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Originally Posted by mike234
you are absolutely right. and for every aggravating cyclist you encounter, and every left lane driver you encounter, there is one waiting ahead for you to encounter....I just do what I have to do, and not even give it a second thought....
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So true.
Overall, I have found cyclists to be generally courteous and safety minded, and there is no question they would get the short end of the stick in any accident.
That being said, there are SOME cyclists, NOT ALL, NOT A MAJORITY, but SOME that have this "holier than thou attitude". They believe everything that they and their fellow cyclists do is right, and everything that pedestrians, cart and car drivers is wrong. They feel they are the self appointed guardians of the roads and MMPs, and want to cram THEIR VERSION of the rules of the road down everyone else's throat. They put dash cams on their bikes in the hopes of catching someone doing something wrong. They know every little law that applies to how other vehicles have to behave in regard to cyclists, and then go willy-nilly blowing through stop and yield signs, both individually and in packs, forcing other vehicles to jam on their brakes. They claim it is "inconvenient" to stop because of toe clips. What if every vehicle on the road just blew through stop signs? What if cars and trucks decided it was "inconvenient to stop? Answer---demolition derby, so why does this MINORITY of cyclists think they are so special that they can ignore traffic laws while demanding everyone else obey every letter of them. If you blow your horn you get a one-finger salute because in their own narrow view of the roads THEY are always right and YOU are always wrong.
I make this rant only because 3 times in the last 2 weeks, a pack of cyclists blew through the yield signs entering a RB as if they were one entity and I had to brake and/or switch lanes rapidly to avoid them. Just because they are @h0l3s doesn't mean they should get a death sentence.
But to the overwhelming majority of cyclists, serious or recreational, who are courteous and not militant, I'm sorry these few give you a bad rep. Happy Trails.