A 16-year-old Toronto teenager tells the National Post about her harrowing experience trying to commute to her summer job...by bike.
In her story, she asks the eternal question: Usually — and generously — cyclists move to the side of the road to allow faster moving vehicles to pass.
Why do motorists never show the same respect for cyclists?
Read her full story here.
It really shouldn't be this difficult.
(Note -- Spacing publisher, Matt Blackett, recently wrote about biking in Vancouver, where things are apparently a little easier for cyclists.)
Crossposted to Spacing
Photo by Peter J. Thompson
Comments
Anonymous (not verified)
Sometimes I wish every day
Fri, 08/17/2007 - 18:03was critical mass.
Aidan
Shame!
Sat, 08/18/2007 - 11:42This lovely young woman shows a lot of understanding. Too bad most of my peers, at more than twice her age, have so much less. If it's not enough for our car culture to endanger those who cannot afford a car and others who choose to commute by bike, we endanger our youth every day. Shame!