Originally Posted by
Koa C.
I get buzzed by one of those at least once a day while riding. It's one thing to use our bike racks but when they start using our bike lanes that really gets annoying. Plus they usually cut by me really close with no warning other than the noise of their engines. I can't tell if they are coming in the bike lane behind me or in the traffic next to me so it's always a surprise pass by these guys. And to top it all off the exhaust from these things are terrible.
I stayed with family in Holland for a month and everywhere you go there are people doing that to you. I rode my bike everywhere and no matter where I went people were constantly doing that. It was a little startling at first because they get so close to you they almost hit you but then you get used to it and it began to not even phase me anymore. Even so, a lot of people are not used to people riding bikes or those vehicle so they need to be more polite.