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Old 09-18-14 | 01:09 PM
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Originally Posted by practical
There is the "legal right" and there is courtesy and common sense. We had a similar case in Vermont - a car and cyclist confrontation provoked (in my opinion) on a lack of courtesy and common sense by the cyclist who then went "self righteous" about his right to use the road, etc.
Is that this one where the cycling safety instructor was ticketed for not moving right, and the driver was ticketed for harassment and crowding? I thought it was interesting because it appears that his lane position -smack dab in the middle - was the big problem. Even though it wouldn't really matter, middle, left or right, to either the car or the bike. The car would still have get to the next lane regardless.

But it's also curious how our perceptions differ regarding the attitudes. Or maybe just the terminology. The cyclist was self-centered and know-it-all. But I felt like it was the driver who was boorishly self-righteous, saying in the interview that the cyclist should have been thanking him for saving his life! Tallying it up ... the driver convicted of crowding the cyclist, while screaming imprecations at him. The guy with no experience, no particular knowledge, putting the cyclist in danger while delivering his ignorant lecture, proclaims that the safety expert should be grateful for his advice. Pretty self-righteous in my book.
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