Re:Bicyclists Deserve the Right to Free Movement
by mulmen on Tuesday August 29, 2023 @03:15PM
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>I don’t understand why the spandex wearing guys want to hold up dozens of people in traffic behind them so they can bike on vacation.
I can't speak for all spandex wearing cyclists but when I do that it is because I enjoy the scenery and the challenge. Are you equally frustrated with RVs?
> It’s a real sense of entitlement that is just beyond me.
You are the entitled one here. You have no right to a minimum speed on a road that allows cyclists.
> But if you’re leisure riding on a road where the speed limit is 55 and sitting in the middle of the lane you’re an ass.
I do this in all cases. If you can't get your vehicle fully into another lane to pass me then it's not a safe place to pass. If the speed limit is 55 that's a narrow highway and you have no exclusive right as a car. If you want that then stick to the freeways.
I can't speak for all spandex wearing cyclists but when I do that it is because I enjoy the scenery and the challenge. Are you equally frustrated with RVs?
> It’s a real sense of entitlement that is just beyond me.
You are the entitled one here. You have no right to a minimum speed on a road that allows cyclists.
> But if you’re leisure riding on a road where the speed limit is 55 and sitting in the middle of the lane you’re an ass.
I do this in all cases. If you can't get your vehicle fully into another lane to pass me then it's not a safe place to pass. If the speed limit is 55 that's a narrow highway and you have no exclusive right as a car. If you want that then stick to the freeways.