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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I just wish that bikers wouldn’t roll past all the cars and go to the head of the line at red lights.  We all just crossed over the double yellow to get around the cyclist, then the cyclist weaves past all of us at the light, and we have to pass him again.  [/quote]

This.

I’ve (and everyone else) have had to pass the same cyclist a half dozen times. We idle along behind them at 11 mph waiting for a chance to pass them safely. We do, and then when sitting at the next red light, the cyclist goes around all the cars waiting at the light, pedals through the red light, and everyone is back behind them again. Rinse and repeat. So 10-15 cars are all reduced to the speed of a single person on a bicycle, instead of doing the posted 30 mph speed limit.

If you can’t see why this would irritate people, then you are a sociopath. [/quote]

I understand why it irritates people, but I also understand (as a driver) that 30 mph is the speed limit - the maximum speed you are legally allowed to drive, under ideal conditions - not the expected minimum or average speed.

I also understand (as a driver) that the people who are really slowing you (me) down from getting to the next traffic signal a few seconds faster are: are the other 9-14 people in the other 9-14 cars on the road.

And I also understand (as a bicyclist) that when bicyclists get in the line with the drivers at the traffic signal, instead of going up the line of cars to the signal, the drivers behind the bicyclists honk at them (me), cuss them (me) out, drive way too close to the back of them (me), and yell at them (me) to get on the sidewalk.[/quote]

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