Cat_Driver
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Well, while we're ranting, maybe bicycles should be on the bike paths and not the roadways. Md, Va and D.C. have spent tons of money creating "safe harbors" for bicyclists to enjoy their sport/hobby........the Va. crowd that drives over to scenic So. Md. to ride bicycles on our roadways irks me quite a bit. They believe riding in packs gives them "special privileges" to control one lane of a two lane road. Ooh, I know, let's impose a bicycle tax/tag for use on roadways
I have to agree 100%. I see it the other way because I never will ride a bike on any road made for moving vehicles. What I see hundreds of times any time I take a road trip is bicycle riders taking up 1/3 of the roadway and expecting vehicles to nearly stop to safely pass as not to move into incoming traffic. Furthermore I always see bicyclists grinding up a mountain road and nearly being hit by traffic due to them being in a blind corner.
Why am I so vocal - Locally a few people and one great highs school coach was killed by a hit and run riding his bike in the dark early one morning on a busy highway.
Sorry bicyclists as mush as I agree with your "right" to be on the road it is just the most foolish thing a person could ever do.
I will never let my wife or child who are avid bike riders ride where there are moving cars, there are too many safe place to go to ride to chance a 3000lb vehicle going 30-50mph to not drift toward a rider is putting a whole lot of faith on the "driver" seeing you, not being drunk, not being too old to drive, not on the cell phone, not texting, not paying attention and on and on and on. Sorry I do not have that much trust in my fellow drivers - I've been around too long to have that trust.