06-19-2014, 06:29 AM
I'm not trying to answer for HikerToo. I seldom ride bicycles on busy roads as it scares me half to death. I have a theory that it's because you can't play in the traffic; you have to run along the side of it and hope like hell cars (which are going much faster) stay away. I also think car drivers get really irritated with bicycles for that reason: they're slower, there's not quite enough room for them and you have to work that bit harder to get past them without hitting them.
I'm sure learned people have written about the psychology of driving a car. I think it can change us all from reasonable people to egomaniacs with a view that everything else on the road is a nuisance to be pushed out of the way. That makes bicyclists pretty vulnerable.
Wise road authorities in this country now build bicycle lanes on many urban streets to try to make things safer for riders and encourage more people to bicycle.
I'm sure learned people have written about the psychology of driving a car. I think it can change us all from reasonable people to egomaniacs with a view that everything else on the road is a nuisance to be pushed out of the way. That makes bicyclists pretty vulnerable.
Wise road authorities in this country now build bicycle lanes on many urban streets to try to make things safer for riders and encourage more people to bicycle.