Originally Posted by chephy
Because no matter how hard you try to tell the motorists that cyclists belong on the road, if the motorists see 9 out of 10 cyclists on the sidewalk - they aren't going to believe you.
This is exactly why I keep saying that training motorists, who have little to be interested in whether or not The Notion is true, is a complete waste of time and resources, especially when you have 99 out of 100 (or is it 9,999 out of 10,000?) cyclists behaving as if the Notion is true, not to mention the little matter of The Notion being embedded in our laws (which, thankfully, hardly anyone reads), and in official policy manifested in demarcating the outside edge of the roadway for bikes.