On Oct 15, 6:55*pm, BrianNZ wrote:
KingOfTheApes wrote:
On Oct 15, 5:40 pm, "Vito" wrote:
"ComandanteBanana" wrote

Halfway down the hill, a LOUD horn almost caused me to wreck! ....
Of course you were going as fast as cars on the same road do, right?

Well, I only relay the story. The point is that never, ever a car
should be pick up on a cyclist or motorcyclist without the risk of
being tried for terrorism.

It happened to me where the guy wanted to play vigilante to enforce a
"walk your bike on sidewalk" on a bridge whose sidewalk is barely wide
enough to walk. It's only 2 1/2 ' wide while he enjoyed two lanes all
to himself. He blasted the horn to scare me away, and I gave him the
finger.

Bad move where the big fish felt the need to do justice. Better
strategy for me is NEVER to go where the terrorists feel the right to
kill, and stay away from the jungle.

No, get off the road and go ride in the jungle. You expect motorists to
obey the rules, yet pick and choose which ones you want to obey.

As long as a cyclist isn't impeding the flow of traffic, there is no
problem. The problem is when some lycra clad tour de france wannabe
abuses his 'right' to be on the road by not keeping out of the traffic
flow.....figuring his right is more important than the hundreds of
motorists who get the trickle down stop start ripple.

If I see a cyclists on the open road I will treat them as a car if there
is no oncoming traffic and move over the centreline. If there is
oncoming traffic and the group stay at the legal but inconsiderate two
abrest, I will move as wide as the oncoming vehicle allows me (Often the
oncoming cars will pull right over to make room, why can't cyclists in a
group show the same consideration?). If it hugs the centreline, so will
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The commuters and other practical cyclists and the elite cyclists are
two different animal species.

I'm afraid is the latter that want to block any effort to make bike
lanes and other bike facilities. They ride fairly fast and almost go
as fast as slow traffic, so they feel safer. But once in a while are
wiped out too by reckless drivers too.

Of course, everyone is at risk, including motorcyclists. Different
medal for them, though.