Originally Posted by
ShooFlyPie
How is wearing a helmet cam trying to control people? I cycle daily minding my own business. Typically nothing ever happens. However, every once in a while I get blatantly harassed for taking a lane doing the same speed of traffic where my I need to do so for my safety. Is simple documentation of blatant harassment or assaults controlling people? I can understand being a militant cyclists going up to cars and forcing lane control when going 5 MPH up a steep hill when moving to the right is completely logical. However, this is not the case. This is simply wearing a 200 dollar helmet cam to capture the one or two times a month where I have to deal with harassment or assaults. How is this controlling people?
That all depends on the individual. Whats their motivation for doing it? What do they hope to accomplish?
I get people yelling at me on rare occasions, its just words, I get passed rudely now and then, but not actually physically effected.
It happens to me when I ride my motorcycle, it happens to me when I drive a semi, it happens when I walk, its simply part of using a public road and is unlikely to change. Videos can protect businesses and motorists from fraud, but that's not really a problem for cyclists or pedestrians.
Its not going to make any real changes in the behavior of others, and its not going to allow you to change your behavior or make you safer.
Originally Posted by
ShooFlyPie
I don't know. Internet foruming is a pain in the ass. The reason I rarely do it anymore. But thanks to the helpful people who simply provided suggestions as they did help a lot.
Its nothing more than the opinions of others, just because I don't agree with someone doesn't mean I won't get something useful out of it. If we only seek opinions that match our own how do we learn?
Understanding leads to empathy and makes us all better for it.