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Old 03-31-11 | 10:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Max C.
Simple math... they go 40MPH, we go ~20MPH.... People don't even like it when someone drives 5MPH under the speed limit & often times don't like it when someone drives in front of them AT the speed limit.
x2. This is all it is. I got a big snootfull of it today and I'm getting to the point where I'm disliking it more and more. Everybody's in such a hellfire hurry to get where they're going (usually somewhere super important like Old Navy) that "Jesus, can you believe this bicyclist is in my way! This always happens to me," etc. etc. They over-react, which causes hate.

I hate that argument that bicyclists don't obey the traffic laws. If I make a rolling stop through a stop sign, I'm doing so to try to clear the intersection for big-boy traffic. I'm trying to do the cagers a favor. And state law says I can run red lights if I know I'm not gonna get squished, so it's the same thing, just trying to get out of the intersection so the cars don't have to mess with me.
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