Originally Posted by Zaneluke

...it is flat out dangerous.

The road she was riding on is a feeder road to the main highway of the DC area. You would have to pay me hundreds of thousands to ride on any feeder road from 5-9 am at the peak of rush hour traffic in the DC metro area with the 2nd worst traffic in the nation. I do not care how many lights or reflectors you wear. Some of these feeder roads have speed limits of 40-50MPH. Dangerous. Look up the road on google maps. Landover road largo Maryland, do a street view and tell me what you think. Would you ride there at 530 am in the dark? With cars going by you at 50MPH? I know the bicycle has the right to do so, as I have the right to climb a mountain in the middle of the winter. Just because you are allowed to does not mean it is the smartest decision.