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While I can't condone the drivers actions - they are plain wrong - I get pretty tired of militant bicyclists who cannot seem to fathom that they are operating a vehicle ill suited to the road system design. Face it....virtually every road system is designed for automobiles, right or wrong, and whether it be a bicycle or enthusiastic mother pushing a pram, very slow vehicles without sufficient speed or acceleration capabilities to somewhat keep up and move at automobile speeds are a danger to all.
Couple that with the inherent instability of a bike and fragility of the thing in crashes - and ATTITUDE that most cyclists display, well....it is a recipe for failure.
While I'd never deliberately run over a cyclist as it is assault, I think it is only a matter of time before one of the two wheeled nutcases who darts across my path going 15 kmh when I am going 60 kmh - and expects me to stop and gives me the finger when I honk overstresses my ability to react and I turn them into roadkill. Or at least damaged human.
You need to keep them separate. Cars and bikes need different paths...mixing them is just a recipe for a lot of hurting...
D.
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