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That's a strawman argument. EDIT: I make it a point of honour to try to stick to the Highway Code whether on my bike or in my car. Still random drivers harass
by Lio 3y ago
That's a strawman argument.
EDIT: I make it a point of honour to try to stick to the Highway Code whether on my bike or in my car. Still random drivers harass me when I'm on my bike.
I had someone lean out of a car and try to put a plastic bag over my head when I was cycling once. I would love to hear what I was supposed to have done to justify that.
You just have to look at how the press drone on about "lycra clad louts". There's an obsession with identifying us by what we wear as a justification for violence.
That's not hurt feelings but actual broken bones and blood violence.
Off the top of my head I can think of several newspaper articles calling for barbed wire to be strung across cyclepaths in the UK (Hahaha, joking of course!) and reports where that happened and someone was seriously injured. All in the same paper (Hahaha, no connection obviously!)
YouTube is full of people in cars attacking cyclists and it's got fuck all to do with breaking traffic regulations.
- DiggyJohnson 3y agoIf you never break a single traffic law while driving you must be very difficult to drive around. Not excusing the other crazy stuff you've put up with. That's insane.
- Lio 3y agoI'm not saying I never break traffic rules, I'm saying I don't deliberately do so. I don't run through red lights or use my mobile phone. Not sure why that would make me difficult to drive around. If I'm on a motorway I overtake and when I've finished my manoeuvre and I just move over again. If I see an amber light then I do what the Highway code suggests and stop if doing so won't cause a problem. If I see a red light definitely stop.
- DiggyJohnson 3y agoI thought you meant never-ever. If you do what the highway code suggests as you describe, it sounds like you're a good defensive driver. I think you can see why I'm asking though, as there's a big difference between never breaking a traffic rule and making to a point to avoid doing so deliberately, especially the egregious ones.