Originally Posted by ilovetv

Why should bicycles going 20 mph be allowed to hold up traffic on a 30-mph street??? I see this often, when a bicyclist is going along far slower than the car speed limit, and nobody can pass the bicyclist because of oncoming traffic (and to pass, one has to cross the center line, double yellow or not!).

I think it is ridiculous, for example, to be driving the car up Canal Street, and a bicycle is in the car lanes going, let's say, 21 mph......and all the cars have to slow down and get backed up behind the bicyclist because they cannot pass due to oncoming traffic, and the bicyclist refuses to use the diamond lane to give the cars room to pass!

That is like giving the big middle finger to all the cars behind him/her!