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   Valerie Aurora (vaurora@wandering.shop)'s status on Thursday, 30-Mar-2023 03:03:20 JST Valerie Aurora

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   • Tim Bray

   @timbray next time some asshole driver yells at me on my bike for some perceived advantage, I'm going to offer to trade my bike for their car

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     Tim Bray (timbray@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 30-Mar-2023 03:03:21 JST Tim Bray

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     So, this one got lots of good feedback. A few people stood out, saying "cyclists are assholes, breaking laws all the time and stealing right of way and generally a threat." Hmm. I both drive and cycle, generally around the same areas, and I can testify that the asshole density is *way* higher behind the wheel than on the handlebars. So if you’re one of those people,

     1) Maybe you have a highly localized bike-culture problem.

     2) Maybe recalibrate your perceptions a bit.

     3) Maybe YATA.

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     Tim Bray (timbray@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 30-Mar-2023 03:03:22 JST Tim Bray

     From: Cyclists
     To: Motorists

     If we’re at a corner where there’s any complexity at all and it’s your right-of-way, PLEASE TAKE YOUR DAMN RIGHT-OF-WAY.

     Otherwise we end up stuck looking poignantly at each other and I have to guess what you’re going to do, and if I guess wrong I might get killed.

     We all did Drivers’ Ed. You know if you have the right-of-way, and this knowledge simplifies the process and means you don’t have to think. So sure, glance at me to be sure I saw you; but then go.