Originally Posted by
squirtdad
Ok I missed the start.....I am not sure where the motorist commenst are comming from but a couple of points:
a) Bicyclists have a right to the road
b) if a motorist is complaining that they got caught by a bike at a red light and have to re pass...... then there really is no need to pass as the effective speed is the same for both the car and the bike. The motorist is not going any slower actually because the lights are the speed limitation.
Exactly.
Cars may have a higher velocity at any instant, but in the situation described they have the same average speed over the distance.
As a cyclist I will lose energy and time if I sit in the queue of cars instead of rolling along.
A motorist passing and re-passing a cyclist needs to get a bike and shut their pie hole.