Quote:
Originally Posted by Red88Carrera
Trust me, I'm not advocating that anyone go out and mow down cyclists. My beef is with the pack riders that are clearly trying to use the pedestrian laws to their advantage. A cyclist isn't a pedestrian. I stop whenever I see someone attempting to cross the street, crosswalk or not. How many times have you seen a cyclist not stop at a stop sign, or red light? If you wanna play in the street, you need to follow the rules.
|
And how many times do you see cars rolling a stop or simply making a u turn breaking the law. Come on, you have a beef against them because they hold you up for 5 seconds. Now I understand about the packs. They have to take up the whole road in that situation like Trek posted. Usually a pack or riders is out training is hauling butt (by cycling standard) you just have to wait for an opening. They will let you through. It is the small packs that take up the whole lane and chit chat that drive me nuts.
Would you rather get around 40 riders in a single file or wait for a little and get around the pack when the road opens up. It takes only about 5-7 seconds to get around the large pack. I have driven around packs of 60 riders in a couple seconds.