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Dear Concerned Citizens,
Please do not shout insults or parenting advice at me as I am biking
past your car on a city street with my kids in tow. Your fear for my
children’s safety is truly touching. However, if you pause for a
moment, you may realize that taking your own attention away from the
vehicle you are driving to startle, alarm and anger the rider of the
bicycle does not make my kids safer.
In fact, were you to cause an accident with this behavior, you can
be fairly sure I would not be blaming myself for the harm that befell
my babies. I would blame you, and your self-righteous idiocy.
Perhaps next time, instead of screaming, “You’re going to die!” or
“That is so dangerous!!!” out your car window, you might want to focus
on taking special care that you’d don’t became the agent of our
apparently inevitable destruction.
A very good way to do this is to get on a bike yourself. If more
people tried that, my kids and I would be a lot safer on the roads.
Love,
Your friendly neighborhood cyclist
