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Do you even live in DC?  Since I assume you don't you just need to suck it up and follow the laws.

In DC the default speed limit is 25 MPH and even most casual bikers can comfortably go about 15MPH and even on arterial roads in DC the speed limit is just 30 MPH so some of the differential is actually generated by aggressive and speeding motorists.

It is especially stupid when people complain about bikes in DC - in most parts of the city during rush hour bikes can comfortably move along at the same rate as traffic.  That doesn't mean they are as fast as cars on every stretch of roadway but when you factor in congestion at every single intersection the average speed on DC streets is quite low and almost always below a comfortable speed for biking.

But that is what pisses off most drivers.  They get behind a biker and eventually pass them (usually illegally and dangerously) with a rage acceleration and apparently a laying on of the horn and then half a block later the cyclists coasts up to them at the next intersection.

So all that chest beating and machismo and angst and Mr. North Potomac in his SUV can't go any faster than a guy on a CABI.[/quote]

I agree that, certainly in DC or other city traffic, this is what bugs drivers most about bicyclists. You're sitting there in your car, going nowhere, while the person on the bicycle is moving.

And then, of course, there's the assumption that people not in cars should make way for people in cars. (I have never read any complaints, anywhere, from pedestrians or bicyclists about the inconsiderateness of drivers driving their cars at the same time that pedestrians/bicyclists are trying to get to work.) Although, to be sure, US society has designed its transportation systems based on this assumption for at least the last 70 years, so it's not surprising that people don't question it.[/quote]

So wait.... cyclists are angry about being passed by the "guy from potomac" (weird chip on your shoulder there, wonder why...), presumably because they want to be treated as if they were an actual car, and then they want to be able to use the far side of the road, instead of waiting in line like an actual vehicle?

Yes, this is exactly why people hate cyclists.  The absolute self absorption, the demand of being treated "like a vehicle" when it suits them, and disregarding it as soon as its convenient.  It's laughable, absurd, and contemptible.  Which is why most people see cyclists and look down on them. [/quote]

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