Originally Posted by
UnsafeAlpine
I don't understand this anti-cycling mentality. It's become an us-vs-them scenario and I'm not sure why. I just like to ride my bike. I like to get from point a to point b without the use of a motor vehicle. I like to blast down a road at 45 kph. Why shouldn't I be able to do those things efficiently and safely?
It has nothing to do with you. Now days, the us-vs-them mindset is what many commentators are trying to push. If you are in fear, you are attentive and pliant.
Since Ray La Hood proposed that bicycling should be considered transportation on an equal basis with automobiles we've become a "them" of the month.
Bicyclists, who don't have to pay all those terrible gas prices are now part of a big government plot to further intrude into their lives, and maybe (horrors!) get the motorist to stop driving. And any soldier in Iraq will tell you that if you stop you're dead. It makes no sense, I noted that the only cyclist he actually talked with worked at the CATO Institute.
I'd follow the money on this one.