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Old 01-20-05 | 07:48 PM
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Simplebiker
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Originally Posted by XzEn54321
Would you like 2000lb cars wizzing past you at 30+mph
I'm kind of neutral to the idea. 2000lb cars wiz by me at 30+ mph all the time. It is part of sharing the public roads. It would be nice if everyone road a bike, but that's not going to happen any time soon. Car drivers are generally more predictable than the runners and strollers who share the bike lane with me.

Edited to add: Someone else's post reminded of one other point. Cars wiz past me at 30+ mph in the bike lane as well. Actually, sometimes a bike lane encourages them to wiz past at speed when no bike lane will encourage some caution.
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