I'm thinking that there needs to be more community education on the issue.

I've done many incorrect things over the years, due to my own ignorance. In some cases, police officers and judges have "trained" me. I guess that's better than being trained by an angry or unobservant motorist.

Reading in BF has been helpful. I am finding that my observance of some written and unwritten rules gets more respect from motorists. And when I violate the rules (yes, I do that, too sometimes, based on calculated judgement), I am highly aware of the risks, highly observant of motorists, and highly willing to yield.

I also had a strong impulse to educate some Mormon boys a while back. They were so good, with their helmets and lights. Yet, they were going up the wrong side of the street, one on sidewalks and one in the bike lane. When I told them I worried that they would get killed, they didn't seem to understand why. (I was also a little irritated that they were blocking up the bike lane that I was traveling down by riding directly opposite me.) ...I'm thinking that some classes for college students and missionaries would help a lot of folks in this metro area.