{"id":1128,"date":"2010-10-07T18:35:16","date_gmt":"2010-10-08T01:35:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/averagejoecyclist.com\/?p=1128"},"modified":"2015-03-01T22:02:01","modified_gmt":"2015-03-02T06:02:01","slug":"laughing-at-road-rage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/averagejoecyclist.com\/laughing-at-road-rage\/","title":{"rendered":"Laughing at Road Rage"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s just too easy to get stressed out about road rage \u2013 especially the kind that\u2019s directed towards vulnerable cyclists by angry bullies protected by two tons of steel. But all this stress is just as harmful to my health as sitting in a gridlocked\u00a0car for two hours a day would be \u2013 which kind of defeats the whole purpose of cycling for health.<\/p>\n

So I thought I’d do a light-hearted post and pass on some hilarious links<\/strong> I have been given.<\/p>\n

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Would you like some valium with that Ford?<\/h3>\n

Road rage\u00a0seems to have arrived when the first driver got into the first car \u2013 and presumably felt powerful enough to treat his fellow human beings with fury if they slowed him down.<\/p>\n

In 1895, speed limits were four miles per hour<\/strong>! Cars were still in the minority on the roads, beginning a fight for dominance that they would eventually win (sadly<\/a>). At that time, before we all went into mass denial, people understood how dangerous cars could be. So all cars had to have a man walking in front of them, carrying a red flag or a lamp, to warn pedestrians, cyclists and horse riders of the approach of a dangerous vehicle that could potentially kill them.<\/p>\n

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With Great Speed Should <\/strong>Come Great Responsibility …<\/h3>\n

That law did not save Bridget Driscoll, run over by a car in\u00a01896, aged 44\u00a0\u2013 the first recorded pedestrian victim. This was just after the speed limit was raised to 14 miles per hour.<\/p>\n

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