Originally Posted by
littlechicken
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Everyone around me is brushing me off, as if because I have a dangerous hobby, that I don't have the right to feel this way.
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Aside from your ptsd, glad you're ok.
That attitude everybody has once again demonstrates how society views bad driving as an acceptable norm. Cycling isn't dangerous. Driving is. Every person who gets into a car to drive increases the risk of every pedestrian, cyclist, other drivers and their passengers and even occupants in buildings.
https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.3564461
Drivers get into auto collisions all the time, but nobody ever tells them to quit driving because it's dangerous.