Eric S wrote:
> Len wrote:
> ...
> > One of the advantages of using bicycles is that it takes up less space.
> > "One less car". But when we ride along 2 or 3 abreast, just so we can
> > chat, and block the other traffic, the cagers see us as time wasting
> > twits.
> ...
> KSA 8-1590. (c) Persons riding bicycles upon a roadway shall not ride
> more than two abreast, except on paths or parts of roadways set aside
> for the exclusive use of bicycles.
>
> Perhaps it's down to their sheer ignorance of the law. I wonder if
> these cagers also see the following people as time wasting twits:
>
> motorists who drive alone past their co-workers' homes;
> motorists who drive alone past their neighbors' workplaces;
> people who drive to restaurants, ball games, theaters, book shops;
> people who drive less than a mile to work, shop or school;
> the oncoming traffic which is the true cause of their inability to pass
> 2-up cyclists;
>
> all of which contribute to delaying me waaaaaaay more often and for
> longer at a time than any cyclist or group of cyclists anywhere,
> anytime.
>
> Because if they don't, then you must certainly agree that there is no
> justification for their road rage toward cyclists in any case.
>
> Not that you think there is.
>
> Of course, if you agree that each person should only be allowed the
> right-most 50cm of the lane, right up against the white line, then how
> are we to drive our cars?
Well, when I'm in my cage, I don't drive it in the right most 50 cm
lane and pass folks on the right.
And when I'm cycling, I don't selectively pass folks on the right (in
that 50 cm lane) then block them from passing me on the left in the
other 255 centimeters. That's almost the same as giving them a one
finger salute. And I don't agree with road rage (DUH) but I do
understand that, if we don't clean up our act, some of us will end up
victims. Whether we're in the right or not.
And whether we agree with the individual use of the cages, we shouldn't
use our lack of agreement as an excuse for the shite we pull.
We have to be consistent in traffic, if we expect for the rest of the
traffic to see us as legitimate. If I expect for the cager in front of
me to automatically yield that 50 cm when I want it, I expect to yield
the 255 centimeters to him when he wants it. That's consistency, and
courtesy. Inconsistency yields road rage.
Their vehicles are bigger, and can hurt me more. I could be right, but
dead.