Well, yes, some cyclists are clueless. I don't think I've ever seen a cyclist being so stupid as to have *no* road awareness though. Of course some cyclists have a greater degree (than other cyclists) of expectation that car users will take action to avoid hitting them - actions such as *looking for cyclists* before turning out of a side road or drive way.
I've not seen a multi-car pile up result from a cyclist Doing Stupid Things; I don't doubt that it is a theoretically possible outcome. But I do live in Stupid Cyclist Central so I think that the probability of such terrible outcomes is experimentally fairly low.
I have had many cars do things that were directly dangerous to me - like overtaking inches from my elbow (what if I wobbled?) or tail gating.
Well, I'm sorry that that happened to you (in a no-responsibility-accepting way).
But the bad behaviour of some cyclists simply *can not* excuse the bad behaviour of some motorists. Some people burglarised my home, it was very upsetting, but I'm not about to use that as an excuse to shop lift. Some cyclists being stupid is *not* an excuse for motorists to go around terrorising cyclists with their cars.
As such "bad cycling" is, whilst a worthwhile topic of discussion, not really a useful part of a discussion about "bad driving".
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I've not seen a multi-car pile up result from a cyclist Doing Stupid Things; I don't doubt that it is a theoretically possible outcome. But I do live in Stupid Cyclist Central so I think that the probability of such terrible outcomes is experimentally fairly low.
I have had many cars do things that were directly dangerous to me - like overtaking inches from my elbow (what if I wobbled?) or tail gating.
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But the bad behaviour of some cyclists simply *can not* excuse the bad behaviour of some motorists. Some people burglarised my home, it was very upsetting, but I'm not about to use that as an excuse to shop lift. Some cyclists being stupid is *not* an excuse for motorists to go around terrorising cyclists with their cars.
As such "bad cycling" is, whilst a worthwhile topic of discussion, not really a useful part of a discussion about "bad driving".
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