You go back to driving. You get stuck in traffic a lot (shape, size, and specifications of the car does not matter in the least). You start to think exactly like other drivers on the road--how unique.
- Everyone faster than you is a maniac, everyone slower than you is an idiot.
- Blame the other drivers for whatever reason (
stuck in traffic
, dangerous driving, driving too fast, driving too slow, etc)
- Blame road users who are outside of a car (i.e. pedestrians, cyclists, etc) for whatever other reasons, usually
traffic impediment
. Does not matter if they are one less car traffic to contend with.
- Blame the useless government for not making more lanes for more cars to eventually fill up and definitely solve traffic.
- Blame the cyclists who are usually already there first (how dare they act like humans not machines, how dare they have the option of skipping traffic-jams, how dare they make commuting fun and healthy).
- Basically, blame everyone else but yourself
- There definitely isn't a better way:
- walking/cycling is too dangerous (because of the cars)
- (underfunded) buses are for poors, better use the money for more roads for more cars
- trains are for small/foreign islands, or ancient continents (ignore gimmicky high-speed rails, or the great feat of the transcontinental railroad)
- Driving is the ONLY way to go
Hey, but at least you are entitled to the road and a parking spot, unlike the cyclist who is constantly being gaslit/micromanaged even if they actually manage to get a license plate somehow and actually pay for their parking spot.
Keep on driving
re-experience the joy of cycling