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11-02-15 | 01:35 PM

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Originally Posted by genec

While I somewhat generally agree with this... and feel that most animosity on the road is not hate, but just the result of drivers not paying attention and then being shaken out of their daze by "something unusual" on the road... I disagree that this is a situation limited to cyclists... I provide an example in this thread...
http://www.bikeforums.net/advocacy-s...s-drivers.html

The OP was about "attitude" not conduct. I agree that conduct may leave much to be desired (varies by area), but conduct and attitude (ie. hatred) are different things.

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