Another new oppressed class: bicyclists

[Brian4Liberty]

Hate is dangerous, including against bicyclists

An eyewitness posted an account on Next Door of coming upon the ghastly crash two months ago that killed world champion bicyclist Ethan Boyce, and almost immediately, negative comments about people who ride bicycles began to appear.

To my growing horror, within hours the social media story in my neighborhood group began shifting from “driver of a swerving car badly injured a bicyclist” to general criticism of bicyclists even though the eyewitness original poster and several others clearly said that Boyce had been riding in a properly designated bike lane when the speeding driver swerved across the road and hit him head-on.
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Just as those who tolerate or encourage racist, sexist and homophobic or transphobic comments on social media contribute to emboldening the people who attack and menace particular groups, people who parrot stereotypical comments about cyclists on social media subtly encourage those who would harm them — tearing down a memorial, close-passing a mother with a child on her bike or aggressively edging their car into a bike lane to menace and squeeze a bicyclist.
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Ultimately, hate of bicyclists comes from the same place as racism, sexism, homophobia and transphobia: a desire to cling to the status quo power arrangements that favor some over others.
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More: https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/article/bicyclists-drivers-san-francisco-18152544.php

 

[Brian4Liberty]

Cyclist hatred is ‘almost like racial discrimination,’ says AA prez

...The sins of a few projected on to the many is one of factors that leads to an irrational hatred of cyclists. You really don’t have to go very far on the internet before finding this sort of stuff.
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He told The Times that motorist hatred of cyclists was "almost like racial discrimination, there is no good reason for it."
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But the hatred isn’t news to psychologists. In the latest issue of The Psychologist Bath University’s traffic specialist Dr Ian Walker said he believes the hatred shown towards cyclists is a manifestation of more than just hatred against an “out group”:
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Not only are cyclists an outgroup, they’re also a minority outgroup. Moreover, they are engaging in an activity that is deemed slightly inappropriate in a culture that views driving as normative and desirable and, arguably, views cycling as anti-conventional and possibly even infantile.
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More: https://bikebiz.com/cyclist-hatred-is-almost-like-racial-discrimination-says-aa-prez/amp/

 

[unknown]

Just as those who tolerate or encourage racist, sexist and homophobic or transphobic comments on social media...

How dare they exclude antisemitic.

Author is a bigot.

 

[unknown]

Theyre a protected class because cyclists are the antithesis of the evil automobile owner.

Regardless of how much they act like entitled asswipes occupying entire lanes at times.

 

[RJB]

I get annoyed with people who think that the laws of men trump the laws of physics. When, I cross a street and have the right of way, I make sure I have eye contact with the driver or I see them slowing, before I step in the road. Yeah, I might be in the right, but I would rather not acquire a fatal or disabling injury to prove it

I saw a man with a 4 year old son step from behind a bush onto a faded crosswalk in front of a speeding truck. The trucker barely stopped. The father angrily pointed at the crosswalk. Yes he had the right of way, but the trucker didn't see him and tons of steel does stop immediately. A lot of bikers tend to be even more smug in this regard.

 

[unknown]

I get annoyed with people who think that the laws of men trump the laws of physics. When, I cross a street and have the right of way, I make sure I have eye contact with the driver or I see them slowing, before I step in the road. Yeah, I might be in the right, but I would rather not acquire a fatal or disabling injury to prove it

I saw a man with a 4 year old son step from behind a bush onto a faded crosswalk in front of a speeding truck. The trucker barely stopped. The father angrily pointed at the crosswalk. Yes he had the right of way, but the trucker didn't see him and tons of steel does stop immediately. A lot of bikers tend to be even more smug in this regard.

Dont get me started.

Theres an entire class/group who will literally step in front of speeding cars, regardless of whether or not they (the pedestrian) has the green.