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On Apr 27, 7:12 pm, sn...@spambin.fsnet.co.uk (Sn!pe) wrote: > Macabre of Auchterloonie  wrote: > > > Is Nox Bore a psychlist then? > > IRTA "psycho-list"

Yep, I've been rumbled: I'm a psycholist. I believe that laws shouldn't apply to cyclists, in order to "reward" them for using a morally superior form of transport. This applies even to laws which make things safer for cyclists and other road users (even "the children"). Thus, I fiercely oppose any movement to make cycle helmets compulsory, despite the proven safety benefits it would have.

In a similar vein, I also believe that motorists should be heavily and unnecessarily restricted and punished at every turn, in order to punish them for using a morally inferior form of transport. Once again, I think this is actually more important than saving people's lives. Speed cameras have been shown to make things more dangerous for all road users, including cyclists, but I still support them, as they make motoring more difficult, and so (along with no helmet compulsion) will eventually encourage more people to cycle and fewer people to drive, which in itself will save millions of lives once we reach of "critical mass" of cyclists, balancing out those lives lost through having speed cameras and no helmet compulsion. At least I hope it will balance them out, I'm not quite sure really, but it's worth a punt I think you'll agree. It's only people's lives we're gambling with.

So in summary, I (and other) psycholists think that laws should be used to force as many people as possible out of their cars and onto their bikes, by making driving harder and cycling easier, even if this means a temporary rise in road deaths, since this will eventually result (hopefully) in more lives being saved than lost as modal shift is forced, and everyone will live happily ever after. It's about the long game, and we've all got our parts to play. It really is possible to complete every possibly journey by a combination of bike and public transport with no hassle whatsoever, so anyone who drives, you should be ashamed of yourself.

-- Merely Some Dude, Capiche?