Comment 112445

By moylek (registered) - website | Posted June 24, 2015 at 08:52:48 in reply to Comment 112441

Most drivers routinely break the law. Most cyclists routinely break the law. Most pedestrians routinely break the law. It is blatant red herring and an unhelpful distraction to bring up the question of whether cyclists are law-abiding enough to deserve infrastructure.

May I double-post? I may? Thank you :)

What's the biggest trouble I have with motorists on my commute, you ask? The same one I have with pedestrians: getting them to use their right of way.

Pretty much daily, I will have drivers stopped at four-ways as I approach - clearly waiting for me to blow through, sometimes frowning, other times with a cheery wave, other times with an impatient wave, until I showily set a foot down on the tarmac or, finally, wave them through myself.

Likewise, pedestrians will sometimes pause mid-cross walk as I approach, clearly having no expectation that I will stop.

This does not happen to me when I am in my truck. What does this tell us about people's expectations of cyclists?

Like ergopepsi, I believe in doing my damnedest to be an ambassador for predictable, polite cycling. I like to hope to think that it might help to shift the expectations of other road users.

And let me insist one more time: I'm not giving reason to ignore demands for better cycling infrastructure. But let's stop pretending that the red herrings aren't, in fact, curiously red, and, actually, quite herring-like, on first inspection.

Comment edited by moylek on 2015-06-24 08:55:41

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