Originally Posted by
SweetLou
Oh, that sounds good. Then you won't mind being behind me on such roads, since you don't want me to alter my life to accommodate you.
Good question.
Originally Posted by
SweetLou
Or do you really mean, that cyclists should accommodate motorists, but motorists are allowed to be selfish? That motorists are not being selfish when they harass a cyclists because the cyclist is in the way of the fast vehicle? I know it would be very accommodating of a cyclists to stop and start on a hill. I would rather keep any momentum I have then to start up again and again on a hill.
Again, good question. Good point.
Originally Posted by
SweetLou
What works best is following the laws. It sounds like the road in question, as stated above, is used by people driving sports cars and motorcyclists for the same reason that a cyclists wants to ride this road. So you want the users of the road that accommodates the other users to have a place to go. If I am on my way to work, does that trump someone going shoe shopping? Or does the faster vehicle still trump the slower vehicle. If I have to pull over to allow the faster vehicle pass, am I not spending more time getting from point a to point b than if I just keep riding?
Good questions, is it as he and Six Jours opinions that it's a numbers game or is it the destination of the traveler that matters? As you asked if the person on a bike is going to work, or to a doctor's appointment and someone else is just out shopping or on a pleasure drive does the destination of the one who is either going to work or to a doctor's appointment trump the destination of the motorist who is going shopping or out for a pleasure drive?
Originally Posted by
SweetLou
The last time I looked, the laws that are made to allow safe road travel to all users don't mention the speed of the vehicles when passing, except that they are not allowed to exceed the maximum speed limit. They could have easily have written that into the law instead of the first come, first serve model. They could have easily have made the law for the slow vehicle be responsible in making sure that the faster vehicle can pass safely. Instead, the made it the responsibility of passing vehicle to safely overtake the slower.
I don't know about other states, but in Florida it is written into the law that the vehicle being passed cannot speed up to prevent the passing vehicle from passing them.