Originally Posted by
JoeyBike
Am I the kind of cyclist running red lights? No, I'm the kind of cyclist that won't be blocking the road in front of you when the light turns green!
You know your red-light running enrages motorists. But, somehow, it’s beyond your ability to choose not to. Yet, you want other cyclists to do something because, “in your mind”, it’s a problem. That’s self-centered and hypocritical.
Asking other people to stop doing something legal while repeating crowing about your “right” to do something illegal is absurd and ridiculous.
Originally Posted by
JoeyBike
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.
It takes the same amount of effort.
Originally Posted by
JoeyBike
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.
So, you want to
pander to this "tribalism".
What they are wearing is a
distant second to the "impeding" thing. And you didn't mention the "impeding" thing (until later).
Motorists who "hate" cyclists do so because they are "in the way". They really don't care about what they imaging they are doing there.
Changing what cycling wear doesn't change that problem.