Comments on: The Mayan Apocalypse and Cycling Irrationality http://www.commutebybike.com/2012/12/21/the-mayan-apocalypse-and-cycling-irrationality/ Tips, Hints, Reviews and Safety for Bike Commuters Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:38:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: BluesCat http://www.commutebybike.com/2012/12/21/the-mayan-apocalypse-and-cycling-irrationality/comment-page-1/#comment-1487314 BluesCat Sun, 23 Dec 2012 17:40:23 +0000 http://www.commutebybike.com/?p=22452#comment-1487314 The biggest, non-helmet cycling irrationality I can think of is the line --- promoted by all of the non-cycling "experts" --- that "Bicyclists need to follow ALL the same rules of the road that motorists are required to follow!" There are so many departures from logic and reasoning inherent in that "irrationale" that I hardly know where to begin, but let me start it and everybody can chime in when they think of their own examples. The "posted speed limit" is supposedly the MAXIMUM speed you go in your vehicle, but the vast majority of motorists view it as some sort of hazy goal for rush hour traffic and a silly impediment to their progress at all other times ... and if you dare to be on a bicycle in the lane in front of them and ARE NOT proceeding at that speed, you are a justifiable target for road rage! The biggest, non-helmet cycling irrationality I can think of is the line — promoted by all of the non-cycling “experts” — that “Bicyclists need to follow ALL the same rules of the road that motorists are required to follow!”

There are so many departures from logic and reasoning inherent in that “irrationale” that I hardly know where to begin, but let me start it and everybody can chime in when they think of their own examples.

The “posted speed limit” is supposedly the MAXIMUM speed you go in your vehicle, but the vast majority of motorists view it as some sort of hazy goal for rush hour traffic and a silly impediment to their progress at all other times … and if you dare to be on a bicycle in the lane in front of them and ARE NOT proceeding at that speed, you are a justifiable target for road rage!

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I tried it. It didn’t work. Why did I bother even hoping?

The end.

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