Originally Posted by
FBinNY
Getting ticketed doesn't earn us respect, it just confirms the opinions of those who hate us. There's not much a racist likes more than seeing a black man in handcuffs, but seeing that doesn't magically make him less of a racist.
+1, this whole idea that we need to be perfect ambassadors of cycling is bunk.
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