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Originally Posted by The Villager II
I look at it as a very long vehicle and allow them all to stay together in a group. Motorcycles do it as well. No big deal to me.
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If you're talking about roundabouts, I tend to agree with you. But I have a different opinion about stop signs and red lights. I witnessed a near collision at an intersection when a flock of bicyclists went through a red light. They were turning right at the light, but the motor vehicles didn't know that and a car slammed on the brakes and almost got rear-ended by the car behind. The second car skidded to the right and almost collided with the traffic waiting at the red light. Just as bicyclists expect to be treated as another vehicle on the roads, they must reciprocate.
As with motor vehicle traffic, there are some good drivers/bicyclists and some bad ones. As another poster said, in a meeting between auto and bicycle, the bicycle loses.