I seem to be thinking about cycling a lot at the moment, and I seem to be posting as much about cycling as I do about programming. With this in mind I've started a new blog called I am a human being (and a cyclist).
The idea for the name came about because as soon as I get on a bike some people seem to see me as less than human, I become a cyclist. I'd like to point out that I am a human being whatever my choice of mode of transport.
Showing posts with label cycling. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cycling. Show all posts
Tuesday, 30 October 2012
Thursday, 26 January 2012
Cycle at your own risk
There is a fairly high profile news story at the moment about a cyclist (who is also a lawyer) involved in an incident with a motorist on his daily commute. The motorist was driving aggressively and seemed to consider the cyclist to be basically in his way. A verbal altercation took place which ended with the motorist threatening to kill the cyclist. The cyclist has blogged about the whole thing. The interesting aspect of this is that the whole thing was recorded by the cyclist's helmet cam.
The lack of desire to prosecute and, to be honest, rather pathetic penalty highlights the sad lot that we cyclists have to put up with. I've cycle-commuted my whole life so it comes as no surprise that aggressive, dangerous morons like Scott Lomas are at large on our roads - I experience similar incidents myself quite frequently.
I have long since resigned myself to the fact that cyclists are considered to be the lowest form of life on the roads. We don't count. We're not even human beings; we're cyclists. We are in the way, we should be on the pavement (if you're a motorist), we should be on the road (if you're a pedestrian), we should yield right of way to all other commuters in every circumstance. Of course I exaggerate; 99 out of 100 other road users are perfectly reasonable, courteous and law abiding. Its the 1 out of 100 that you have to watch out for; the Scott Lomas' of this world, and if you cycle just 10 miles in rush hour, you're going to encounter hundreds of motorists and statistically that means at least one moron.
The lack of desire to prosecute and, to be honest, rather pathetic penalty highlights the sad lot that we cyclists have to put up with. I've cycle-commuted my whole life so it comes as no surprise that aggressive, dangerous morons like Scott Lomas are at large on our roads - I experience similar incidents myself quite frequently.
I have long since resigned myself to the fact that cyclists are considered to be the lowest form of life on the roads. We don't count. We're not even human beings; we're cyclists. We are in the way, we should be on the pavement (if you're a motorist), we should be on the road (if you're a pedestrian), we should yield right of way to all other commuters in every circumstance. Of course I exaggerate; 99 out of 100 other road users are perfectly reasonable, courteous and law abiding. Its the 1 out of 100 that you have to watch out for; the Scott Lomas' of this world, and if you cycle just 10 miles in rush hour, you're going to encounter hundreds of motorists and statistically that means at least one moron.
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