http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Meanwhile, in Texas en Mon, 18 May 2026 01:39:06 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2135#post-22535 Sat, 29 Jan 2011 02:23:23 +0000 ruggtomcat 22535@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>discussed at length is right, Ive been reading this thing all day!</p> <p>Im glad this board is more measured and polite:</p> <p><em>"I just received a threat in a PM from a contributor"</em></p> <p>0.0 </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2135#post-22500 Fri, 28 Jan 2011 14:07:22 +0000 Arellcat 22500@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>By all accounts, it's not exactly Copenhagen over there. Back in the summer, "Bud B" posted a bit of a rant, on a fishing forum of all places, about his perceived standards of driving and the very real animosity shown towards cyclists. Can you imagine cyclists (as 'road users', not individuals) being <em>banned</em> from riding through some towns, and going to jail for riding on the road?</p> <p><a href="http://texasfishingforum.com/forums/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/5016789/Searchpage/1/Main/423586/Words/Cyclist%27s/Search/true/A_cyclist_s_Counter_Rant#Post5016789">A cyclist's counter rant</a></p> <p>The trouble is, this stuff is actually happening. You could argue that with no small road, pedestrian and cyclist friendly infrastructure, only multi-lane highways, human power is on its back foot whatever we try to do; and for people, who are left with no other option, having the temerity to try to protect themselves by using visibility strategies like adopting primary position, a backlash would be inevitable. It never fails to amaze me that a human being could be so callous as to consider ten seconds of their own time as more valuable than the safety -- and perhaps the very life -- of another human being.</p> <p>(Edit: I thought about putting this in Debate, but it's being debated at great length <a href="http://www.bentrideronline.com/messageboard/showthread.php?t=57812">elsewhere</a> on t'internet). </p>