We must always escape the serious accident of a character in sight to bring attention to certain issues: after the terrible tragedy of Michele Scarponi, Nicky Haiden is also dead! The dramatic news reached me just as I was writing this editorial ...
Forget speeches such as: "we do not yet know the dynamics of the accident", "let's get information before taking the side of the cyclists": the Italian does not like the cyclist! In order not to arrive late for the aperitif, he is willing to "make the hair" with 2 cyclists side by side on a state road when overtaking is more than simple. I only say one thing: if you motorist hits a cyclist he can die, if a cyclist lashes out at the motorist at most he will dent your bonnet. But where do we have to go in such a hurry that as soon as we are forced to raise the accelerator foot we get pissed off like hyenas? Envy seeing people playing sports while we are stressed behind the wheel? Not even if we all had a pregnant wife in the seat next to her that she is giving birth! (if we are so stressed the wife is likely to be in other places).
Ok, I'm generalizing, but that's the line, just look at how indignant the world of the web gets when it shows itself in favor of the cyclist instead of the motorist: the average Italian can't wait to see 2 cyclists side by side (it could happen once a month) to be able to vent his anger and show the world that what he reads on the internet and on social media is true... it's not an urban legend! Oh yes, the cyclist does not stand in single file! And maybe take a photo with the mobile phone, while he is driving, to show this FACT (with the inevitable publication on Facebook to increase one's ego to the sound of likes from his friends). On the other hand, those who sit in front of a PC commenting and getting pissed off are often not among the brightest people in society… the latter, I like to think, occupy their time in other ways.
We are all busy with smartphones and attention to driving has dropped sharply: this is precisely the reason for the greater number of accidents. If we look at the cell phone it is probable that the silhouette of a cyclist escapes us, and here we can ruin the life of an entire family. But do we think about this when we post such bullshit on the internet?
Surely an editorial like this, in an MTB magazine, doesn't make much sense, because it would have to be read by all those idiots who think that the road is for cars and that man was born to travel as fast as possible on these boxes. metal: if we hate cyclists then it means that our life goal is to spend the afternoons in line at the traffic light waiting for it to come green (man doesn't move without the green of a traffic light) ... or, as Mauro Cottone says, I wish these people that their son becomes a cyclist!
