I hate this softly softly approach, it's why all these people keep getting squashed under trucks.
Tell them what's up to their face and they'll soon realise.
How many "I can't see you if you can't my mirrors" stickers have you seen in your life? Thousands? Yet people still fuck about and they still get squashed...
We have the option of handing some out in a face-to-face way.
Or, the cyclist returning to their parked bike will think, 'what's this that someone's taken the trouble of slotting between my spokes'. If we make it clear it's by cyclists for cyclists, it may have more impact than governement agency public service announcements.
BTW, I agree with avoiding swearing for the sake of appealing to a wider audience. Anyone that knows me will realise how much I'm putting my own sensibilities aside by saying this :)
Has anyone pointed Buffalo Bill in the direction of this thread/the Holborn thread yet?
We have the option of handing some out in a face-to-face way.
Or, the cyclist returning to their parked bike will think, 'what's this that someone's taken the trouble of slotting between my spokes'. If we make it clear it's by cyclists for cyclists, it may have more impact than governement agency public service announcements.
BTW, I agree with avoiding swearing for the sake of appealing to a wider audience. Anyone that knows me will realise how much I'm putting my own sensibilities aside by saying this :)
Has anyone pointed Buffalo Bill in the direction of this thread/the Holborn thread yet?