Originally Posted by -=Łem in Pa=-
^^^ Why is your method of commute so important that you
feel it is OK to hold other people up because of your choice ?
Why is it all about 'you' ?
Sorry, I disagree....holding people up because you choose a slower means
of transportation is selfish. The reality, REALITY bicyclists face in America
is that we are in peoples way. That is the publics perception of us whether you
agree with it or not. You add to this by.....holding people up.
This is not Europe. People eat Big Macs and would rather drink beer, watch NASCAR or WWF
than go to an art museum or think.
People who take a lane to go 15 mph created this reality for us.
To start to be taken seriously in the US we need to stop creating a hostile enviornment
for ourselves and try to co-exist. Antagonizing people never helped anything.
Are you serious? You really think it's people on bikes who hold up those commuting in cars? I can state for a fact that every day going to and from work, I am delayed longer by cars then I delay any one person. In my lifetime, I can assure you that I have spent more time sitting motionless in a car because of other people in cars then the total sum of all the time I've been followed by a motorist (which doesn't even necessarily mean that I was "delaying" them). So who should get off the roads?
Taking a lane is not antagonizing anyone. Agonozing over having to go a cyclist's speed for 30 seconds is a childish reaction that thankfully only a small percentage of people actually exhibit.