auto-domination
August 28, 2009Here’s a humourous illustration of the dominance of the automobil
e published in the charming and informative Boneshaker: A Bicycling Almanac, #42-100, 2008.
Unpublished letter to Bicycling
Dear Bicycling,
Though I admittedly just now got to enjoy Todd Balf’s thourough and careful piece on the Critical Mass phenomenon, (“Critical Mess,” Nov 2007), I am bewildered by the editorial decision to place a two-page Nissan SUV advertisement smack dab in the middle of an article whose purpose is to explain how and why cyclists are demanding a safe, shared portion of car-crowded roads. Even more suprising–there’s another Nissan ad not two pages later! Oh, and don’t forget the Honda Element ad right before Balf’s essay begins, and the Suzuki car spread at its conclusion. It’s tempting to think that you are toying with our ability to read between the lines, but in reality it makes me wonder where your allegiences lie. If nothing else, I suppose it was amusing to see the cars in these ads surrounded on all sides by bikes.
Yours nonetheless, Evan P Schneider
