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Hug the shoulder? You mean the gutter. You can't ride across the gutter, they are drainage ditches with grates that'll flip you off the bike. Ever ridden a bike on a street? Sidewalks are out of the question because it is, 1) usually against the law, and 2) you can't safely ride 20 mph over concrete slabs.
Cyclists pay taxes and are entitled to ride on the same road you do. The extra 10-15 seconds or even minute it takes you take to carefully get around them is not grounds to get all huffy about YOUR car's domain.
The ones who ride the wrong way or disobey traffic laws are NOT cyclists, but just dumb people on bikes. Cyclists are people who wear the right gear and obey the laws. Problem is, you group them all together as one and treat all the same. These are human lives we are talking about. I don't give a damn if dealing with cyclists takes you extra time. Killing or injuring somebody is a far more important issue.
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