John Forester

Well, neither the motoring establishment nor the bicycle advocates consider that there should be a place in the cycling spectrum for cycling in accordance with the rules of the road for drivers of vehicles. Those cyclists who are sufficiently well-informed to know whether a special bicycle facility or the roadway best serves their needs ought to be both allowed and accepted to make that choice wherever that choice exists. I see nothing being done to advance that principle except that done by we few vehicular cyclists, and much being done against it. If the powers that be, motorists and bicycle advocates and government, would accept that principle, the acidity of the discussion would disappear. It is the fear of being run off the roadway by law or by society that makes the discussions so virulent.