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Old 05-18-2009, 03:06 AM   #82 (permalink)
Hyacinthe
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Most of the time I have no problem whatsoever with cyclists - I have friends and family that cycle absolutely everywhere - my parents both ride over 6km to work everyday for example.

When don't I respect cyclists? When they do dangerous things that put themselves, me and whoever is in the car with me at risk of an accident - when they are riding down the centre of a lane at under 30km, when they decide it's perfectly ok to ride across the road without checking for traffic, when they don't wear lights or reflective clothing of any kind and I'm meant to use my psychic powers to see them at night, when they ride to the very front of the lane while we're stopped at lights not realising that the entire reason motocycle riders do that is because they have a faster acceleration then most cars which the majority of cyclists do not.

Take everything I hate about pedestrians while I'm driving and add the belief that they belong on the road and you get about 90% of cyclists it seems. The ones that tell me when they're turning (indicate), wear protective gear and obey road rules I have no grudge towards. Unfortunately as seems to be so often the case it's those responsisble cyclists that seem to be in the minority.

I should probably add that the majority of the ity I am living in has specially built bicycle pathways next to almost every major road (not on highways or freeways) this means the path is built out of larger blocks is smooth (as opposed to paving) and 2 or 3 times as wide as a pedestrian footpath - cyclists just decide to use the road anyways.
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