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Old 09-20-11 | 10:37 AM
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Originally Posted by John Forester
And again Bek proclaims his generally uniform principle of cyclist inferiority: "
I don't see Bek as proclaiming cyclist inferiority, but rather acknowledging that there are substantive differences between cars and bikes. And he is indeed correct about that. He advocates facilitating passes by moving to the right when safe to do so. I thought that was part of sharing the road. Am I wrong? When I drive a car, I drive like I'm in a car. When I ride my bike, I ride like I am on a bike. While I am charged with adherence to the law and afforded equal rights under the law when I am pedaling, my behavior can and should be different with each.
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