mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
Why not? Some cars are even topless in regular streets as soon as the sun comes out. It's only a matter of time.
Trying to get the politicians and municipalities to take us seriously
- Thread starter bigal1956
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CanucksTraveller
Macho Business Donkey Wrestler
- Location
- Hertfordshire
It is a curious comparison.
You do of course see cyclists jumping red lights, that's accepted. According to some individuals (and Big Al) the clear implication is that all cyclists have a collective responsibility for the ones who are irresponsible or dangerous.
Yet on the other hand, I had a liveried council van nearly ran into the back of me yesterday, several times... the driver appeared distracted and braked far too too late, three times at least; Looking in the mirror I could see why, she was holding her phone up in her left hand and jabbering away, laughing, clearly on a video call. But I didn't immediately think "all drivers need to take collective responsibility for this". That's far from unusual behaviour from a driver, but I just thought she, individually, was a complete knucklehead.
Why did I think the latter thought process, and not the former?
You do of course see cyclists jumping red lights, that's accepted. According to some individuals (and Big Al) the clear implication is that all cyclists have a collective responsibility for the ones who are irresponsible or dangerous.
Yet on the other hand, I had a liveried council van nearly ran into the back of me yesterday, several times... the driver appeared distracted and braked far too too late, three times at least; Looking in the mirror I could see why, she was holding her phone up in her left hand and jabbering away, laughing, clearly on a video call. But I didn't immediately think "all drivers need to take collective responsibility for this". That's far from unusual behaviour from a driver, but I just thought she, individually, was a complete knucklehead.
Why did I think the latter thought process, and not the former?
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