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[quote=Anonymous][quote=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.[/quote]

This is the funny thing about this - the average travel speeds on most congested DC roads, including the ones you cite, are around 12-13 MPH during the vast majority of the week and that is actually a lower speed than most cyclists ride.

Sure you can hit some open sections of road and gun and get up to 40MPH for a block or two but all you are doing is getting to the queue of cars at the next intersection faster so you can waste more gas idling.

I bike all over DC including on Connecticut and it is not uncommon for me to be passed multiple times by the same cars on a ride because these dip$hit drivers (almost all from MD) don't understand this.  And I am passed multiple times because these idiots from Olney go gunning around me only to have me pass them 2 blocks later while they idle at the next night surrounded by their suburban brethren all staring at their phones enraged about their crappy commutes.

So no on most DC roads people on bikes are not in fact reducing vehicle travel speeds at all and in fact if we all slowed down cars would consume less gas, idle less and there would be fewer accidents.

Not that I would expect some idiot from Montgomery County in their Pathfinder to understand this.[/quote]

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