kwackers wrote:danhopgood wrote:which is changing the attitude of the majority of road users
No it isn't.
Motorists have been berating cyclists (and pedestrians) ever since they were allowed to drive without a flag waver in front of them.
All that's happening is their narrow motorist centric view is being allowed to reinforce itself with no feedback telling them they're wrong. Articles like this do nothing to change their perception and everything to encourage it.
........Stopping bad cycling is a laudable aim but it won't stop the rot. Education and policing of motorist behaviour will.
No, education and policing of EVERYONE on the roads - plus providing adequate and well designed infrastructure will. And vigilante cyclists with double standards for road behaviour micturate off the likes of John Armitt - who are the ones with the influence on where to spend infrastructure cash. Cyclists need to behave responsibly if they want respect.