[*BCM*] The movement that divides us

[Greg Howard]

> As an urban rider I would never donate or support a group that names "follow
> the laws you bicyclists" as a campaign.

hear, hear.  and unfortunately, this is an attitude I've seen far too
often in Boston, where every biker is a representative of all bikers,
and until we've all cleaned up our acts we arent' allowed to ask for
anything.

It's sheer nonsense.  There are a bazillion much more important ways
to improve the safety of bicyclists than blaming each other.


greg



On 6/5/06, Pete Stidman <pstidman at yahoo.com> wrote:
> As an urban rider I would never donate or support a group that names "follow
> the laws you bicyclists" as a campaign. I would rather support a group that
> goes after the problems that affect me. My biker dollars are going to go to
> my biker problems. I know that there have to be hundreds of folks who think
> like me. I know at least a half-dozen myself. and since I don't know that
> many riders, that's a big percentage.
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> How bout instead of believing this malarky about bicyclists having a bad rap
> because they're "crazy," fight it with PR by saying "well yes they're crazy,
> the city streets trained them to be crazy. so make a sane environment for
> them, and they will be sane."
>
> I have a feeling this whole thread is part of a polluter plot anyway, maybe
> from those insidious "part-time polluters."
>
> -Pete
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