Once again,I love it when someone asks, " When do you get your license back, Victoria?" The implication is that anyone who--- bikes regularly, is an obvious elder, wears no spandex, sometimes pulls a cart---must have LOST her license because of bad behavior. Our culture likes to deal in stereotypes---racial, gender, age boxes that allow the observer to label and not to investigate as it does take more effort to investigate. Perhaps that is the cause of the stereotyping. As a culture we are time starved. Quicker is always perceived as better. The bumper sticker has taken the place of the book. The political sound bite has overridden the entire speech. The 144 character Twitter feed has replaced the more lengthy e-mail.
No, I still have my license. I simply elect to ride my bike. As the poster at the coffee shop says, " A bike saves you money and runs on fat. A car runs on money and makes you fat." or something like that.....
It seems a simple choice...to me, anyway.
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