Quote Originally Posted by Running Mommy View Post
She went as far as to say that she used to tell her kids as they passed a cyclist "quick open the car door"..
Boy did I give her the what for over THAT one! I chastised her for not only modeling bad behavior, but teaching her kids to have ill will towards other cyclists/human beings...
Did she get the hint?? Probably not.... sigh.... And this is a lady who is the mother of a severely handicapped little girl. If anyone should have compassion you would think it would be her? Go figure?!
Does she understand (perhaps now that you've given her a dressing down) that she could cause her child to KILL someone!!!! That is so irresponsible, not only could it take a life, it could mentally scar the child, who would have been innocently doing what mommy told them to, for his/her entire life.

A few years ago some ding-a-ling kids around here thought they'd have a little fun with cyclists - they were holding something out of a car window, I think it may have been a jacket? and they hit a cyclist (who also happend to be a priest or pastor I believe) with it. Well he crashed and died, so those kids have to live with that for the rest of their lives now. I really think that a lot of people don't understand how fragile human beings can be and that a fall from a bike (especially when hit with an object held, thrown etc. from a speeding vehicle) isn't just a funny thing that the person will always stand up and walk away fine from.