Originally Posted by
amcelroy
Well, I also don't drive down the road in my car doing 10 mph at rush hour hogging a lane on a major commuter road.
Part of being a bike commuter is being a good ambassador to the community; he is dealing bike commuters a huge
PR blow.
consider then, what
PR you send to the community by riding a bike on the sidewalk:
you are sending the message that bikes do not belong in the road; that bikes are not vehicles; that commuting by bike is not a legitimate activity to be using a road for
when the community adopts your wonderful message, how do you think they will react to other, less intimidated cyclists who Are in the road?
your actions hurt the rest of us, quit giving away our freedom to take the lane and our safety from road ragers who think we do not belong