I disagree. Consider these:
- Cyclists, like pedestrians, are outside. Car drivers sit inside, shielded by metal and, possibly dark, windows.
- Pedestrians and cyclists look each other in the eye way more than happens between car drivers and pedestrians/cyclists.
- The distance between cyclists passing each other is a meter; for car drivers, it is 3 meters or more.
- A cyclist sharing space with pedestrians can and will disembark and start walking if the space gets too busy; a car driver cannot and will not.
Compared to the difference between car drivers and cyclists, the difference between cyclists and pedestrians is minute.
I disagree. Consider these:
- Cyclists, like pedestrians, are outside. Car drivers sit inside, shielded by metal and, possibly dark, windows.
- Pedestrians and cyclists look each other in the eye way more than happens between car drivers and pedestrians/cyclists.
- The distance between cyclists passing each other is a meter; for car drivers, it is 3 meters or more.
- A cyclist sharing space with pedestrians can and will disembark and start walking if the space gets too busy; a car driver cannot and will not.
Compared to the difference between car drivers and cyclists, the difference between cyclists and pedestrians is minute.