Cycling UK Forum

ianr1950 wrote:...

Top Gear to be on 7 days a week. and on second thoughts Jeremy Clarkson to be transport minister.

hubgearfreak wrote:

adinigel wrote:


Nigel

my point is that it is unfair to generalise, to tar an entire generation with the same brush. to ask me to make a generalisation about all current voters is to miss my first point.

hubgearfreak wrote:

mhara wrote:Fair point, and nicely made. You're right, it was a sweeping generalisation, damn, just when I thought I'd weeded that bad habit out of my system.

My apologies Hugbearfreak - like you I've never voted Tory my whole life, and yes, rudeness can occur in any age group. For instance - making sweeping statements about 18 to 38 year olds.

good chap, no hard feelings

If you look at how problem motorists behave with other motorists, though, it doesn't actually improve much over how they behave with cyclists. It seems to me to be a general selfishness rather than superiority over cyclists- we're just more vulnerable and easier to pick on than more armoured vehicles as we will go further out of our way not to get in a collision for self-preserving motives.

If we paid 'road tax' and all had insurance and number plates etc., these people wouldn't treat us any better than they currently treat car drivers (not well at all)- in fact nothing would change as they get away with as much as possible now with every road user they interact with and cyclists (and pedestrians) would still be no risk to them.

mhara wrote:....
Now can we get off the obsession with J*r*m* Cl*rks*n?
Please?

adinigel wrote:Perhaps I am going round the bend, but I don't remember asking you to make any generalisation.Nigel

adinigel wrote:what on earth does that make those that voted for the current government?l