Tamyka Bell said:On Thursday arvo, I drove home along a busy road, and played a game
called "be nice to drivers" ... this involved chatting to people at all
the traffic lights. There was an especially cute kid (no am not clucky)
who wanted to chat to me, and thought it was cool that I rode my bike,
because he had a bike too!Apparently Bob Hawke or someone said they never wanted to be a runner
because he never saw a runner that looked happy. I thought that was an
interesting point, seeing as I'm always grinning and saying hello to
people when I'm out for a run or a ride. Anyway, there's probably a lot
of people who don't say hi, and it's not really that difficult.I have a theory that drivers are angry because they want to be cyclists
(I know I get angry when I see cyclists and I've stupidly gotten into my
cage) and so instead of making them hate me, I'll say g'day, give 'em a
big smile, and make 'em love me! I urge people to try it sometime. It
really takes no more effort than not doing it but I'm sure it's a really
small step towards promoting cycling as something that makes people
happy and cool!
hahaha even my mum said nobody could love this face..
hippy
"grrrr!!!! no likey driver.. "
TAKE 2
Okay then.. what do you suggest? You want I should start a conversation
with every open window? I should smile at any stopped drivers? Wave at
them? I'm only half being a sarcastic [censored].. but, really, there's lots
of drivers going past me (or not) on a given commute and it's usually
hard enougb just staying away from squishy time than greeting the
psychos as well..
Could be worth a shot though.. if I ever get back on a bike..
hippy