On Fri, 29 Apr 2005 20:55:44 +1000, Tamyka Bell <[email hidden]>
Quoted message 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!
I talk to them too. And sometimes they talk to me. I nearly got doored
one time and the passenger in a car behind me yelled at the offending
driver. Had a nice chat at the next set of lights :-)
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Regards.
Richard.