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Doing a school bikeability course in Bermondsey and the locals throughout the week were the shit side of humanity. One driver I got into a conversation with was adamant him driving whilst on the phone was not a problem. Nothing you could say would change his mind....Until I asked how he'd feel I did the same and it resulted in his child being knocked down. On the third time of asking the simple question, he finally shut up and finally said, "I really wouldn't like that."
Hopefully this exposes my stance to that wall that people put up to defend the indefensible. Whilst these ridiculous decisions keep happening, I'll keep hoping it happens to those that have the power to make change.
This is part of human nature, Lucas. How can you not conceivably see how this mindset couldn't be applied to member of a jury? One of my early points in the "Is it time to start calling out bad cyclists" thread was that none of us know whom we're dealing with on the street. How do you know when you decide to blast through a red light or a zebra crossing, you're not intimidating a potential member of the jury involved in a cyclist fatality? Or maybe a Judge or magistrate? These aren't robots. The idea that creatures as fallible as humans could be totally objective laughable.