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Originally Posted by northcrunk
Vehicles shouldn't be expected to go as slow as bikes when the average cyclist struggles to go even 30.
It's also illegal for motor bikes to pass at a stop light. If a cyclist can go faster than a vehicle I don't see any reason why they couldn't pass when they are moving like a vehicle does now. Why do cars need to be restricted from passing a moving cyclist?
Does biking take a few I.Q points off? Or is it just all the bugs they eat? Serious question
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I didn't say a vehicle should be restricted from passing a moving cyclist, I was implying that I don't have a problem with a cyclist passing me when I am stopped at a red light.
The cyclists isn't changing lanes to pass the row of stopped cars, they are riding generally in the same path as they were when the cars passed them when they were moving.
If the argument is that passing the cyclist slows down traffic, why does the cyclist catch up to the same people at the red lights? Shouldn't all of those cars be long gone now that they aren't held up by cyclists? I would propose that they probably don't have a really huge impact to the actual comute times for motorists, but people get annoyed that someone passed them while they were stuck in traffic.
No different than the guys that refuse to let people merge in front of them at an onramp, because they have some complex about somebody possibly getting somewhere before them.