Tom Stormcrowe

The only problems I have with the route of some of the threads in this forum are the ones that give a blow by blow of calling the police over the slightest infraction. I'm not against involving the police, mind you, but why continually brag about it? Are they seeking approval for being the "Hall Monitor"? If you want to make a difference out there for cycling, and advocacy thereof, try to come to some kind of agreement on a tack to take, as far as education and advocacy and run with it rather than the Lunatic Fringe comments some here make. These are totally counterproductive, and while I'm often in sympathy with the feeling and intent, I also realize enough about the general psychology of the general public to realize that these actions only serve to marginalize us and reduce any chance of effectiveness we may have to advance the agenda of the cycling community. If we are percieved as a marginal group or a lunatic fringe, we cannot get out our message, that being that cyclists are part of traffic and deserving of the same respect that any other vehicle is.