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Originally Posted by KTrain
Lubicon, the first guy is an @ss. No one should be going though a red light.
The path vs road thing is tough. I try to be as considerate to drivers as possible. I know I get anxious when I'm passing a cyclist in my car. I'm sure it's worse for some non-cyclist drivers. They want to give lots of space but have cars on the other side to worry about too.
In the construction zone situation I would definitely take the path. However, there are many spots along my route where I could take a path instead of the road. As I've become more comfortable riding with cars I've stayed on the road more. The reason is that you're allowed to go faster on the road than paths. There's a 20km/h limit on paths. I don't know any cyclist that obeys this all the time but if the path is busier I'll opt for the road instead of trying to pass people on the path. I also find drivers are more confused (might not be the right term) by cyclists on paths when they have to go from path to road to path. Things like intersections. Either they don't see us because we're going faster than pedestrians but I've found most of salty interactions with drivers are a result of intersections I have to go through because the pathway goes through it.
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Fair enough, and entirely logical. I'd do the same I suppose.