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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't know where this pull to the right nonsense is coming from

[b]Cyclists have a right to the road just like cars

I blow through stopsigns and treat traffic lights like yields but I always check first.[/b]  I used to obey all traffic laws but in DC no bikers actually wait at red lights or come to a full and complete stop at a 4 way stop so I joined the local customs.

It does amaze me watching some bikers blow through without looking.  Thats asking for a serious accident.

I love the bike lanes in DC.  Its tough riding in downtown I tend to avoid it if at all possible.  Sometimes there is no choice and its pretty dangerous.  I have a right to be on the road.[/quote]

If you don't follow the rules of the road, then you don't have the right to the road like other cars. [/quote]

Different poster here, and I agree.

[b]Drivers, for the most part, follow traffic laws.[/b]

Cyclists, for the most part, don't.  Which is why I don't believe they should be on the road.

That is why they are so infuriating.  [/quote]

BS.  Try to drive at the speed limit. In most of the region you will be tailgated and  honked at frequently, and always passed.   Probably 90% of drivers speed, but we consider speeding less than 10MPH over the limit as "not really something to worry about"   Cyclists almost never exceed the limit.  OTOH the other hand they are more like to treat stop signs as yields, and red lights as stop signs. Because bikes and cars are different.

(of course in addition to speeding, probably at least 50% of drivers fail to signal turns consistently, and a big minority regularly proceed through stop signs just the way cyclists do, and more turn right on red without stopping - and of course some run reds, etc) [/quote]

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