pezcyclingnews.com - Josh's toolbox article titled "Think!"
I’ve started and stopped this article several times and I’ve even come up with a number of titles: Run Red Lights and 15 other great ways to induce homicidal road rage, Don’t Be an Idiot (quoting my favorite TV doctor), and Riding Etiquette (as if it was a follow up to my Style Etiquette articles).
Road/Riding Rage
I start work on this piece almost every month when my Toolbox article comes due but I always stop after a few lines. I tell myself, it’s too negative or too angry. Pez readers want fun and excitement. However, this rant/article is about more than just etiquette. This is about survival. Not just for you, but for your fellow cyclists and for the survival of the sport of cycling.
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Forget bikes, forget cars, forget laws, forget etiquette. It’s about consideration and spatial awareness. I admit, rarely is one an idiot on purpose. It’s often just a case of being oblivious. The lights are on, but no one is home. So please apply these rules to any situation you are in. Wherever there might be an opportunity to move into a safer position on the road or make a gesture that, while hardly impacting your own ride, could brighten the day and opinion of cyclists for some lucky unassuming motorist, do it. Whether you are stopped at a red light or just riding in traffic look around, assess your surroundings and THINK!
I feel much better now.
Right on Josh...
THINK!
2 comments:
I don't actually want to be the dick on your blog today, but reposting entire content from a website is bad form. Link it and quote any sections you want to call out.
too late you were already that earlier...
but good point...
it is an old habit of mine from when content would disappear back in the old days of the internet...
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