Catch phrases

[Note: Edited out some of the more controversial positions.]

Who am I?

* Vehicular Cyclist
* Pedestrian on Wheels
* Scofflaw Cyclist
* Safety Nanny Cyclist

“Every evening before I go to sleep, I kneel at the side of my bed and repeat the following mantra exactly seven times: ‘Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles’.”

“I fare best when I stay the heck out of the way.”

“During my morning commute, I like to sing ‘Same Roads – Same Rights – Same Rules’ to the tune of ‘Hi Ho, Hi Ho, It’s off to work I go’.”

“I prefer to ride integrated with other traffic on sharable roads, sharable width lanes, and bikeable shoulders.”

“I like to ride separated from other traffic, preferably on substandard, congested, slow, and dangerous bike lanes, gutters, sidewalks, paths, and whatever other bike ghettos I can find.”

“I go somewhere to ride.”

“I ride to go somewhere.”

“We need more education, more regulation, more law enforcement, to make sure everyone is riding safely and properly.”

“I prefer to ride like a grown-up.”

“I believe in the magical powers of white paint to protect me from the evil cagers.”

“The only law I follow is the law of the jungle: the strong survive and the weak get eaten.”

“I’m not afraid of traffic, I am traffic.”

“The laws of physics trump the laws of the state every time.”

“My legitimacy as a road user is threatened by all the meek, immature, and criminally insane cyclists out there.”

“A collision requires that two people make a mistake – all I have to do is make sure I’m not one of them.”

“Where I live, there’s a fantastic network of bike paths that will take me anywhere I need to go – they’re called roads.”

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One of my catch phrases: Be a considerate cyclists when drivers are considerate and be an assertive cyclists when drivers are assertive.