I mean against those who try and take our numbers out. I am wishing to start a new organisation and call it something like "Cyclist Jihaad". Maybe "Cyclists Defence"

I think we need to develop technology to mount very small digital cameras on the handlebars to snap photos of license plates of offending motorists and even photograph them in the act. If the law doesn't take care of them, then the group can, by any legal means necessary.

We should conduct ourselves like ladies and gentlemen, including following all traffic laws. We should also become lobbyists against bike trails and lobby for bike lanes installed on the roads. I do not ride a bicycle, but I pilot a bike. We should all think of ourselves as the engine and guidance system for the bikes we pilot.

I feel very strongly as the anti-cyclist sentiment has been getting worse by the year. I have been lucky enough to only be honked at and a few one-finger salutes this year, but as the summer wears on, the encounters will be a lot worse. I have had some near-misses with cars, usually because the motorists are not looking, which is NO EXCUSE. We must mobilise and become a force to be reckonned with. We must make people pay for their actions. The man in Florida has proven that we are not safe on the roads. A severe accident I had due to the narrow bike paths prove that they are unsafe and HIGHLY dangerous, and the government wants to relegate us to the paths.

I don't even mind having licenses for us and making people pass a test to pilot a bike on public roads. This could prove that we're serious.

Any one who wishes to join in this effort can e mail me at velobunny@aol.com.