Originally Posted by Machka

I find it interesting how many people these days like to be near other people. This drafting thing is one example. You can see another example in a cafe or similar. You choose a table away from everyone ... and next thing you know, someone is sitting at the table right next to you, rather than choosing any number of other empty tables in the place. Or camping ... you set up a tent at the far end of the campground away from everyone else, and the next thing you know, someone else is setting up a tent right beside yours despite the fact that there are numerous other perfectly good choices some distance away.

It's almost as though the respect for other people's personal space is diminishing.

I have a theory that it has something to do with the daycare generation. When kids are put into daycare centres at a very early age, they learn to do everything in groups ... the group is the norm. And when they grow up, they feel uncomfortable being by themselves.

We shouldn't have to be put into the situation where we have to tell a wheel sucker to go away. Wheel suckers should respect other cyclists' right to ride their own ride. The onus should be on the wheel sucker to introduce him/herself and to ask whether or not it is OK to be there.