteviewed on tv they come across as a skunk-head or a dimwit.