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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I drive on a two lane road (40 mph speed limit) with bikers that take the lane. What really annoys me is when I change lanes to pass and get back in front of a biker, and [b]then at a red light they zoom up to the front[/b] and slow it all down again. When there's a biker on my route it doubles my commute time. [/quote]

This is legal.

Generally what slows people down on their car commute is other cars. But certainly your voice would be a welcome addition to the call for more and better bicycle infrastructure.[/quote]

I'm all for bike lanes. I'm against going 15 miles an hour in a 40 mph zone when there is an empty sidewalk and no restrictions on bikers using them. [/quote]

A sidewalk is not a bike path.

And the speed limit is the maximum speed you're legally allowed to go under ideal conditions, not the minimum acceptable speed.

Your argument is basically that people on bikes should get out of your way because they're slowing you down, but that's not how the road network works.[/quote]

So legally, it’s totally fine for a car to drive 2 mph in a 50mph zone?[/quote]

In Maryland, yes, as long as the the driver stays in the right-most lane.

Maryland Code TRANSPORTATION TITLE 21 - VEHICLE LAWS - RULES OF THE ROAD
Subtitle 3 - Driving on Right Side of Roadway; Overtaking and Passing; Use of Roadway
Section 21-301 - Driving on right side of roadway; exceptions.
(b)  Special rule for slow-moving traffic.- On every roadway, except while overtaking and passing another vehicle going in the same direction or when preparing for a lawful left turn, any vehicle going 10 miles an hour or more below the applicable maximum speed limit or, if any existing conditions reasonably require a speed below that of the applicable maximum, at less than the normal speed of traffic under these conditions, shall be driven in the right-hand lane then available for traffic or as close as practicable to the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway.

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