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Path: num2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!num1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!number.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!goblin3!goblin2!goblin1!goblin.stu.neva.ru!txtfeed2.tudelft.nl!tudelft.nl!txtfeed1.tudelft.nl!dedekind.zen.co.uk!zen.net.uk!hamilton.zen.co.uk!shaftesbury.zen.co.uk.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID:  From: Guy Cuthbertson  Newsgroups: uk.rec.cycling Subject: Re: Plonkers Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2009 18:02:16 -0000 References:    Lines: 28 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: MicroPlanet-Gravity/2.9.13 Organization: Zen Internet NNTP-Posting-Host: 3b97c7fb.news.zen.co.uk X-Trace: DXC=8R9\MdlOPL`87S;[P`ZWfhnok4Z\0bI9nA2abdEn, mileburner@btinternet.com says... > > "Guy Cuthbertson"  wrote in message > news:MPG.258e494e5f996d5d9896dc@news.zen.co.uk... > > > I find it absolutely extraordinary that the likes of mileburner detest > > motorists so much simply because of their chosen transport method, > > What I detest Mr C, is the manner in which many motorists drive, that it > causes danger to other road users.

But your definition of "driving in a manner that causes danger to other road users" covers the way in which at least 99% of motorists drive. Ergo, in practice, you hate motorists (or over 99% of them anyway).

On many long stretches of motorway, every car is driving above 70mph, especially at quieter times. You detest them all. Only a car-hater would be so keen to make (or pretend to make) the assumption that they were all driving recklessly when it so obviously wasn't the case.

> Anything which curbs that behaviour is a good thing.

If you're talking about genuinely dangerous behaviour, then yes, as long as the side effects don't outweigh the benefits. If you're talking about behaviour that isn't genuinely dangerous (no matter how much some people with an axe to grind might claim otherwise) then quite clearly it isn't a good thing at all; quite the opposite.