[SDCBC] Good article on bicycle scorrlaws

[Sachi Wilson]

On 5 Jan 2007, at 3:34 pm, John Forester wrote:

> However, this our society refuses to do. Not only does it refuse to
> do this, but its actions and policies show that it prefers
> incompetent and unlawful cyclists to lawful and competent cyclists.

  I disagree that this is a conscious preference.  It's social  
ignorance.  Society has no clue, really, what it "prefers" for  
cyclists.  When you talk to people who do not cycle seriously, once  
you get past the "keep them on the sidewalks and trails" mentality,  
they DO begin to see that it is the incompetent and unlawful cyclists  
who cause the great majority of the problems that THEY perceive.  And  
then they start listening . . .

So really, even :society: can have a preference for lawful and  
competent cycling behavior, _once they are educated_ in what that  
behavior can do for them.  That is the key and the problem -- trying  
to educate not just cycists, but people who don;t think they even  
care about cycling.


Sachi


Sachi