WARNING: Plenty of swearing in the comments!
"Multiple Olympic gold medal winner Chris Hoy has emerged as one of Britain’s most vocal advocates for cycling. But he believes that some cyclists are doing the cause no good by their behaviour on the roads.
“When I’m out on a bike and I see someone doing something stupid I will absolutely have a word with them at the next set of lights,” he told the Telegraph’s Theo Merz in an interview.
Hoy gave a recent example, of a rider he’d chastised while in his home town of Edinburgh a couple of weeks ago.
He said: “There was a guy who was riding like an idiot, jumping lights, cutting up the pavement, and I just said: ‘You’re not helping matters here. If you want respect you have to earn it.’”"
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Some pretty pathetic responses in the comments section, whether you agree with Chris or not. A number of responders apparently choosing to be offended. Yes, I get that some people don't like the idea you should earn respect but it's really a turn of phrase. Chris is clearly having a go at irresponsible cyclists - and they do need to earn respect because they are not showing it in relation to the law and other people.
But of course, respect should be mutual and all road users should give it and be able to expect it under normal circumstances.
The objectionable responses are well summed up by this comment:
"Nothing wrong with what Sir Chris has said. But he does need to be aware of how headline writers (including those on road.cc, disappointingly ) will summarize his comments, particularly given a lot of "readers" don't go beyond the headline and first para to read the actual quotes. "
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