Originally Posted by
JustMe
The fact that you, and many others who are not involved with the cycling community, have read about the incident has done some good simply by bringing it to the public's attention. If you don't want to expose yourself to the potential for injury, that is your choice, but don't be contemptuous of the efforts of others who are trying, in their own way, to make the public aware of a problem. They may not share your desire to engage in the futility of useless bureaucratic paper trails.
That is completely subjective (the system doesn't fail folks 100% of the time, after all) and misses the point about injury to the rider. Also, the article is one-sided; we do NOT know the whole story. I'm not willing to call this guy a hero so quickly based on what HE has written. And lastly, I'm not contemptuous and I'm sorry if I'm coming across that way. I'm simply just as dogmatic in my views (as some are in theirs, albeit opposite of mine) that there are better and more efficient ways (even if it doesn't seem so in the short term) to fight these issues than pit ourselves against motorists who, although they may not run us over in that instance, may take it out on the next cyclist they encounter. We owe it to ourselves and others to at least try to find a way to push our rights to be out on the road without having to play chicken with vehicles.