(I have been hit multiple times, car doored to the nose, and cycled 40km a day for several years in chaotic city roads before cycle lanes existed, and routinely appeared at work with bloodied knuckles – just in case that somehow validates my comment more)
I don’t think drivers seek to run down cyclists, only that a lot of them were taught to drive at a time that did not accomodate for them when they took their driving test.
Granted that cars are far higher, larger, and more powerful now and likely do pose more of a threat. I just think jumping down someone’s throat for a no harm no foul situation breeds only bitterness between the types of road users who must ultimately co-exist
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
I just treat cyclists like cars. I give them the space as if they were another car.
BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
I do too and I actively advocate for the same when I’m a passenger. That doesn’t mean the reaction described above is in any way normal - of another driver did the same I’d also think they had some kind of mental issues.