On Sat, 24 Jan 2009 22:59:37 +0000, Tony Dragon
said in
:

If you are correct, can you explain why none of my family have never had
a near miss with a car on the footway, but have had many with cyclists?

Probably something to do with the danger of motor traffic
encouraging cyclists to believe (wrongly) that they are at less risk
on the footway, a misapprehension actively supported by many
councils through the use of Magic White Paint.

In fact, I have been shouted at by a driver for not being on the
footway even when there is *no* Magic White Paint.

There is, too, the fact that you are clearly looking for this
behaviour and therefore noticing it. Like all the drivers who
complain about cyclists wearing dark clothing at night because it
makes them impossible to see. If it did, how would they know? It's
just the usual psychological targeting of an "out group".

Reduce the danger on the roads and I would like to suggest that the
problem of which you complain would reduce in equal measure. Worth
a try, yes?

Guy
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