Being a nicer cyclist

[erikgarrison.livejournal.com]

What are some ways that cyclists can positively engage drivers, gain their respect, and encourage them to use caution when they are sharing the road with cyclists?

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Re: Be a nicer pedestrian too

[gookalockgeek.livejournal.com]

haha, not quite. people like you try to assuage their car-owning guilt by blaming pedestrians for "hurting the environment" when they dare to step in front of your car when you are making the "environmentally friendly" choice of wanting to get through intersections as quickly as possible. WHAT A GIVER.

Re: Be a nicer pedestrian too

[cos]

Oh really? How do you know? What's this "people like you?" thing, anyway? I wonder why you're so dickishly defensive about this in the first place, and why you automatically chose to interpret this as being about who to "blame". Honestly, you sound like an utter asshole here. Maybe you're not in real life, but wow, your off the wall aggressive-defensive idiocy in this thread looks like it. I hope you're at least enjoying it.

Re: Be a nicer pedestrian too

[gookalockgeek.livejournal.com]

yes, i'm really enjoying the sheer frustration that comes with trying to reason with wasteful people who refuse to take responsibility for their own selfish choices. thanks for the name-calling, though, it's really helping you make your point,.

Re: Be a nicer pedestrian too

[emannths.livejournal.com]

Look, I'm usually a pedestrian or (more often) a cyclist around here. I'd rather people drive less and transportation infrastructure be designed to better support more efficient modes of transportation.

But each time a line of cars is held up, or have to slow down to yield to a pedestrian, those cars emit addition pollution. Is it a drop in the bucket compared to their total emissions? Probably. But it still is pollution. Why is it such a bad thing for people who are not driving to consider this? Yes, the drivers are primarily responsible for these emissions. But if the pedestrian waits, the pedestrian could be responsible for reducing them.