Originally Posted by JRA
Carol strikes me as the prototypical vehicular cyclist - a person who uses a bicycle for transportation. (I am using the common English language definition of 'vehicular' here, not the techinical definition that some people are so fond of).
I don't think Carol's case is all that strange. There are many vehicular cyclists who ride safely on the sidewalks all the time.
This usage of the term "vehicular cyclist" is very unconventional. I understand what is meant, but I think statements like "There are many vehicular cyclists who ride safely on the sidewalks all the time" can be easily misconstrued because of the unconventional usage.
If nothing else, by this unconventional usage, vehicular in "vehicular cyclist" is redundant and meaningless, because every cyclist is a vehicular cyclist. So "prototypical
vehicular cyclist" is also redundant, since that phrase would also apply to all cyclists.
And using an unconventional definition for a term in a context where another meaning is commonly accepted, can be construed as being disengenuous.