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cb1000rider wrote:

mrvmax wrote:I would like to follow him around and see how many traffic laws he violates on his bike. I can understand him wanting to keep cars away but I frequently see bicyclists disobeying traffic laws. It seems many riders only want the laws enforced when it is others breaking the laws.

What does that have to do with anything? Pick any group of people - bicyclist, motorcyclists, truck drivers.. You'll find some that behave badly. It doesn't invalidate the laws that you should be following.

It has a lot to do with it, if he is on this tirade trying to get others to follow this law then he should be following every law pertaining to him. It's the pot calling the kettle black kind of thing......

scottmeador wrote:I doubt that he is the instigator. Just because their vehicle outweighs his by several thousand pounds does not give them motorized vehicle operator the right to buzz him. Too many times I've been buzzed and even thrown off a couple of times. In those instances thankfully the LEO understood the TTC and rightly prosecuted the individuals with citations.

Yes, there are the cyclists who think they own the road as well and are not willing to share, but their numbers are far fewer than the idiot motorists.

There are idiot motorists that practically ran me off the road in my 4 door F350, I don't think they are prejudiced against bicyclists - they are just stupid. There are a lot of riders in Friendswood and I have never seen a vehicle doing anything dangerous toward them but I have seen numerous riders not obeying traffic laws and riding dangerously. On FM 528 in Friendswood many of them will ride almost on the line (next to where cars are going 50-60) even when there is a large shoulder. I assume it is due to all the rocks and other garbage on the shoulder but it seems a bit risky to me to ride within a foot of fast moving vehicles. On Sundays when they have their large groups of riders they take up a lane on 528 and there are always guys within a foot of vehicles in the next lane. Yes, bike riders annoy me but I try to stay out of their way.

I would like to follow him around and see how many traffic laws he violates on his bike. I can understand him wanting to keep cars away but I frequently see bicyclists disobeying traffic laws. It seems many riders only want the laws enforced when it is others breaking the laws.