bicycle riders drive me crazy!!!

[Anonymous]

when they dont follow the road signs. Are they supposed to be stopping at stop signs? They constantly blow right through them and expect everyone to yeild and will flick you off at the smallest things when they cant follow the rules!

[Anonymous]

Me too. Can’t stand them, and they get so angry, but they never follow the rules.

[Anonymous]

It depends on the jurisdiction: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idaho_stop

There's evidence that allowing cyclists to treat stop signs as yields reduces crashes and improves safety.

[Anonymous]

I think the rule is that if anyone else breaks a law -- say, a car driver goes over the speed limit -- then bicycle riders are issued a free pass on everything. Nothing counts against them anymore.

Or something like that.

[Anonymous]

until one of them gets killed then they blame road constructions etc and they are so far up politicians ........... the politicians react as if it is everyone else's fault.

not many fatal bike crashes are the fault of the driver. The past several in Bethesda have resulted in no charges to the driver but totally created a mess for drivers after the fact, perfect example is Little Falls and the Crescent Trail.

[Anonymous]

I think the most obvious ones are like that. Kind of like the most obvious drivers are the ones passing you on the right at stop signs, honking excessively, tailgating, speeding, etc. We don't tend to notice the drivers who behave or the bicyclists who are the same. When I go for a bike ride in my neighborhood, I notice more bicyclists who are riding responsibly.

[Anonymous]

OP almost every single car I see rolls through stop signs. Even worse, blowing through actual red lights. There's one red light near me where at least 1-2 cars blows through the red light EVERY TIME.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think the most obvious ones are like that. Kind of like the most obvious drivers are the ones passing you on the right at stop signs, honking excessively, tailgating, speeding, etc. We don't tend to notice the drivers who behave or the bicyclists who are the same. When I go for a bike ride in my neighborhood, I notice more bicyclists who are riding responsibly.

This. I see very few bikers that blow through stop signs when there is cross traffic. Personally, I often don't stop at stop signs or red lights if it's safer -- if I can see there's no cross traffic, it's actually much better to proceed when I know there won't be any cars overtaking me and turning into my path.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP almost every single car I see rolls through stop signs. Even worse, blowing through actual red lights. There's one red light near me where at least 1-2 cars blows through the red light EVERY TIME.

Precisely! Ergo, all rules are off for cyclists, as noted above.

I'm guessing I can also claim an unjustified $70 million plus tax write-off, too, given current events. Lawlessness for everyone.

[Anonymous]

Yup, me too!

I actually think they should be banned on all major roads such as Connecticut Ave, Constitution Ave, etc. They slow down traffic so much that I don't think it's worth it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yup, me too!

I actually think they should be banned on all major roads such as Connecticut Ave, Constitution Ave, etc. They slow down traffic so much that I don't think it's worth it.

It's not worth it to you. It's worth a lot to the bike riders, and it's also worth a lot to pedestrians to have traffic slowed down to a safer speed. You don't have the right to blow down Constitution at 40 MPH.

[Anonymous]

They are so angry. They slow everyone down by going up to 25 miles per hour under the speed limit.

[Anonymous]

Same! (unless I'm on a bike, then its the car drivers who drive me nuts).

And, did you ever notice that everyone driving slower than you is an idiot, and everyone driving faster than you is an a$$hole? (George Carlin).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yup, me too!

I actually think they should be banned on all major roads such as Connecticut Ave, Constitution Ave, etc. They slow down traffic so much that I don't think it's worth it.

Bicycles are banned on highways. You get to share the road on the rest.

If you're really concerned about improving the flow of traffic then find a solution to misbehaving drivers who smash their cars into things and double parked delivery trucks. They move 0 mph.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yup, me too!

I actually think they should be banned on all major roads such as Connecticut Ave, Constitution Ave, etc. They slow down traffic so much that I don't think it's worth it.

I don’t bike, but I do occasionally try to walk around my own city — where I live, vote, and pay taxes — and let me just tell you I hope you and every other a$$hole driver speeding around our streets without any regard for people on foot drive your dumb selves straight into a tree at 70mph and die. I mean that with my whole heart.