Originally Posted by
njkayaker
So, you asked these people and
they didn't mention the impeding issue? They talked about
clothing being so troublesome but not
impeding?
So,
impeding is more of an issue than what some riders wear.
How the heck is changing what cyclists wear going to fix the bigger issue of
impeding?
It's stupid to think that "motorists who hate us" are going to magically be turned-around by what people wear.
The only way of dealing with the impeding issue is to ban bicyclists.
I believe it is easier to tolerate people "in the way" going to / from work than it is to tolerate people "playing" in the roadway slowing down motorists or *GASP* forcing them to turn their steering wheels. Also people are very tribal in nature. It's US vs. THEM. The more you try to look different than some "standard" the more you wold be considered "other". It's an ancient survival mechanism etched into human DNA. Don't trust the "Others". Tribalism was necessary and worked great for a few million years. Helped us survive as a species.
Tribalism is glaringly obvious right now. Don't want this to end up in P&R so I'm not going into all that.