Don't mess with cyclists and social media

[JOYCEfromNS]

I wonder if these people know that, right or wrong, the car will win in any situation that involves contact.    

yes it would suck to be dead right!!!

[prof_stack]

In Seattle it is legal to ride on the sidewalk, IF you go at a rate no faster than pedestrians there.  In other words, be prudent.

I use street, sidewalk, and bike trail as available.  And it really torques me off to see fellow bicyclists rip through stop signs and stop lights. 

There are some really high strung bikers out there.  That's no good, though, because the automobiles always win when the two collide.

[Jonesy76]

I'm pretty highly strung (I tend to average about 19mph for a 60 mile training loop, and over 26mph when racing) but ALWAYS obey the Highway Code.........
I'd give my team a bad name if I didn't, and my team kit is pretty bloomin' obvious 

[schnitz]

Here in Minnesota, data from the State Department of Public Safety, show that in crashes that involving cars and bicycles, drivers are at fault about half the time and cyclists are at fault about half the time. Mostly for failing to follow rules of the road and inattention. Lots of improvement needed by both drivers and cyclists. I now stop at all red lights and stop signs and more carefully follow rules of the road.

Thankfully, since retiring nearly two years ago I have cut my driving in half (to 10,000 miles) and increased my cycling (to 2,000 miles).  So, I don't know what it means, but that's a 5:1 ratio! And now I really have to increase the number of hours playing my D-09E.

[Jonesy76]

Actually that's not wuite true as far as water is concerned........

Speaking as an ex-lifeguard on a beach in Wales swimmers have rights to large portions of water off UK beaches where motor vessels are not allowed, and this is certainly the case in Australia and New Zealand too.
When you've pulled a snorkeller out of the water who's held together by his wetsuit after being mown down by a Sunseeker motor boat I'm sure you'd agree if you have an ounce of humanity in your soul.

Simply put just because you have a motor doesn't make you the greatest thing since sliced bread, it makes you the most wary person sharing the medium with the other users purely because you can do the most damage.  It does NOT give you a right to kill.

The daft thing with cycling is that so many motorists have this deluded notion that they are held up by cyclists on their way into work, when actually the people that hold them up are all the other silly people in their tin boxes.
The average speed of a motorist in London is only a measley 11 miles an hour which is a speed any overweight, unfit human being should be able to manage comfortably on a bike.

[gtrplayer]

The daft thing with cycling is that so many motorists have this deluded notion that they are held up by cyclists on their way into work, when actually the people that hold them up are all the other silly people in their tin boxes.
The average speed of a motorist in London is only a measley 11 miles an hour which is a speed any overweight, unfit human being should be able to manage comfortably on a bike.

In the 45 years of off and on cycling on the roads of northeast USA I've found that most drivers I've had close encounters with have always had an air of indignance or indifference about their responsibility.   Some have been downright malevolent and I always try to cycle safely, adhereing to traffic laws.  Something about people in cars, that feeling of superiortiy compared to a cyclist, for I find when I have had an opportunity to confront drivers outside their auto about an incident they're somewhat more understanding (I'm six feet tall and weigh 240 lbs).  Though many times I've told my wife that it's a good thing I don't carry a gun with me while cycling.