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As a cyclist, I'm wary of "blocking" the lane as a form of protest. Many drivers seem to believe that the only reason a cyclist would take the lane is to annoy
by btrettel 9y ago
As a cyclist, I'm wary of "blocking" the lane as a form of protest. Many drivers seem to believe that the only reason a cyclist would take the lane is to annoy drivers, and this reinforces that thinking. This encourages thinking that dangerously close passes ("punishment passes") are justified. To these drivers it doesn't matter if a cyclist is avoiding an illegally parked car and is leaving the bike lane only briefly, etc. I would have preferred that the protester made some sort of checkpoint instead.
- oceanghost 9y agoDo you ever just listen to yourself?
- btrettel 9y agoYes, I do. If you have something else to say, being more direct would be appreciated.
- dang 9y agoPersonal attacks will get you banned here. Would you please stop posting unsubstantive comments to Hacker News? https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- oceanghost 9y agoOnly in this hypersensitive age could a request to evaluate the validity of one's opinions be construed as an attack.
- oceanghost 9y agoAs you wish. In this post, you imply an adversarial relationship with drivers, declare them to be bad, and yourself a victim of people who are just trying to get to work.
- btrettel 9y agoNo general adversarial relationship was implied. That's why I said "many drivers" not "drivers" or "all drivers". Fact is that only a relatively small fraction of drivers are bad, but the ones who are cause a disproportionate amount of harm. For what it's worth I didn't have a problem with your other post aside from it being vague. I dislike when people claim to have a problem with something I said but don't explain what their problem is.