Originally Posted by
xenologer
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
Agreed, and at the same time cyclists need to follow the rules of the road, i.e. stopping for red lights and stop signs, riding with the flow of traffic, riding with lights at night. As by running red lights and stop signs they're telling motorists and pedestrians that they don't care about the law(s) of the road. Or their personal or anyone else's safety.
We cyclists need to ride in a safe, and predictable manner at all times. Anything less is doing cycling a grave disservice.