Originally Posted by
homechicken
Yes, I included fake guns in my original post because someone else before me had brought them up. What you may know to be fake may look very real to someone else and that can lead to all kinds of trouble as well, legal and otherwise. As to the rest, enough said, I'll debate it no more. I've stated my position in different ways multiple times. If you still don't understand, then we'll have to agree that we have differing views on the matter and
I hope you have many more years of happy cycling and never come to understand that what I'm saying is right!
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As to the OP, I hope you stick with it. It sucks when someone gives up something that they should enjoy because of the bad behavior of others.
What you are saying is that might makes right and that anything/anyone smaller best just stay out of the way. That is the road attitude of much of the 3rd world. That attitude also tends to come from folks that feel they own the road. It is NOT the attitude expressed by the laws that govern the use of the road... otherwise large tractor trailer rigs would dominate any and all lanes on the freeway.