I'm with julietk on this one -- I feel a lot safer on a bike knowing that I can get away quickly from idiots on foot. And when dickheads are shouting out of vans you can get off the bike, get on to the pavement, take a shortcut, get totally away from them. Or take a photo of them, or phone the police, or pretend to be phoning the police. (Cagers are trapped in their dumb metal exoskeletons, but cyclists have the superpower to transform into pedestrians and escape.)
Er, though, it occurs to me it is probably very different in London as you'd be cycling on ten-lane roads with no cycle lanes and very few other cyclists but thousands of taxis and buses. So maybe pedestrian-mutation powers are not as effective there. :-( And taking photos of a person or a car would probably get you arrested in London.
But also, y'know, if it was the sort of situation that required running away and hiding in a place that bikes couldn't go, I'd just drop the bike and run. Preferably shoving the bike into the path of the person chasing me first. Bikes are replaceable.
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Date: 2010-07-23 03:36 pm (UTC)Er, though, it occurs to me it is probably very different in London as you'd be cycling on ten-lane roads with no cycle lanes and very few other cyclists but thousands of taxis and buses. So maybe pedestrian-mutation powers are not as effective there. :-( And taking photos of a person or a car would probably get you arrested in London.
But also, y'know, if it was the sort of situation that required running away and hiding in a place that bikes couldn't go, I'd just drop the bike and run. Preferably shoving the bike into the path of the person chasing me first. Bikes are replaceable.