You are a mechanically savvy boy so I am sure you have noticed the drivers of these fabulous motors are covered in solid fucking metal. Trapped in that hunk of shit listening to the radio, air con on their fat asses, coffee in hand, windows up with a fraction of the sensory awareness a cyclist has.
How many times has a cyclist fallen asleep at the wheel, or crushed a family because he was using a lap top or driven home after an 8 hour drinking binge killing a cyclist on route, being so drunk he drove on with the man still on his bonnet!?
So we all agree cars are a little… little bit more dangerous than a bicycle, we must also realise an error of judgement made in a car can have a far more devastating effect than an error made cycling.
Cyclist put up with these errors of judgements as they are far more aware of the situation, they get it wrong and they are picking there teeth up from the floor and pissing in a bag for 6 months.
The odd wake up call does them no harm, it’s not the perfect answer but I bet it felt fucking great when the last thought that went through your head was where your wife would be when she got THAT call from the hospital.
Yes I agree, there are some serious assholes driving cars, some seriously dangerous people driving cars, usually it's the same people, you're right, the cyclist is very unlikely to cause any damage to the driver.
What is missing though is that there are some very good drivers, some very bad drivers, some very good cyclists, and some very bad cyclists, my point is, us cyclists are all for equality on the roads when it comes to us getting the same amount of respect as other road users (which I agree with) but then things like this happen and it shows how hypocritical some of us are, you want to have the pros of every other road user? Fine, just make sure you share the same responsibility as them!
Yes I agree, there are some serious assholes driving cars, some seriously dangerous people driving cars, usually it's the same people, you're right, the cyclist is very unlikely to cause any damage to the driver.
What is missing though is that there are some very good drivers, some very bad drivers, some very good cyclists, and some very bad cyclists, my point is, us cyclists are all for equality on the roads when it comes to us getting the same amount of respect as other road users (which I agree with) but then things like this happen and it shows how hypocritical some of us are, you want to have the pros of every other road user? Fine, just make sure you share the same responsibility as them!