How do you feel about cyclist on the road?

Do they piss you off going so slow and you being stuck behind them? Should they pay a road tax to ride in the street? 

Discuss. 

I like them a lot better than many car and truck drivers out there.

better than those fvcking middle schoolers walking in the middle of the road. they piss me off to no end.

I think of a cyclist on the road as one less car on the road. Sometimes they do silly things, but in my observations all cohorts of road users are guilty. 

I like them more than the cyclists on the footpath.SolidSnake35

better than those fvcking middle schoolers walking in the middle of the road. they piss me off to no end.

konvikt_17

As long as they stay in their lane, it's all good. I hate when they ride 2-3 wide and are hanging into the car lanes.

They make me extremely uncomfortable. 

Take a cyclist over a slow-ass tractor any day of the week...................

What I never got is where to all these cyclists get their "sponsoed" shirts at? lol

What I never got is where to all these cyclists get their "sponsoed" shirts at? lol

Pirate700

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What I never got is where to all these cyclists get their "sponsoed" shirts at? lol

DavesAlt

[QUOTE="SolidSnake35"]I like them more than the cyclists on the footpath.AmazonTreeBoa

[QUOTE="DavesAlt"][QUOTE="Pirate700"]

What I never got is where to all these cyclists get their "sponsoed" shirts at? lol

Pirate700

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[QUOTE="DavesAlt"] The cycling stores. Online. The piers DavesAlt

I don't know pirate. Live and let live I sayDavesAlt

I really do not mind bike riders in the road. They do need to follow the laws though. I know Newport News has signage denoting bike routes throughout the city similar to ones in Holland.

I really do not mind bike riders in the road. They do need to follow the laws though. I know Newport News has signage denoting bike routes throughout the city similar to ones in Holland.

WhiteKnight77

I hate how many of them feel they are not obligated to follow the same traffic laws as car drivers. Sorry bikers but every law motorists have to follow on the roads so do you. That includes signaling, waiting at stop lights, etc. ferrari2001

[QUOTE="ferrari2001"]I hate how many of them feel they are not obligated to follow the same traffic laws as car drivers. Sorry bikers but every law motorists have to follow on the roads so do you. That includes signaling, waiting at stop lights, etc. Pirate700

[QUOTE="Pirate700"]

[QUOTE="ferrari2001"]I hate how many of them feel they are not obligated to follow the same traffic laws as car drivers. Sorry bikers but every law motorists have to follow on the roads so do you. That includes signaling, waiting at stop lights, etc. ferrari2001

[QUOTE="WhiteKnight77"]

I really do not mind bike riders in the road. They do need to follow the laws though. I know Newport News has signage denoting bike routes throughout the city similar to ones in Holland.

Pirate700

I doubt many of them are even remotely aware of it. It's mostly the police departments fault because they fail to enforce these laws. I'm sorry but a biker who fails to signal turns or runs a red light is putting himself and other drivers in just as much danger and needs to be held accountable. I just wish the police would stand up and start ticketing for these offenses then bikers will become aware.

ferrari2001

I have a hypothesis about police not ticketing people or not seeing law breakers and it has to do with them being in cars. If they got out of their cars and actually walked around for more than 2 minutes, they would see much more than they do sitting in their cars driving around. 

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[QUOTE="SolidSnake35"]I like them more than the cyclists on the footpath.SolidSnake35

Running a red light with a bike is just as illegal as it is with a vehicle yet nobody ever seems to care when they do it. Pirate700

I think both cyclists and drivers should learn the rules of the road

Biking is healthy so I don't mind doing it myself or seeing other people do it. I don't mind seeing them on the road. I just slow down a bit and give them room. I live in a small town so it is not really a problem for me.

Why should cyclists pay an extra tax to use the road, do car owners even do this?

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[QUOTE="WhiteKnight77"]

I really do not mind bike riders in the road. They do need to follow the laws though. I know Newport News has signage denoting bike routes throughout the city similar to ones in Holland.

WhiteKnight77

they do where I live

[QUOTE="ferrari2001"]

[QUOTE="Pirate700"]Sometimes I wonder how many riders even know there are laws for cycling, much less that they're the same as in their car.

Pirate700

When I got my first bike with gears, way back in middle school, the guys from the bike shop gave me a manual for the rules of biking, and how when biking I needed to follow the rules of the road, since then I've always followed them.

I find in the city more people seem to follow the rules, because it's pretty hard to run red lights or stop signs when there are other people waiting to go perpendicular to your path. I do hate it when bikers bike on the sidwalk (unless that's the only option), it is really annoying.

When I was in undergrad I was amazed at how many people renting bikes from the school did not know that you had to obey laws like when driving a car, it was pretty annoying trying to tell them to obey the rules of the road and get ignored, too bad the cops didn't enforce the rules for bikers enough..

Whenever they drive on the f*cking road I wish my car had one of these

on the sides.

Whenever they drive on the f*cking road I wish my car had one of these

on the sides.

N30F3N1X

they have a right to be on the road

I feel that potentially risking my life isn't worth it to save a few gallons of gas than someone will use otherwise.

Biking is healthy so I don't mind doing it myself or seeing other people do it. I don't mind seeing them on the road. I just slow down a bit and give them room. I live in a small town so it is not really a problem for me.

Why should cyclists pay an extra tax to use the road, do car owners even do this?

strategyfn

they have a right to be on the road

lostrib

Hence the "wish". Hurr durr

Whenever they drive on the f*cking road I wish my car had one of these

 

on the sides.

N30F3N1X

Are you sure you should be driving with that road rage?

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[QUOTE="WhiteKnight77"]

I really do not mind bike riders in the road. They do need to follow the laws though. I know Newport News has signage denoting bike routes throughout the city similar to ones in Holland.

WhiteKnight77

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[QUOTE="Pirate700"]On that subject, cops need to actually enforce them. Running a red light with a bike is just as illegal as it is with a vehicle yet nobody ever seems to care when they do it.

AmazonTreeBoa

that's what bike lanes are for.  

Are you sure you should be driving with that road rage?

Zlurodirom

How can driving be fun if you can't even shred innocent pedestrians or cyclists? You guys have no heart.

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Are you sure you should be driving with that road rage?

N30F3N1X

How can driving be fun if you can't even shred innocent pedestrians or cyclists? You guys have no heart.

Death Race 2000?

I feel that potentially risking my life isn't worth it to save a few gallons of gas than someone will use otherwise.

POKE777GM

Death Race 2000?

lostrib

Carmageddon

[QUOTE="AmazonTreeBoa"][QUOTE="WhiteKnight77"]You will not get any argument out of me on that. I wish cops would ticket people riding bikes on sidewalks too honestly.

lostrib

that's what bike lanes are for.  

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[QUOTE="AmazonTreeBoa"]You honestly expect little kids to ride their bikes in the street instead of on the sidewalk? :shock:AmazonTreeBoa

that's what bike lanes are for.  

then your child shouldn't be biking alone, or do what all kids do: hope you don't get stopped

[QUOTE="AmazonTreeBoa"][QUOTE="lostrib"]

that's what bike lanes are for.  

lostrib

then your child shouldn't be biking alone, or do what all kids do: hope you don't get stopped