Originally Posted by
Claude.fr
12 years is a long time, no way it can be old age taking its toll, things change fast.
If unconvinced, think of US society,12 years ago, compared with today.
France and french society is no different, exposed to, I can’t explain it otherwise, to engineered (not by French themselves willingly) divisions with individual citizens increasingly adopting entrenched positions.
Reads familiar ?
End of thread drift/
As far as attitudes towards cyclists are concerned, good people in their cars who always were careful with riders are more careful, respectful and even friendly and there could be more and more of them.
the Not-so-good are becoming increasingly aggressive, not passively but deliberately.
People who are permanently angry not necessarily behind a steering wheel.
I agree. France has changed a lot in the 40+ years that I have been visiting but I have had no seriously bad encounters with motorist there unlike in the USA. There is no comparison in my experience but maybe France will eventually catch up with the anger on our roads in some states. The difference is not merely culture, the laws here usually offer little protection to the wronged cyclist.