'The problem with cyclists' article in Motorsport Magazine

[mickle]

Now removed from their website but conveniently saved for our reading pleasure here:

http://webcache.googleusercontent.c...blem-with-cyclists/+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk

 

[ColinJ]

Well, I tried, but I'm afraid that I couldn't spot his braincell!

 

[Dogtrousers]

I sometimes wear black gloves. I wonder if we've met.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Now removed from their website but conveniently saved for our reading pleasure here:

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:LuEEx8x6gx4J:www.motorsportmagazine.com/road-cars/opinions/the-problem-with-cyclists/ &cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk

They've taken it down? Really?

 

[Beebo]

He misses the point in spectacular fashion.
He doesnt for one minute consider that the cyclists may be having just as much fun as the driver, why is the cyclist seen as being a selfish fool?

 

[uphillstruggler]

I bet those responses werent exactly what he was expecting.

What a dick

 

[Sara_H]

Glad you posted this. I saw it not long after it had first been published, there were only a few comments then.

God to see the reaction to the article and that the publishers have obviously realised that it oversteps the mark and have withdrawn it. But still worrying to think there are lots of people out there who genuinely think like this write does.

 

[Apollonius]

Thanks for linking to this article. Just the usual sub-Clarkson (is this possible?) twaddle, but useful to know what is going on in the minds of the tiny minority of speedophile drivers. be aware!

 

[fossyant]

Driving and fun are not two words I can associate with, especially these days with traffic !

 

[glenn forger]

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Motor-Sport-Magazine/96482896515

They're getting a richly deserved kicking, that article encourages hostility and aggression on the roads, unforgiveable.

 

[albion]

Slow old age pensioners driving safely, learner drivers and horses all come under that very same enemy category.

One that says 'I own the road, get out of my way'.

 

[glenn forger]

There wasn't hardly any abuse in the original comments BTL, one chap called the author a knobber but nothing else, the responses were angry but calm and measured.

 

[shouldbeinbed]

I saw the original article, interesting to see they've swapped the pictures over to less perjoritive ones, the original illustration was an utterly out of context grab from a Volvo cycle/ped sensor advert.

Its either just been done as pure clickbait knowing that it'll get page visits for the stats from people prepared to put up a counter argument or if you're imbecillic enough to hold & publish this sort of view then you're probably just as dim as to not understand the nature of the internet and the fact that it won't just be seen by like minded individuals.

 

[Cycling Dan]

This artical is based ironically all on the lack of ability of the driver in that one senarieo. I applud the effort but all that screams to me is that this person in this fantasy was driving much faster than the conditions allowed. The writer of the artical even mentioned within the speed limits of the road as if that somehow made driving so fast you can stop in the distance you can see safely without having to push the brake pedal to the floor acceptable.
I guess I must have missed the entire point of their article.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

Now removed from their website but conveniently saved for our reading pleasure here:

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:LuEEx8x6gx4J:www.motorsportmagazine.com/road-cars/opinions/the-problem-with-cyclists/ &cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk

Cheers for that, Mickle - I needed a good laugh!

GC