Drago
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I did, a moment ago, as an alternative to paying attention to our own riding behaviour. You are reading the posts as they go on?
Yes, I am. Is it possible to ride well but also expect something more meaningful to be done about poor driving? I don't believe it should be either/or.I did, a moment ago, as an alternative to paying attention to our own riding behaviour. You are reading the posts as they go on?
I think the answer is don't pick and choose which laws you feel like obeying.
(Imagine the QI klaxon here)Red means stop - not to do so is a criminal act - it is illegal - it is dangerous - there is NO justification or excuse for it.
I've even got amber reflectors on pedals of bikes that are exempt from that regulation!So I take it you have orange reflectors fitted to all of your pedals then?
No but it might, to go back to how this thread started, mean that pedestrians are no longer terrified of us.Do you seriously believe that, if every single cyclist were to behave in an exemplary way, drivers would start respecting cyclists and behave better towards us? I reckon that to be nonsense.
But then, to your own point...It is the binary thing some people here have. If a thing isn't something then it must be some other thing that may or may not be the opposite. There are no other options or graduations between.
...this is an example of that same binary association.Do you seriously believe that, if every single cyclist were to behave in an exemplary way, drivers would start respecting cyclists and behave better towards us? I reckon that to be nonsense.
Really? You scare the beejezus out of me!!!I have never noticed pedestrians to be terrified by me.
@TMN, just leave it. OK?Or maybe you do? In that situation I find that when I call out, 'Is it OK to come past?' people are not in the least terrified, and often smile and say good morning.
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.society is inherently Car-O-Centric
Fair point.Because we are not a community?
Asking for permission to ride, is not the answer. People should not feel frightened or the need to mutter at us as we pass.Or maybe you do? In that situation I find that when I call out, 'Is it OK to come past?' people are not in the least terrified, and often smile and say good morning.
Mmmm, if that's the answer I don't really want to be part of the solution. I don't think you can build a community out of the disparate groups of people who self propel themselves on wheels.Fair point.
Perhaps we should be. Maybe that should be the first move.
We have one here already.Mmmm, if that's the answer I don't really want to be part of the solution. I don't think you can build a community out of the disparate groups of people who self propel themselves on wheels.