Comments on: Dangerous drivers? Give ‘em a yellow card. http://treadly.net/2006/10/25/yellow-card/ Work is just something I do between bike rides Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:54:17 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Treadly and Me http://treadly.net/2006/10/25/yellow-card/comment-page-1/#comment-387 Treadly and Me Mon, 30 Oct 2006 06:08:39 +0000 http://treadly.thingoid.com/?p=240#comment-387 <p>I've got to admit that I was more taken with it as a cute and clever idea than the practicalities of actually using a yellow card and what the real outcomes might be.</p> <p>I think Al's point applies to any response a cyclist makes, including Timboy's equally benign squirting water. Sad but true—again—Crowlie's right: anger does seem to be the default reaction for many drivers.</p> <p>Oh yeah Lis, if taxis are going to be your main target then you'll need to get them printed in a different shade of yellow. Maybe a vivid dayglo tone…</p> I’ve got to admit that I was more taken with it as a cute and clever idea than the practicalities of actually using a yellow card and what the real outcomes might be.

I think Al’s point applies to any response a cyclist makes, including Timboy’s equally benign squirting water. Sad but true—again—Crowlie’s right: anger does seem to be the default reaction for many drivers.

Oh yeah Lis, if taxis are going to be your main target then you’ll need to get them printed in a different shade of yellow. Maybe a vivid dayglo tone…

]]> By: Crowlie http://treadly.net/2006/10/25/yellow-card/comment-page-1/#comment-386 Crowlie Sun, 29 Oct 2006 03:46:00 +0000 http://treadly.thingoid.com/?p=240#comment-386 <p>I imagine a lot of people would react with anger to finding one of these, since driving tends to make one inclined to react to <em>everything</em> with anger... but down the track I reckon there'd be a bit of pondering as to what's going around. The wording might be a little syrupy to use in Aus, but a yellow magnet could be great around town. Only hassle is I'd be putting most of mine on taxis...</p> I imagine a lot of people would react with anger to finding one of these, since driving tends to make one inclined to react to everything with anger… but down the track I reckon there’d be a bit of pondering as to what’s going around. The wording might be a little syrupy to use in Aus, but a yellow magnet could be great around town. Only hassle is I’d be putting most of mine on taxis…

]]> By: Timboy http://treadly.net/2006/10/25/yellow-card/comment-page-1/#comment-385 Timboy Sun, 29 Oct 2006 03:39:19 +0000 http://treadly.thingoid.com/?p=240#comment-385 <p>I've always preferred the squirt of water/ throwing of a half full bidon treatment personally.</p> <p>Throw in a bit of swearing and gesticulation.</p> I’ve always preferred the squirt of water/ throwing of a half full bidon treatment personally.

Throw in a bit of swearing and gesticulation.

]]> By: Al http://treadly.net/2006/10/25/yellow-card/comment-page-1/#comment-384 Al Sat, 28 Oct 2006 10:55:08 +0000 http://treadly.thingoid.com/?p=240#comment-384 <p>I don't think these will help any. The driver who's aggressive enough to receive one of these is not going to care, and there's a good chance they'll take it out on the next cyclist they meet.</p> <p>The badge of honour thing, sadly I can imagine a few people who would love it. Most of them are male and under 23.</p> I don’t think these will help any. The driver who’s aggressive enough to receive one of these is not going to care, and there’s a good chance they’ll take it out on the next cyclist they meet.

The badge of honour thing, sadly I can imagine a few people who would love it. Most of them are male and under 23.

]]> By: Treadly and Me http://treadly.net/2006/10/25/yellow-card/comment-page-1/#comment-383 Treadly and Me Thu, 26 Oct 2006 20:08:44 +0000 http://treadly.thingoid.com/?p=240#comment-383 <p>Heh, sad but true. Earlier in the year I found myself <a href="/2006/04/26/idiotdrivercomau-will-it-work/" rel="nofollow">reasoning the same way</a> about <a href="http://www.idiotdriver.com.au/" rel="nofollow">idioitdriver.com.au</a>—except with a yellow card you are quite literally giving them the badge.</p> <p>Yeah, there probably are drivers out there who <em>wouldn't</em> throw the card away—they'd put it on the door of the beer fridge beside magnets displaying car company logos and megaswill commercial beer labels…</p> Heh, sad but true. Earlier in the year I found myself reasoning the same way about idioitdriver.com.au—except with a yellow card you are quite literally giving them the badge.

Yeah, there probably are drivers out there who wouldn’t throw the card away—they’d put it on the door of the beer fridge beside magnets displaying car company logos and megaswill commercial beer labels…

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