The Rights and Duties of Cyclists - Bicycle Safety

I don't know about you but I ride at 23-25 mph.

wow the other day i was following every rule and some punk girl goes "get off the f******* road"

And your point is...?

good vid, the cyclist needs to get repected on the road!

Yes indeed, your much more likely to be seen by traffic if you ride in the center of the road, and not along the side. I used to ride on the white line but after being nearly hit almost everyday, I use the center of the lanes.

There's a particular road in my city that is one narrow lane each way, which the city decided it was more important to have parking on than bike lanes. As a result, motorists get upset that a cyclist takes up the only lane and forces them down the street at 15-20 (as opposed to 30).

If you don't like cyclists backing up traffic, push your city to provide bikeway infrastructure, bike lanes, wide right lanes (hopefully with sharrows) and other amenities. It will speed up travel for everyone. :)

If the issue is motorist delay on high traffic two lane roads, the better solution is to widen the road, not make a special path for cyclists. Luckily in my area roads with any significant traffic are four lanes or wider. If the traffic is too heavy for motorists to change lanes to pass me right way, then it's really the motorists delaying things more than me. Drivers that have to wait a little bit before passing end up catching up to the other motorists at the next traffic light anyway.

Well the difference between your city and mine. Plus if they widen the road then that means people's houses have to get knocked down. So it doesn't make much sense. I would love for Houston to be a city like NY or Boston (not people wise) but easier transportation wise. Here it is the cyclists fault but where you live it is the drivers fault. Do you get what I'm trying to say?

We might as well just get ride of all the cyclists in your city then! Obviously you have no respect for people who use an alternate source of transportation. Maybe we should out you on a bike and see how you like being honked at or maybe you should simply leave earlier. Its impatient people like you who have this entitlement mentality that think everything shoud revolve around you and your needs are more important than respect for you fellow man. How about a positive idea instead of whining.

get rid of all cyclists in my city...hmm. that is genius.