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Originally Posted by frymaster
people with a moderate or even no political agenda engage in all sorts of violent outbursts all the time. knocking off a review mirror or kryptoniting a windshield doesn't mean you're a 'radical'. heck, most 'road rage' instances are driver-on-driver!
Over the years I have encountered so few rude and obnoxious drivers that I hardly am going to let such a 'privileged' minority push me into the radical-cyclist-as-antifossil fuel-luddite crowd. Some cyclists just cannot accept that a bicycle is a secondary user on our roadways, and uniquely vulnerable to even the most trivial accident because we lack so many of the safety features installed in vehicles. I accept the advantages and disadvantages of cycling, the benefits and the risks, with equal degree.

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