Why do we expect perfection from other road users and then want to be able to punish them if we don't get it?
I am not a perfect driver, nor a perfect cyclist, or even a perfect motorcyclist or pedestrian. And I do all four within any given week.
And I don;t really care about honking horns and outrage, but neither do I care too much about someone cocking up in front of me.
Why is it that when a cyclist is annoying a driver or vice versa, we revert to a strict interpretation of our rights, and therefore a vilification of the offender.
Does it really matter that much?
Within a given week I cannot think of a class of road user that does not offend in front of me, or a class that I do not offend in front of.
Surely part of living in a society is welcoming the intrusion of others?
Just this evening I was driving home on the school run and a cyclist put his hand on my front wing to keep his balance while we all waited at a red light. I am sure he would have been beaten up for this in the UK, but here it just doesn't matter very much.
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