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Originally Posted by mikeod
A couple of observations. As the poster above states, the bicyclists have as much right to the lane as autos. I have seen bikes riding to the right side of the lane and cars pass them in the same lane by not giving them the three foot clearance the law requires. This is very dangerous. So, I can't blame them for riding nearer the center of the lane. When I learned to ride a motorcycle, I was taught to never ride in the center of the lane because that is where a lot of oil from vehicles can accumulate making it potentially slippery. The area where the tires from cars and trucks hit the pavement tends to have less and is safer. I would expect bikes to do the same.
A few days ago, I was behind a group of cyclists turning from 466 to Morse. The last cyclist in the group pulled out and rode near the lane marking on the left. At first I was annoyed, but then realized they probably had experienced cars crowding them in their lane and this was a way to keep cars in the other lane and safely away from the bikes.
So, some of the things you see cyclists doing may be more self-preservation than designed to annoy. That said, cyclists have to remember that if they want the rights to the road, they have to obey the same rules, including stop signs and yield signs. And that a group of cyclists is not a single vehicle.
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Agree. Just one thing that might be something to ponder, that is the stop deal.
I am not sure on how it should work, but here is what we did. There was 18 of us riding. Came to stop sign. Drive yelled at us from behind and said I know you guys are not blowing this stop sign all together. He said that is against the law. So later in the ride as we approached Del Mar and Rio Grande,, we merged into the lane approaching the stop sign as we should by road markings. We lined up all 18 and did a complete stop one at a time. Of course the 7 or 8 cars behind us did not like that and told us, we should proceed thru the intersection as one pack. Then they told us how we were number one and so on.
So what do you do??????? I have tried it both ways,, easiest being the pack proceed together. We get yelled at either way. Can not please anyone group of people regaurdless of how it is done...