Originally Posted by Brian Ratliff
I agree with you, but there is no denying that there are strong feelings about this. A vast majority of readers who wrote into the Oregonian about this article were in favor of the bus driver and the passenger. They express some extreme frustration with the way that some cyclists selectively break traffic laws and they take it out on this one cyclist. Even my mom is that way!
I disagree strongly with the notion that the frustration exists because some cyclists selectively break traffic laws. Surveys show that 90% of motor vehicles don't stop completely at stop signs; where is the outrage? Most people have no notion of the laws of that apply to cyclists, and believe that even being in the road is vaguely illegal, and impeding a motor vehicle certainly is. So even if every cyclist stopped for every stop sign there would still be anti-cyclist sentiment. It's just bigotry, pure and simple.