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Your last sentence is one of the most aggravating arguments I hear against cyclists using the road. Motorists I would argue are much, much worse at obeying tra
by tjr225 9y ago
Your last sentence is one of the most aggravating arguments I hear against cyclists using the road.
Motorists I would argue are much, much worse at obeying traffic laws than cyclists (perhaps simply because there are so many more of them). I think this is made much worse by distracting electronics in a the vehicle.
Regardless, why should a few bad cyclists be the measure for an entire group of people simply making a personal choice on how they're going to get around? Drives me crazy.
- btrettel 9y agoI agree that drivers have a larger impact for breaking that law than cyclists simply due to the far larger number of them. The size and speed differences matter too. As far as I'm an tell about the same fraction of drivers and cyclists break the law. They, however, tend to break different laws: rolling through stop signs is more common for cyclists, whereas speeding is more common for drivers. Often when I point this out a driver decides to defend speeding, which I think is the wrong response. If the problem they claim to have is respect for the rules of the road, then justifying speeding is hypocritical. (For what it's worth I follow the law to the letter.) Plus, as you've said, the actions of a few bad people in a group should not strongly color perceptions of the entire group.
- tjr225 9y agoFine, but no one is suggesting that motorists not use the infrastructure that they are legally entitled to use which is the case for cyclists(not you, specifically). I'm sorry this has gotten so wildly off topic and if anyone would like to continue this discussion they are welcome to private message me- or do it here, but I won't be responding!
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 9y agoDrivers often complain about other drivers too, they just can't easily label all drivers as being bad drivers because they're a member of that group.