Its amazing how i started a thread to encourage everyone to ride more safely because i dont want to see any of you ending up hurt, and instead it ends up as a thread where people are talking **** on a guy who almost died.

Furthermore it amazes me that people are talking **** on him for something he didnt even do. Did you not read the part where i said HE WAS RIDING ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE STREET OBEYING ALL TRAFFIC LAWS?

Yes, many delivery people ride on the wrong side of the street. Yes that makes riding more dangerous for them and other cyclists. But look at it this way...if it was a messenger on a fixie riding against traffic to delivery an important rush job who was hit and almost killed would you all be talking the same ****? I doubt it!

Besides, what makes talkling **** on an almost dead guy worth it. Get to feel better about yourselves? What makes your fixed gear superior to his bike? That guy rides rain or shine to make ends meet. That is more than i can say for the majority of people here. While there are a number of messengers on this thread, there are also a bunch of people who just use their bikes to run errands, hang out, and commute to jobs that dont require riding all day. Myeslf included.

What we need is a lot less **** talking, a lot lss self righteousness, and a lot more education. If we educated everyone (and not just delivery people, but children, yuppies riding down to the store, hipsters tooling around williamsburg to look cool,and everyone else who doesnt necessarily know better) then maybe threads about people getting injured wouldnt be getting hijacked and turned into **** tallking.