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On Jul 22, 1:10 pm, "wafflycat"  wrote: > So where is the mass media in whipping up nationwide vitriol against > drivers?

The authorities (most of them), supported by clowns in anti-motorist newsgroups like this one, are already quite vitriolic enough against drivers without the help of the media.

> Oh, I forgot, it's just cyclists that are the scum of the road,

Nope. Just militant, motorist-hating, red light-jumping, shit- stirring, division-creating cyclists.

> it's okay to make sweeping accusations against cycling & cyclists :rolls > eyes: For me, this case shows just how much anti-cyclist bias/vitriol the= re > is in reporting incidents regarding cycling & cyclists. That's not excusi= ng > bad cycling, it's just an observation about how different road users are > reported upon. There's good & bad road users using all forms of transport= , > but the way the media reports it, it's okay to vilify cyclists. :rolls ey= es:

"We poor militant cyclists are so despised, and it's not fair: it's not like we've brought it upon ourselves by automatically being arseholes towards all drivers or anything like that".

You've made your bed, now lie in it. If you treat other road users with respect, and stop trying to bully them off the roads, you'll get respect back. At the moment, you militants get the respect you deserve, i.e. very little. So next time you're thinking of deliberately slowing down a motorist, or saying "Safety cameras save lives" when you know they do no such thing, or spitefully campaigning to stop motorcyclists using bus lanes despite the proven safety benefits, or supporting road user charging because you want motorists to suffer that little bit more, just remember that doing so will diminish the respect you get still further. Is it really worth it? Do you get that much of a kick out of making motorists' lives a misery?

Peaceful, unprejudiced coexistence and cooperation with *all* other road users. Who could possibly have a problem with that?