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Originally Posted by Temporary_User
Did you just describe a situation where you went to pass a bike and it was unsafe to do so so somehow this was the bikes fault?
You know the solution to that would have been to wait behind the cyclist until it was safe to pass right?
Your reply to him seems to just shows your ignorance. You don't know why this guy was out on this particular road at this time. Why were you on that road? Perhaps he had the exact same reason. It doesn't really matter though. From your story it sounds like he was cycling as safe as can be and you were an impatient jackass driving unsafely.
Just like if you are to rear end a car chances are it was your fault for following too close, the same applies for unsafely passing a cyclist. In most places 3 feet is the bare minimum space required to pass (and this is only safe at an extremely slow moving pace). You don't know why any of these cyclists swerve out. And you say into your lane, what lane were they in before? You came up behind them, it sounds like you are both in the same lane at all times. Perhaps they swerved to avoid a pothole, car door, roadkill, any other obstacle. If you are going to overtake a vehicle, move fully to the other lane and pass safely.
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Oh please, spare me. I'm well aware of the rules of the road. That doesn't mean for a second that give a cyclist the right to completely abandon common sense.
Your riding your bike down a busy highway in the curb, right side of the rumble strip and you decide you want to pass the guy in front of you, so you swing over the rumble strips, into the lane, WITHOUT looking behind you first and that doesn't strike you as especially stupid? I saw him, hence moving over, did he see me? Is it not his responsibility as well to keep himself safe?
And in my first example, dood was clearly out for a bike ride, nothing more. I was on my way home. You honestly don't think there are better places to take your kids for a ride during rush hour? Really? Again, lets apply some commons sense. There are a ton of other resedential roads he could have easily gotten to that were significantly less congested.
Give me a break....