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I want to co-exist with bikers, I really do. I wish our cities on the east coast would be more bike friendly.

But bikers need to make up their minds. Who are they, vehicles or pedestrians? Each comes with it's own rights and obligations.

I see bikers all the time blow through red lights, stop signs, and pedestrian crosswalks. When I'm a driver I always need to slam on the breaks to avoid hitting them as such intersections when I have the right-of-way or a green light. And in dense cities a biker can cause a tremendous backup, with gridlock followng him as he makes his way through the city.

Likewise, when I'm a pedestrian, I constantly need to watch not for cars, but for high speed bikers blowing perpendicularly through pedestrian crosswalks when the pedestrians have the crossing light. Why do they get to blow through pedestrian crosswalks and red lights and stop signs?

EDIT: And bikers who listen to their iPod and wear headphones while blowing through red lights - F you!




I drive a Prius. I have been hit by cyclists t-boning me 3 times because they follow the "listen, don't look" school of cycling.

(I have never hit one)


Oh my! A Prius driver complaining about other road users :-)

I have a problem with Prius drivers, they always seem more interested in improving their gas mileage personal best than driving a reasonable speed on the freeway.


Not me, I drive it like any other car. I turn off the crash screen while driving.


How did that exactly happen? I understand the car is quiet, but I'm wondering how the situation was. Most of the time cars pass and brake (bike can't brake nearly as good as a car).


1 was on the sidewalk, ran into me as I was turning. (No dmg)

2 were on roads, ran stop signs.


I agree. That being said bikes ARE both "vehicles" and "pedestrians" and that's something you have to know as a driver.

The thing is, you CAN'T behave like a vehicle on the side walk and you can't behave like a pedestrian on the street.

That means no blowing through the crosswalk obviously.

In most part of Europe (yay I'm generalizing again), there's no "turn on red" and there's no grid system, thus this is less of an issue




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