costume ideas...

[Kimmyt]

BUMPing this because the halloween party I'm going to is on Friday evening and I got the whole 'cyclist hit by car' costume ready to go. But now I'm having doubts because, well I live in Philly and lots of the folks there commute by bike and stuff so there will be plenty of cyclists at the party and I'm worried that they might find the costume offensive if they have had or have known people who have had near brushes with accidents or been in accidents.

Being a cyclist, I know being hit by a car is a very scary reality, but this is HALLOWEEN and besides, in a way you could look at it like I am spreading awareness to non-cyclists about how they should share the road, right!?

Am I just being oversensitive/nervous here?

K.

[Grog]

Am I just being oversensitive/nervous here?

I don't know. All of my cycling friends tought my costume was hilarious last year, and it got a few stories of car-bike encounter going.

If you have a friend who knows someone who died in a bike accident recently, it's probably not a good idea though.

[pyxichick]

Kimmyt,

I think you should do it. Halloween costumes are supposed to be SCARY and getting hit by a car qualifies as very scary!

Besides, just when you think you've crossed the line to bad taste, that's when you find out most people really have a sick sense of humor.

My BF wore a costume to my own halloween party a couple years ago that was in such bad taste, I was embarassed to have people see him. It turned out his costume was the hit of the party!

[Geonz]

We have a painfully recent fatality in these parts so, no, while I appreciated the humor... I wasn't going to do it. It cuts too close to home, here and now - but it's hard to tell when laughing is *exactly* what you need to do.
I can't find the homemade Jamaican skirt that has to be SOMEWHERE... I have every intention of riding out on my Gazelle, with its skirt guard. I'm going to keep in the Day of the Dead tradition, which - I'm going to check and make sure - I believeis to wear bright, festive clothes... perhaps that cape that belonged to my mother.

[Haudlady]

I am VERY tempted to dress up for my commute on Tuesday... maybe a short cape (I don't want to get tangled up!)... or wouldn't it be fun to make stripes on a shirt, put antenea (spelling?) on my helmet, and be a bee?

I'm just wondering - would I create a road hazard? I don't want to cause accidents!

[Geonz]

It's Hallowe'en so people won't be *totally* confused, but I have to say that when I wore my pig-ears-and-nose helmet cover in traffic, a jeep jumped the curb and another car drove all over the road doing a double take. I decided I'd take the thing *to* the ride and then put it on after that.