Bikes and cars
Bikes should give way to cars:
- Cars are bigger
- Cars are faster
- Cars are powerful
- A car can hurt a biker
- Cities are built for commerce, and powered vehicles are the engine of commerce
- It's inefficient for a car to slow down
- I'm in a car, get out of my way
- I'm on a bike, I'm afraid
Cars should give way to bikes:
- Bikers need a break
- Bikers are more fragile
- Bikes aren't nearly as powerful
- A car can hurt a biker
- Cities are built by people, and while commerce is a side effect, the presumption that cars are the reason for a city is a bit… presumptuous
- It's a lot of work for a bike to stop and start again
- I'm on a bike, get out of my way
- I'm in a car, I see you
This dichotomy is, of course, a metaphor, a Rorschach that tells each of us a lot about how we see the world.