Why do you assume the drivers are always in the wrong? What if a biker is going up a hill and kind of careers over to the side while being passed? Before they make a correction, they could get knocked off or knocked under the car. Not really the driver’s fault.
After being on 35 mph roads that I could only go 20 mph because some bicyclist decided he owned the entire lane, I have to say ___ you to bicyclists. Get on the sidewalk for chrissakes, you’re expected to in Japan. You simply can’t maintain the speed necessary to not have people pissed at you when there isn’t a designated bike lane, especially uphill-—in Seattle—during rush hour (don’t live there now but I wanted to pull my hair out.)
Well said. I have had this argument before with the brightly colored, Spandex butt-in-the-air bunch.
For some reason, they cannot understand that on roads with no shoulder, they not only put themselves at risk, but are a threat to drivers that have to use the roads. In my area, rural Maryland, there are hoards of them every weekend. Even the most patient of my neighbors are just sick to death of the sight of them.