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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Now that is an interesting point and tells me a lot about how some bikers think. The cars in the road that are able to maintain the speed limit driving on a road designed for car traffic are the impediments not the cyclist who cannot maintain the speed limit, cannot stop at stop signs or red lights, cannot brake quickly if need be and lastly, cannot use the bike path because it slows them down. That's some amazing mental gymnastics there. Look, I agree that most bikers are probably in better physical shape then most drivers but a lot seem to be mentally confused due to spandex off gassing.[/quote]

OK, so you've got two major misconceptions there.

1. That the speed limit is something road users are supposed to maintain. It's not. It's the MAXIMUM legal speed, UNDER IDEAL CONDITIONS.

2. That the road is designed for car traffic (i.e., road users in cars). Officially, it's designed for all road users. In practice, unfortunately, it is designed to favor some more road users than others, but that's something that needs to change. I'm not any more important when I'm going from Point A to Point B in a car than when I'm going from Point A to Point B on a bike, and neither are you.

Then there's also the question of why a road through a national park is mainly operated as a commuting artery for people in cars, but we don't need to talk about that.

But seriously, try getting on a bike some time. It might improve your mood.[/quote]

^^^sorry, three major misconceptions, namely "how bikers think." There's no such thing as one way that people think when they're on bikes - except the basics, like, "I hope that nobody in a car or truck crashes into me." Plus I have that thought whenever I go anywhere on foot, on a bike, or in a car. I guess I don't have that thought when I'm on a train or in a bus.[/quote]

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