Finally found guilty of 'dangerous cycling' and fined £250
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Surprised its not more, actually. However it sounds like the kid was repentant and was more of an act of not thinking of consequences rather than being a lout. We all know that's a fairly human trait - I reckon we'd all be lying if we said we haven't done anything very very stupid in a moment of carelessness.
Attitudes towards cyclists are not going to change overnight, and we probably always will be lumped into one big group because to most people there isn't much to differentiate us. Stereotypes they may be, motorists get easily broken down into women drivers, men drivers, Mercedes drivers, red cars, 4x4s, etc. etc. - to most people we're just someone on a bike - a cyclist - and so our stereotype starts there.