Originally Posted by
Jim from Boston
Frankly, I have posted that
I would not be inclined to encourage, unless by example (nor discourage) someone to cycle-commute, but if they so chose, I would freely and gladly give any advice...
Public exhortations to cycle-commute, or utility cycle are well and good withno individual responsibility for bad outcomes, but
I would not want the recriminations of a personal endorsement if something bad happened...
FWIW, I’m not advocatin’ against,
just sayin’ 
Originally Posted by
wphamilton
Something bad can happen either way. By your advocacy or non-advocacy you are as much responsible for their auto accidents as you are for their bicycle accidents. Which would be not at all.
Say what? So are you implying that I am responsible for an acquaintance’s auto accident if I don’t advocate cycle commuting?
Originally Posted by
Daniel4
We have posted many times the fatalities if motorists, pedestrians and cyclists.Regardless of how you wish to interpret which is the most dangerous, reductionof motor vehicles reduces fatalities of all. So keeping people in their cars or promoting more motor vehicle usage isn't going to do any favours for anybody.
So are you saying I’m responsible for someone’s cycling accident if I don’t exhort drivers’ to abandon their cars and cycle commute?
Thanks for these replies because they are the only ones I have received from the few times I have posted those comments.
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Originally Posted by
Jim from Boston
…what I have gotten directly from BF [include]
• the opportunity to post and literally "journal" my thoughts and activities about cycling and lifestyle (even if nobody else reads them), but which I wouldn't write down otherwise.
As noted in my post, if I have any influence, it is more by reputation than statements. I just don’t urge someone to start cycle commuting from scratch, with no pre-disposition. A couple years ago I attended a large, national professional continuing education meeting, and the slogan was a quote appearing under the classical painting, The School of Athens (Plato’s Academy) by Raphael: “When the Student is ready, the Teacher will appear.” and I would gladly be a Teacher to those who are ready.
In a somewhat similar vein, I recall reading that well-known urban commuter subscriber @joeybike wrote that he has given up cycle touring because it’s so crazy out there. So one has to assess for themselves the risks and benefits of cycle commuting. As for myself, even after being seriously injured by a car, I still ride, with more experience and enthusiasm than ever.
Last edited by Jim from Boston; 10-25-16 at 04:51 AM.