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Originally Posted by Jinn
I must be one of those inconsiderate motorists out there. If there isn't a specific 'bike lane' on the road, I don't think a bicycle should be out there on it. Roadways are for MOTORIZED vehicles. If I had a dime for every time someone on a bicycle road in front of me doing 25 under the speed limit, I'd be giving Gates a run for his money.
As a motorcycle rider myself, it's already dangerous enough when you've got an engine under you to get out of harm's reach. The solution is more bike lanes, not cars and bicycles learning to share the road. They shouldn't be. Bicycles need to get off my fuckin road!
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I agree. If it's a road where the bike can't maintain the posted speed limit or there's no bike lane or shoulder, then bikes shouldn't be there. It's dangerous for everyone not just the biker. This goes for many moped riders as well. Both bikes and mopeds ride this grey area between following traffic laws and following the 'pedestrian right of way'.
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Originally Posted by The_Jazz
Let me remove all doubt from your mind: YOU ARE AN INCONSIDERATE - AND DANGEROUS - MOTORIST. If that's your usual attitude while driving anyway. The rule of the road is that any vehicle that can legally be on that road (in other words, excluding dumbass bikers that think they can be on an interstate) has to share the road with other vehicles. If they're street-legal, then they're all equall in the eyes of the law.
There are inconsiderate bikers and inconsiderate drivers. I try to never be either, although I don't always succeed at that.
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Who's more inconsiderate and dangerous: the 99% of people on the road who are motorists, or the 1% of bikers slowing everyone else down and creating even more dangerous situations than already exists on the road.