Stupidity has a way of catching up with people
Great article on the realities of cyclists, motorists and our complex relationship with stop signs.
“So, motorists get annoyed at cyclists for slowing down to only 8 mph at Stop signs when they, responsible law-abiding citizens that they are, slow all the way down to 3 mph. Well, guess what, neither one is a full stop, both are breaking the law, so I could do with a little less righteous indignation from the motorist crowd on this point. As for those cyclists who do go sailing blithely on through Stop signs and red lights, they’ll soon be thinned from the herd and I will feel the same lack of sympathy for them that I do when adult snowmobilers fall through the ice on lakes and die. Stupidity has a way of catching up with people.”
via Two Cities Two Wheels: Middle Ground.
Read more from Matt in St. Paul Minnesota on Two Cities Two Wheels about bike vs. car size comparisons, power output, footprint and an effort to find middle ground.
-M