Originally Posted by Helmet Head
The only people I know who consider that VC means sitting in a traffic jam, or being *always* opposed to bike lanes, or taking the lane under *all* conditions, are VC detractors. It certainly does not reflect the views of John Forester, John Franklin, John S Allen, Dan Guttierrez, David Smith, or the countless VC advocates I have read or corresponded with. If that's how Hurst characterizes VC, then he too does not get it.
Serge
Let us know what you think when you're done reading it. I haven't read the books from the VC advocates yet, so I can't compare. He does seem to have disdain for the advocates against separate facilities (bike lanes and MUPs), who seem to fall under
his definition of Vehicular Cyclists. If his style of riding is the same as VC, then he wouldn't have a much of a book to sell, then, would he? By trying to separate himself from VC, he has a different product. People could then say they follow the "Hurst Method", rather than the VC method, and that could possibly fuel his ego.
But that's all just supposition on my part. I doubt much, if anything, he advocates in this book goes against VC principles. It's possibly a way of sneaking VC principles to the masses, without the stigma (which is probably unwarranted) associated with VC.