Originally Posted by
RobertHurst
I strongly believe that each individual is responsible for his or her own behavior. Don't blame the messenger.
I think it would be ludicrous to say that messengers should now be acting as responsible role models, just because trend-followers look to them for everything from style cues to riding cues. There may be valid reasons for messengers to be mindful of the traffic laws, but that's not one of them.
Originally Posted by
RobertHurst
The freedom of the bicycle comes with a great deal of responsibility. If you take all the freedom, you take all the responsibility too. This has very serious implications which those seeking to emulate messengers' riding styles probably don't recognize.
In any case, these days the ratio of messengers to messenger-looking riders is very small. This is at once evidence of the working messengers' influence in the past, and lack of influence in the future.
Well said.