Originally Posted by
dougmc
Perhaps, but Austin isn't really such a place. We've got a lot of cyclists here (about double the national average that I can tell) and lots of advocacy going on, and for the most part, motorists treat cyclists appropriately -- it may or may not be "respect", but they yield when they have to (and often when they don't), don't run cyclists over, etc.
Of course, there's exceptions, but I don't think Austin has more of them than other places.
Hi Doug...
I hesitated even doing the original post, but figured if I didn't someone else would, so why not be first? I'm not sure that what was going on this loser girl's "mind" at the time really had much to do with cyclists. More a general drunken rage. And we don't know if she had a grudge on the passengers in the pedicab or what was the catalyst for the whole thing. What transpired earlier is not very clear or whether or not it involved the owner or occupants of the pedicab.
Of course, when someone is as wasted as she appears to have been, you can't expect anything to make sense.
And yes, Doug, I agree the vast majority of motorists in this town do not want to injure a cyclist. I see a much greater problem with ignorance -- cyclists and motorists equally -- than malice.
Don in Austin