Originally Posted by Aeroplane
So, I'm getting the impression that it's a great idea...</internet sarcasm>
But seriously, I can understand being afraid of psychos and whatnot. And even the extremely rare "my glove got caught in the trunk, and I lost my hand, bike, wife, dog..." Are these the only two arguments against it? I'm only touching the vehicle with my fingertips, and I'm not smudging up windows or anything. I'm not saying that this is a great idea, but I thought that if there was such a resoundingly negative response, there'd be a few more reasons.
So, any reasons besides psychos and getting dragged?
People, in my experience, are not comfortable with being approached unsolicited when out in public. Nobody likes it when panhandlers walk right up to their car, I sure as heck hate it when they approach me while I am on my bike waiting at a light. I've known people who drive
miles out of their way to avoid the 'washbucket brigade' who start washing your windshield when you didn't ask for it to be done. Add to that that you are now touching their property, the only word for that is
RUDE
So if
ITS F****** RUDE, is not enough for you to reasess a very bad habit I would kindly ask that you stop biking until you get some sense of what it means to belong to civilized society.