Cyclophiliac wrote:NhiTrac wrote:
No, they don't give the rest of us a bad name: that's just out group syndrome. Any so-called collective responsibility for cyclists is only in the heads of those with an anti-cyclist prejudice. I don't see motorists behaving badly, then assume they give all other motorists a bad name, because as much as I get p#ssed off by dumb motorists, I know they're not all bad.
Unfortunately people are people and will lump us all together in the same bag.
That truckie mightve went and said to his mate "Jim, I nearly took out another bunch of lycra clad morons cutting me truck off this morning!"
Pedestrians witnessing that mightve went to work and said "Sandy, these cyclists are dangerous and should be registered so we can dob them in to the authorities!"
This is only compounded by social media, dash cams and the media's negative articles.
So no, I don't agree with your statement at all. In a perfect world, sure. But in the real world, or at least Australia, not a chance.