Originally Posted by
SocialCow
I don't know what everyone's feelings are on riding facing traffic, I think you have to be pretty crazy to do so, just last week I had this discussion with someone who was telling me about their health ailments that were bothering him, diabetes and such, and how complicated it was for him to exercise, I suggested cycling and we got on the same argument that I present to you today.
His words were : "Well, I have been an insurance adjuster for thirty years and have never heard of someone riding (a bike) on the road, at night or going with traffic."
No matter how many arguments I bring up that would bring light into how, in my opinion it is unsafe, most people I know still believe that it is safer than going with the traffic, but those same people have not ridden a bicycle for at least 30 years or more.
Tell me that this is not a predominant belief, say it isn't so.
Well why do you even bother with an opinion of an uninformed person that did not ride a bike in 30 years? That alone would make it clear to me that they probably don't have any understanding whatsoever what is safe and what is unsafe to do when riding a bike. His statement are just short of idiotic, because if he isn't into cycling, he doesn't know anything about it, and then he goes into some twisted logic concluding that you are in the wrong on the subject you know a lot about, and not he who knows nothing? Don't waste your time with such uninformed ignorant people who conceive themselves to be an imaginary expert on things they don't know first thing about. No wonder they say stupid things and believe they are right
