It's one thing when you're a fit adult male and get hit by an idiot cycling recklessly on the pavement, it's another if you're a small child or frail through sickness or old age. I've seen a couple of very near misses that would have ended very badly for the pedestrian through no fault of their own.
replySaying this it's mostly teenagers in the idiot role from what I've seen and they are reckless by default.
Although the truly reckless ones are now on their ~50mph tuned illegal scooters with a "yolo" cheap lithium battery.
replyThose things are terrifying. Someone's little scooter's wheel base is definitely not stable enough for that sort of speed.
replyAnd that's before the battery fires.
Did you consider that your talking about GROUPS of people where _some_ individuals from ALL groups regularly behave poorly and deserve criticism and action?
replyOr is that too much of a nuance against tribal thinking?
Why do you think I'm not aware of this? Did I not just explain how different people who do the activity have different perspectives, priorities and proclivities? Did I not just explain how I disagree with the way some cyclists conduct themselves, while plainly being aware that not all cyclists are like this?
replyMaybe none of this way apparent to you, despite it being plainly written out in simple English, because... I don't know actually. Can you explain your failure to read?
And yet you immediately started with an anti-cyclist whine while ignoring pretty much everyone else.
replyThese debates are so stupidly tiresome.
You have brain worms, I started by explaining that I am a cyclist. Obviously not all cyclists are particular ones I disagree with.
reply> not clogging up a highway.
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