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Originally Posted by Happydaz
Misunderstandings often interfere with communication. The biker knows where he lives. "Substandard" roads refers to roads like Morse and Buena Vista that are narrower than wider "standard" roads. These narrower roads do not have enough room for a bicyclist to be passed by a car with at least three feet of clearance. That is why the bicyclist needs to ride in the middle of these narrow lanes to stop cars from trying to squeeze by. To pass the bike the car would move over to the other lane.
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Every year, Auburn hosts "The Great Race" which is essentially a mini triathlon. (Trivia---it is named after Captain Miles Keogh, a native Auburnian who is buried at Fort Hill Cemetery about 500 yards from my house. His horse, Commanche, was the only US Army survivor of Little Big Horn.) Anyway, I digress. For about a month prior to the race, our streets are loaded with cyclists practicing/training. I have no problem if they want to own the road, I'm in a better position to look out for their safety than they are. However, not everyone feels that way. I wish they did, because I occasionally ride a bike as well, but they don't. So consider this before getting too committed to "owning the road"
1) Cars have to SHARE the road, golf carts have SHARE the road, so a lot of drivers don't think a cyclist should OWN the road
2) When push comes to shove, they am driving a 4600 pound SUV, you are driving a 20 pound bicycle, so who REALLY owns the road