Originally Posted by
lynnlee
CB HI,
And if they were only going 17mph for a portion of the trip (remember, it's hilly!) and my commute was actually 12.25 miles instead of 11.25, which means it would've taken me 16.3 minutes instead of 15, then it would've taken me about 27 extra minutes.
I can do the math and I concede that I probably should have made more of an effort to do that to make my original post more accurate. I've also conceded that cyclists are low on the list of motorist "inconveniences."
Whether my trip took 12 minutes, 22 minutes, 27 minutes, or 45 minutes longer wasn't what I was trying to highlight.
I acknowledge and understand your exasperation and the part I played in it, but I hope that my (fairly long) original post isn't boiled down to that one line.
Why are you posting hypotheticals at us when you are the only one that has the exact numbers available to post up.
Makes it look like you are exaggerating again or hiding something.
How about actually posting the road your driving on, where you get on and approximate point you get off the roadway. What is the actual average number of cyclist in the group you ride behind?
I was being nice by using the low end of the speed range of 18 mph rather than a middle range of 21 mph. Then you want to drop the speed down to 17 mph for the cyclist for your hypothetical.
Maybe the real solution for everyone on this road, is to install an extra lane at a couple of the uphill sections that would allow easy passing at those points. That solution even works for slow busses/trucks on the road.