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This has been covered - a lot. The problem isn't headphones... or lack of hi vis. It's occasionally bad riding or more accurately it's perceived as bad riding by people who think that having access to and using a bike means you are a 'cyclist' to be legislated. I feel I'm a very different creature to the oblivious, pavement weaving, light jumping dudes who are probably the heart of most people's negative perceptions of riders. I don't need broad legislation. I just need people to spot the difference. If there were a few more interested and empowered bobbies about to have a go at the few who do that we wouldn't be coming across as the criminal underclass responsible for our own demise - inconveniently diving under the wheels of innocent road users in a bit to slow everyone's commute.
The main problem is people in really heavy things not taking the appropriate responsibility for what happens when those things are used clumsily in highly populated areas. imagine the clusterfuck if we get legislated off our bikes and onto the already jammed up public transport systems or worse still we get into cars. Bleating on about how dangerous we are is silly considering how few times even the most dozy cyclists are actually responsible for hurting someone else.