I'm sure none of us think so but what if an AAA member took Alex to court over his implication that we should be striking vehicles? The full context of his comments are only truly understood if you've been reading bikies for awhile. While I don't support what was reportedly said on that radio station, I still have no doubt that determining whether they were comments that would incite violence or not cannot be determined by a report on the Internet.
Personally, I have always found dark humor relating to revenge on motor vehicles very liberating and I know why this is. The fact is we are under threat every day. It is almost impossible to ride in and out of Madison without seeing at least one imprudent act that puts the safety of others in jeopardy (motorists and cyclists). Mostly these are thoughtless acts that would require a second coincident lapse for the consequences of the danger to be realized. The fact is too many motorists are simply impatient with anything and everything that is in their way.
More importantly for me, however, is to remember what an authority on bicycling once told me -- "encounters on the road are not teachable moments." It took me a while to learn but my rides are much more pleasant now that I am able to let these discourteous, ignorant, dangerous, or even hostile acts roll off my back. Although in the later case, I will also call the police.
--joe
(Forward posting and proud of it. If you need the context, you know where it is and if you don't, it's not in the way...)
At 11:01 AM 7/24/2003 -0500, Alex Turner wrote:
If motorized vehicles came within the three foot distance, he'd pock them down the side. Vehicles making a right turn without looking would be fair game for this self-defense option. Perhaps bike-shops could sell the devices. Here's one that's commercially available . . .
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