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StephenSa · 01-25-2005, 08:36 AM

If this is the wrong forum to post this in please forgive and move. Anyhoo this is related to another thread where a forum member was hit by a car while cycling to work. I too am a cyclist and quite often on public roads I am hassled. I've been run off the road, had bottles thrown at me, been cursed at and just generally treated like I had no right to the roads. What a lot of people don't realise is that it its illegal to ride a bike on the side-walk. Also a bike must travel with the flow of traffic not against. A bike is subject to the same laws as automobiles regarding traffic though bikes are not allowed on interstate highways. I always give cyclists lots of room and respect when approaching them in my car. Of course as a cyclist I guess that is to be expected. My question is how do others feel about cyclists and how do YOU react when you as a driver share the road with them?

01-25-2005, 08:36 AM	#1 (permalink)
StephenSa Psycho Location: Dallas, Texas	How do you feel about bicycles on the road? If this is the wrong forum to post this in please forgive and move. Anyhoo this is related to another thread where a forum member was hit by a car while cycling to work. I too am a cyclist and quite often on public roads I am hassled. I've been run off the road, had bottles thrown at me, been cursed at and just generally treated like I had no right to the roads. What a lot of people don't realise is that it its illegal to ride a bike on the side-walk. Also a bike must travel with the flow of traffic not against. A bike is subject to the same laws as automobiles regarding traffic though bikes are not allowed on interstate highways. I always give cyclists lots of room and respect when approaching them in my car. Of course as a cyclist I guess that is to be expected. My question is how do others feel about cyclists and how do YOU react when you as a driver share the road with them?