05-26-2016, 02:06 PM
Quote:Cyclists go slower than other vehicles. If they are riding two abreast it will be much harder to pass them. Motorists will get frustrated. And nothing good ever came out of a frustrated person with a tonne of metal around him or her.
Ugh. This is worded almost as a threat. I get it, as an individual, that I need to protect myself by behaving defensively because someone I don’t know who is operating a car might be unhinged or distracted or anything else, and that could be dangerous to me. Everyone should act defensively, obviously. That’s reality.
But this person is writing in a newspaper, trying to be a thought leader, trying to influence policy. And he’s saying that the policy should be a certain way because, otherwise, motorists might get frustrated and act dangerously because of their frustration. Maybe we should get serious about people who let their frustration influence the way they operate a motor vehicle. If someone’s getting “frustrated” because it’s taking a few seconds too long to pass a bicycle, and does something “no good,” that person shouldn’t have a driver’s license.
Sorry for going on…