Originally Posted by
Paul Barnard
That's very selfish of you. Pissed off motorists take their anger out on cyclists on a regular basis and often with deadly consequences. There are a lot more motorists than cyclists and that equates to money and political pull. Don't think for a second that laws can be drafted to severely restrict our use of the roads. When I am a motorist I make an effort to blend harmoniously with other traffic. That doesn't change when I hop on my bike. You militants aren't doing us much good on the advocacy front.
I think, or hope, that the point he was trying to make was that, when it comes to one's safety versus ticking off some motorist, the motorist had best take a chill pill, Bill.
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