alex wrote: >>From motorist's prospective, I suspect cyclist is perceived as an alien > object, something that doesn't belong in the traffic, - looking different > and moving different (slower and less steady on course) Good cyclists in a city ride a straight line and can keep up with traffic. Unfortunately for good cyclists, they are in the (small) minority among cyclists. > It's a matter of atavistic instinct, which does exist no matter > how hard we are trying to control it. No, they're just obnoxious jerks who put others at risk for no reason. One thing I miss since leaving Quebec - it's the only area in North America where bicycles are not seen as an alien object (at least when I lived there; I fear it may have "modernized" 26 years since I left). There were fewer such obnoxious jerks, but only slightly. Mike *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Mar 02 2007 - 14:25:42 PST
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