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Originally Posted by LittleBigMan
Where I get angry is when authorities pass laws allowing police to order cyclists onto an adjacent path. That's where I draw the line, and it's an obvious attempt to get cyclists off the roads in order to speed up traffic flow.

And yet, it has been said that there are very few transportational cyclists, by proportion, in the U.S. as compared with recreational cyclists and especially motorists. Therefore, what real purpose would be served to remove that small percentage of cyclists from the road? There just aren't enough of them to fuss about anyway. They don't ride in groups (generally,) and are easy to overtake.
There are probably even fewer (as in infinitesimally small) cases where transportation cyclists are negatively affected by legal enforcement of such rare "laws". Certainly not enough for distant anti-bike lane ideologues to get their hair on fire and justify obstructionist rants/tactics.
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