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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm not a crazy bicyclist (nor am I fast), but 3 year olds on bikes with training wheels are the worst on the bike trails. They just aren't safe. I saw a collision two weeks ago with a toddler that ran into the wrong side of the W&OD. The toddler wasn't hit, but the bicyclist was injured as he skidded off into a tree. And the toddler's mom couldn't do anything because there was a baby strapped to the back of her bike too. Gah.[/quote]

Small children with training wheels do wobble all over the place, but with a bike you can always get off and walk it.  There's no excuse for hitting a kid![/quote]

The cyclist mentioned by the PP did not hit the kid.  The swerved off the trail and hit a tree.

I should not have to slow to walking speed, let alone dismount, when there is room to pass on the left side of the trail.   If you cannot keep your 3YO on the correct side of the trail (that is part of learning to ride) then you need to find somewhere else to teach them to bike.    [/quote]

Odd that cyclists expect pedestrians, children, etc to get out of their way but get upset when people who drive vehicles say the same of cyclist. [/quote]

What do you mean by "get out of the way"

I do not expect pedestrians to not be on the WOD. I expect them to behave predictably and allow me to pass them by going over the yellow line to their left, when there is visibility and no oncoming traffic.

When I am riding in the street, I have no objection to a driver passing me by crossing the yellow line to my left, when there is visibility and no oncoming traffic. If I were riding unpredictably, and weaving across the yellow line, and I were hit, it would be my fault, not the driver's.

I am not sure if you do not understand this and are stupid, or if you do get it and are trolling. [/quote]

I've seen so much rude behavior from cyclists while driving.  It seems you all expect to own the road along with park trails as well. [/quote]

I have made clear that there are specific behaviors I object to, and have not attacked anyone - drivers, cyclists, pedestrians, parents, toddlers - as a class.

That you are speaking of "you all" makes it appear you are one of the many anti cyclist trolls.

I do not expect to own either the roads or the trails as a cyclist (indeed, I walk on the trails, and drive on the roads) I do expect to get to use them in accordance with law, policy, and etiquette.

As for rude behavior, I have seen it from people in all modes.    I have also seen violations of the law by people in all modes.  Though the violations by motorists are the ones that frighten me the most.

This morning a jogger in Alexandria was killed by a hit and run driver. Maybe you should worry more about that. [/quote]

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