Originally Posted by randya
you asked what is typical, not what typical friction is.
IMO, the typical friction when all of a sudden there are 'too many' cyclists, is for the motorists to start behaving badly towards the cyclists and demanding that the cyclists be removed from the road, which, after all, is 'owned' by the motorists.
You said: "
This is typical of the friction that develops between cyclists and motorists when there are enough cyclists on the road for motorists to actually notice the increase."
That was the "this" I was asking about since you never defined what "this" was. You refer to "this" again in the next sentence but still don't make it clear what you are referring to. I believe that, based on your reply, you were trying to make a statement such as this:
"This increase in collisions involving cyclists who strictly obey the rules of the road is typical of the friction that develops between cyclists and motorists when there are enough cyclists on the road for motorists to actually notice the increase because motorists start behaving badly towards the cyclists and demand that the cyclists be removed from the road."
Is that a correct statement? I'm really not trying to be annoying, although I'm sure this has been annoying. I do want to figure out what you were getting at with your original statement. If what I assembled above is true, then I'd like to know how you came to that conclusion assuming that you don't have the accident reports just like I don't. If you do, or if anyone else does, I'm very interested in reading up about it.