Originally Posted by
treadtread
Heh, I didn't actually mean disrespect by calling someone a cager - and I don't call them that to their face either. I read that term here on BF first, and it just seemed to describe someone driving a car. I didn't realized that it indicated disrespect. If not cager, what's a handy way to describe a car commuter? Carist?
No worries Double T, I was just trying to be funny. I grew up thinking that "cagers" were basketball players, so calling motorists that has always seemed a little weird to me.
No matter how much evangelizing you do you will never ever be able to convert a single person, because in the end no matter how compelling your arguments are, other people need to decide for themselves if it is for them or not. The rising gas prices and other car-related hassles are already increasing the number of bicycle commuters out there as it becomes more of a logical choice and less of a lunatic fringe behavior in the eyes of the public.
A tan face, a slimming waistline, increased energy and an improved demeanor will do more to compel people than any carbon footprint sermon ever will. I'm not advising you not to try, just manage your expectations accordingly. People will choose when they both want to and are ready at the same time.
