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Aug 04, 2007 08:01

Dear Bike Rider;

I fully believe that bikes need to be given the respect entitled to any vehicle being driven on the road. However, this means that you also need to follow the rules of the road. Besides driving with traffic- which in your case, you were doing- this means not shooting through red lights and cutting in front of me while I have a ( Read more... )

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jdm5k August 4 2007, 15:41:11 UTC
as an avid bike rider, i support this post.

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tocz August 4 2007, 16:31:20 UTC
i've a question for you then (because unfortunately, i drive more than i bike): if i'm driving on, say, a 45 mph road and there's a person in a bike in my lane (and people on my left driving, so i can't pass), am i supposed to slow to their speed? i don't want to get honked at by the guy behind me for going 25 or 30 in a 45, but i've had situations where the biker was in the middle of the lane and i had to.
what's the correct thing to do?

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jdm5k August 5 2007, 16:43:57 UTC
slow down and try to get into the other lane. it's not really good "bike manners" to take up the lane, but the rider is entitled to it, so he wasn't doing the wrong thing.

if you get beeped at, just change lanes and let the beeper deal with it. then you can drive off and maybe wave at him and giggle as he gets beeped at.

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tocz August 5 2007, 16:51:58 UTC
all right, thanks. i figured it wasn't "proper" for him to take up the lane, but there was barely any space before the curb started, so i think he was just ensuring that people wouldn't try to pass him (and subsequently hit him).

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martinimambo August 6 2007, 21:10:23 UTC
Am in agreement. I get so angry at these kids on bikes that scare the shit out of me whipping across or zigzagging in and out of traffic in the middle of the road. Is it too much for their parents to insist on teaching them proper bicycle safety? :P I was heading through a green light and these two kids raced across the intersection so I had to slam on my brakes and when I laid on the horn they had the nerve to give me the finger! :p Honestly. Next time I'd like to just hit them, if I didn't have a conscience.

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