Originally Posted by
JoeyBike
If you have any non-cyclist friends who commute to work by car in a metropolitan area daily, ask them. You will be surprised. If they aren't straight up hating cyclists they are laughing out loud at the pointy helmets and matching leotards emblazoned with the logos of Italian dish soap companies. Those costumes tend to dehumanize cyclists mostly to non-cyclists who encounter said costumed cyclists on the roadways. Ask around.
Being murdered by a "hit man" while walking down the street, driving a car, in a bed, or riding a bike, has nothing to do with bicycle safety or advocacy no matter what the victim is doing or wearing.[/QUOTE]
You brought up "
dehumanizing cyclists" due to what they cloths they wear
This is an example that what they wear isn't an issue.
If your post was appropriate, this post is appropriate.