Cars vs Bicycles – The Motorist’s Warped View Actually Reveals the Problem

Via The Warrior Factor

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Five key grievances were made in an editorial in Melbourne’s major newspaper, the Herald Sun, today. Some are actually genuine. The problem is that the motorist’s fury is poorly directed. The true culprit is decades of government inaction, over zealous nanny state regulations, and an obsession with turning cyclists into “vehicles”.

THE MOTORIST

The road was made for cars. It’s a road that’s slowly being shrunk and chopped up so bike lanes and Lycra-friendly nooks can be carved into parking spaces across the city. As a motorist I don’t mind sharing the road. With other cars. But cyclists often take things too far, and I’m not just talking about their leg grooming habits. Some of the things they do on the road simply drive me mad. So here they are.

1) WHEN YOU TAKE UP A QUARTER OF A LANE YOU MIGHT AS WELL TAKE UP THE WHOLE LANE
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2) DON’T TOUCH MY CAR
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3) YOU CAN SEE ME INDICATING SO WHY PULL UP NEXT TO ME?
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4) YOU WANT ROAD? OBEY ROAD LAWS
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5) YOU GO SLOWER THAN CARS SO DON’T PRETEND YOU’RE A CAR
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<a href="https://warriorfactor.wordpress.com/2014/12/11/cars-vs-bicycles-the-motorists-warped-view/">https://warriorfactor.wordpress.com/2014/12/11/cars-vs-bicycles-the-motorists-warped-view/</a>;
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[B' Spokes: Some of the responses here are great. Keep this kind of thinking in mind so next time an anti cycling letter appears in the paper we can call it out for what it is.]