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Yes why can't the bicyclists stop for the damned stop signs? Would you just walk out in front of a moving car?

Maybe so but creating road rage incidents can get a bicyclist run over.

I hear the sound of paranoia by the OP.

Now i must wonder why. Are motorists just crazy or could there be a reason for paranoia, such as guilt or fear of Karma?

I hear that "cyclists blow through" stop signs all the time in these discussions. I drive between 25,000 and 40,000 miles a year in all kinds of traffic situations. I have never witnessed a cyclist "blow through" an intersection without looking. I have never had to brake for one failing to yield right of way and have never witnessed anyone else have to. Accident data isn't great, but what we have tells us that it's not common that cyclist are hit while "blowing through" stop signs or stop lights. The bottom line is that it doesn't happen often. Even with the subset of the cycling population that doesn't qualify for a driver's license. On the very rare occasions cyclists are hit when they fail to yield right of way, it rarely injures the other party.

Running stop signs and traffic lights is a very common cause of serious motor vehicle crashes. Save your indignation for something that fugging matters.

In our small town there are places they there are bike trails and the bikes still ride two abreast down the road.I wonder why if they ride on the roads why not plate them and let them help with the road costs.

Running over cyclists can get motorists shot. See the OP. I know it's fun to invoke the rule of gross tonnage and use it it bully, but some cyclists are prepared to get real on a bully.

Can you tell me how your municipal, county/borough, state and federal roadways are funded? While you are advocating for more government, why not advocate that pedestrians who walk on the road have plates too?

Good shoot by the Mexican. I had a smallish seat bag I carried a Security Six in while riding. It barely fit and woulda been a pain to retrieve quickly, but still....

There is a road near the house that I routinely travel. Horrible road to cycle on. Low visibility with tight turns, rises and dips, vegetation, absolutely no shoulder.
Every once in a while there’ll be some douchebag or three riding on it. One of them gonna get splatted sooner or later. Just hope it ain’t me driving when it happens. That’d ruin my day.

You always have the option of not outdriving your line of sight!

Nah.
Some roads are simply a bad idea to cycle on.

I can only hope it's not a tractor (or other SMV) or a stalled car you carelessly slam into.

Me too. Like I said, it’d ruin my day.

Damn cyclists anyways, SOB needs to get to the range! The asswhole is gonna live.

Pedestrians do not have the legal right to walk in the travel portion of the highway and impede traffic but I would be ok with a state permit for use of a public road for whatever purpose. On another note, it may just be my mistaken perception but adult male bicycle riders seem to have sugar in their gas.

MORE GOVERNMENT NOW!

When I have the option of not ruining my own day, I exercise that option.

I've never understood the entitled attitude of cyclists.

And motorists don't have that sense of entitlement?

So you don’t ride on low visibility roads with no shoulder? Good on ya.

Schit happens, buddy. Everyday.

After all those roads were developed for motorized vehicles. Maybe a minimum speed limit would help.Kind of hard to maintain 45 MPH.